diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
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+name: Generate release packages
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Create release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup PHP, with composer and extensions
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          tools: pecl, composer:v1
+
+      - name: Retrieve version
+        id: release
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(cat VERSION)"
+
+      - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
+        run: composer validate
+
+      - name: Get composer cache directory
+        id: composercache
+        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composercache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+
+      - name: Create artifact
+        id: artifact
+        run: |
+          ARTIFACT="friendica-full-${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}.tar.gz"
+          echo "::set-output name=name::${ARTIFACT}"
+          mkdir build
+          tar -cvjf build/${ARTIFACT} -T mods/release-list.txt
+
+      - name: SHA256
+        id: sha256
+        run: |
+          cd build
+          ARTIFACT=${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}
+          sha256sum "${ARTIFACT}" > "${ARTIFACT}.sha256"
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: friendica
+          path: build/
+
+      - name: Upload to release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            build/${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}.tar.gz
+            build/${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}.tar.gz.sha256
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/mods/release-list.txt b/mods/release-list.txt
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+bin/auth_ejabberd.php
+bin/console
+bin/console.bat
+bin/console.php
+bin/daemon.php
+bin/testargs.php
+bin/worker.php
+config/
+doc/
+images/
+include/
+mod/
+mods/
+spec/
+src/
+static/
+vendor/
+view/
+.htaccess-dist
+boot.php
+CHANGELOG
+CREDITS.txt
+database.sql
+index.php
+LICENSE
+README.md
+security.txt
+update.php
+VERSION
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