diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_release.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550dce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Build Binary & Release
+
+on:
+    push:
+      tags:
+        - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: go get dagger.io/dagger@latest
+      - run: go run ci/build_test_release.go
+      - name: publish project
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          #linux build
+          release_name_linux="cocommit_go-$tag-linux"
+
+          tar -czvf "${release_name_linux}.tar.gz" ./dist/cocommit_go-linux
+
+          #windows build
+          release_name_win="cocommit_go-$tag-win"
+          tar -czvf "${release_name_win}.tar.gz" ./dist/cocommit_go-windows
+
+          #mac build
+          release_name_mac="cocommit_go-$tag-mac"
+          tar -czvf "${release_name_mac}.tar.gz" ./dist/cocommit_go-darwin
+      - name: Release project
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+            files: "*.tar.gz"
+        env:
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e0c0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Custom
+dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/build_test.go b/ci/build_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cb731eb..0000000
--- a/ci/build_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"dagger.io/dagger"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// initialize Dagger client
-	client, err := dagger.Connect(ctx, dagger.WithLogOutput(os.Stderr))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer client.Close()
-
-	// use a node:16-slim container
-	// mount the source code directory on the host
-	// at /src in the container
-	source := client.Container().
-		From("golang:1.19").
-		WithDirectory("/src", client.Host().Directory(".", dagger.HostDirectoryOpts{
-			Exclude: []string{"ci/"},
-		}))
-
-		// set the working directory in the container
-		// install application dependencies
-	runner := source.WithWorkdir("/src").
-		WithExec([]string{"go", "mod", "tidy"})
-
-		// run application tests
-	out, err := runner.WithExec([]string{"go", "test"}).
-		Stderr(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	fmt.Println(out)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/build_test_release.go b/ci/build_test_release.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b60efe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build_test_release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"dagger.io/dagger"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// initialize Dagger client
+	client, err := dagger.Connect(ctx, dagger.WithLogOutput(os.Stderr))
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	// use a node:16-slim container
+	// mount the source code directory on the host
+	// at /src in the container
+	source := client.Container().
+		From("golang:1.21").
+		WithDirectory("/src", client.Host().Directory(".", dagger.HostDirectoryOpts{
+			Exclude: []string{"ci/"},
+		}))
+
+	geese := []string{"darwin", "linux", "windows"}
+	goarch := "amd64"
+
+	// set the working directory in the container
+	// install application dependencies
+	runner := source.WithWorkdir("/src").
+		WithExec([]string{"go", "mod", "tidy"})
+
+	runner = source.WithWorkdir("/src/src_code/go_src")
+	// run application tests
+
+	test := runner.WithExec([]string{"go", "test"})
+	buildDir := test.Directory("/src/dist")
+
+	for _, goos := range geese {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("/dist/")
+		filename := fmt.Sprintf("/dist/cocommit_go-%s", goos) 
+		// build application
+		// write the build output to the host
+		build := test.
+			WithEnvVariable("GOOS", goos).
+			WithEnvVariable("GOARCH", goarch).
+			WithExec([]string{"go", "build", "-o", filename})
+
+		buildDir = buildDir.WithDirectory(path, build.Directory(path))
+
+	}
+
+	_, err = buildDir.Export(ctx, ".")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	e, err := buildDir.Entries(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("build dir contents:\n %s\n", e)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 84218ba..ffbdcf4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ module main
 
 go 1.21.0
 
+require dagger.io/dagger v0.10.0
+
 require (
-	dagger.io/dagger v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.31 // indirect
 	github.com/Khan/genqlient v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 765349a..543e026 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ github.com/Khan/genqlient v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rvChwWVTqXhiapdhLDV4bp9tz/Xvtewwkon4D
 github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0 h1:RzRqFcjH4nE5C6oTAxhBtoE2IRyjBSa62SCbyPidvls=
 github.com/adrg/xdg v0.4.0/go.mod h1:N6ag73EX4wyxeaoeHctc1mas01KZgsj5tYiAIwqJE/E=
 github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.1.1/go.mod h1:veldBMzWxcCG2ZvUTKD2kJNRdCk5hVbJomOvKkmgYbo=
+github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883 h1:bvNMNQO63//z+xNgfBlViaCIJKLlCJ6/fmUseuG0wVQ=
 github.com/andreyvit/diff v0.0.0-20170406064948-c7f18ee00883/go.mod h1:rCTlJbsFo29Kk6CurOXKm700vrz8f0KW0JNfpkRJY/8=
 github.com/arbovm/levenshtein v0.0.0-20160628152529-48b4e1c0c4d0/go.mod h1:t2tdKJDJF9BV14lnkjHmOQgcvEKgtqs5a1N3LNdJhGE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dgryski/trifles v0.0.0-20200323201526-dd97f9abfb48/go.mod h1:if7Fbed8SFyPtHLHbg49SI7NAdJiC5WIA09pe59rfAA=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
@@ -17,11 +19,15 @@ github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
 github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1 h1:xkr+Oxo4BOQKmkn/B9eMK0g5Kg/983T9DqqPHwYqD+8=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1/go.mod h1:aMJSSKb2lpPvRNec0+w3fl7LP9IOFzdc9Pa4NFbPK1I=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3 h1:RP3t2pwF7cMEbC1dqtB6poj3niw/9gnV4Cjg5oW5gtY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.6 h1:Ou14T0N1s191eRMZ1gARVqohcbe1e8FrcONScsq8cRU=
 github.com/vektah/gqlparser/v2 v2.5.6/go.mod h1:z8xXUff237NntSuH8mLFijZ+1tjV1swDbpDqjJmk6ME=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231110203233-9a3e6036ecaa h1:FRnLl4eNAQl8hwxVVC17teOw8kdjVDVAiFMtgUdTSRQ=
@@ -36,3 +42,5 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=