diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 117c988b..b17635fd 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ swim-*/
 tsconfig.json
 tsdoc.json
 typedoc.json
+.idea/
+Jenkinsfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8af89860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+pipeline {
+    options {
+        timeout(time: 1, unit: 'HOURS')
+        ansiColor('xterm')
+    }
+    agent {
+        kubernetes {
+            cloud 'kubernetes'
+            inheritFrom 'default'
+            yaml '''
+        apiVersion: v1
+        kind: Pod
+        spec:
+          containers:
+          - name: node
+            image: node:20
+            command:
+            - cat
+            tty: true                           
+        '''
+        }
+    }
+
+    stages {
+        stage('read-version') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    def packageContents = readJSON file: 'package.json'
+                    originalVersion = packageContents['version']
+
+                    def matcher = (originalVersion =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/)
+
+                    if (!matcher) {
+                        fail("Could not determine the version from ${originalVersion}")
+                    }
+
+                    //def means local variable. Removing means global.
+                    version_major = Integer.parseInt(matcher[0][1])
+                    version_minor = Integer.parseInt(matcher[0][2])
+                    version_revision = Integer.parseInt(matcher[0][3])
+
+                    echo "Version read ${version_major}.${version_minor}.${version_revision}"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('generate-version-dev') {
+            when {
+                anyOf {
+                    branch pattern: "^\\d+.\\d+.\\d+", comparator: "REGEXP";
+                    branch pattern: "PR-\\d+", comparator: "REGEXP"
+                }
+            }
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    def now = new Date()
+                    def timestamp = now.format("yyMMddHHmmss", TimeZone.getTimeZone('UTC'))
+                    version = "${version_major}.${version_minor}.${version_revision}-dev.${timestamp}" as String // Whoever came up with Groovy strings is an ass.
+                    echo "Setting version to '${version}'"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('generate-version-prod') {
+            when {
+                branch 'main';
+            }
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    version = ""
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('modify-version') {
+            when {
+                anyOf {
+                    branch 'main';
+                    branch pattern: "^\\d+.\\d+.\\d+", comparator: "REGEXP";
+                    branch pattern: "PR-\\d+", comparator: "REGEXP"
+                }
+            }
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    def packageFiles = findFiles glob: '**/package.json'
+                    packageFiles.each { packageFile ->
+                        def packageContents = readJSON file: "${packageFile}"
+                        packageContents.version = version as String
+
+                        def dependencies = packageContents['dependencies']
+                        def dependencyUpdates = [:]
+
+                        dependencies.each { entry ->
+                            if (entry.value == originalVersion) {
+                                dependencyUpdates.put(entry.key, version)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        
+                        if (dependencyUpdates) {
+                            dependencies.putAll(dependencyUpdates)
+                        }
+
+                        def devDependencies = packageContents['devDependencies']
+                        def devDependencyUpdates = [:]
+
+                        devDependencies.each { entry ->
+                            if (entry.value == originalVersion) {
+                                devDependencyUpdates.put(entry.key, version)
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        if (devDependencyUpdates) {
+                            devDependencies.putAll(devDependencyUpdates)
+                        }
+                        
+
+                        writeJSON file: "${packageFile}", json: packageContents, pretty: 4
+                        archiveArtifacts artifacts: "${packageFile}"
+                    }
+
+                    writeFile file: 'version.txt', text: version
+                    archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'version.txt'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('build') {
+            steps {
+                container('node') {
+                    sh 'npm install'
+                    sh 'npm run bootstrap'
+                    sh 'npx swim-build'
+                    archiveArtifacts artifacts: "swim-core/**/dist/**/*.*"
+                    archiveArtifacts artifacts: "swim-host/**/dist/**/*.*"
+                    archiveArtifacts artifacts: "dist/**/*.*"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('test') {
+            steps {
+                container('node') {
+                    sh 'npx swim-build test'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        stage('publish') {
+            steps {
+                container('node') {
+                    sh 'npx swim-build publish'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/swim-core/.npmignore b/swim-core/.npmignore
index 37f8eb00..c2484a55 100644
--- a/swim-core/.npmignore
+++ b/swim-core/.npmignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ swim-*/
 tsconfig.json
 tsdoc.json
 typedoc.json
+.idea/
+Jenkinsfile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swim-host/.npmignore b/swim-host/.npmignore
index 37f8eb00..c2484a55 100644
--- a/swim-host/.npmignore
+++ b/swim-host/.npmignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ swim-*/
 tsconfig.json
 tsdoc.json
 typedoc.json
+.idea/
+Jenkinsfile
\ No newline at end of file