diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b45409a846..1b2da85b58 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -325,3 +325,200 @@ volumes:
   - name: cache
     host:
       path: /tmp/drone-cache
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: continuous-deployment
+
+trigger:
+  repo:
+    - friendica/friendica
+  branch:
+    - develop
+    - 20*-rc
+  event:
+    - push
+
+node:
+  node: releaser # This prevents executing this pipeline at other servers than drone.friendi.ca
+
+steps:
+  - name: Clone addon
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons ./addon
+      - cd ./addon
+      - git checkout $DRONE_REPO_BRANCH
+  - name: Restore cache
+    image: meltwater/drone-cache:dev
+    settings:
+      backend: "filesystem"
+      restore: true
+      cache_key: '{{ .Repo.Name }}_php74_{{ arch }}_{{ os }}'
+      archive_format: "gzip"
+      mount:
+        - '.composer'
+    volumes:
+      - name: cache
+        path:
+          /tmp/cache
+  - name: Composer install
+    image: friendicaci/php7.4:php7.4.18
+    commands:
+      - export COMPOSER_HOME=.composer
+      - composer validate
+      - composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+  - name: Create artifacts
+    image: debian
+    commands:
+      - apt-get update
+      - apt-get install bzip2
+      - mkdir ./build
+      - export VERSION="$(cat VERSION)"
+      - # Create artifact
+      - export RELEASE="friendica-full-$VERSION"
+      - export ARTIFACT="$RELEASE.tar.gz"
+      - tar
+        --transform "s,^,$RELEASE/,"
+        -X mods/release-list-exclude.txt
+        -T mods/release-list-include.txt
+        -cvjf ./build/$ARTIFACT
+      - # calculate SHA256 checksum
+      - cd ./build
+      - sha256sum "$ARTIFACT" > "$ARTIFACT.sha256"
+      - ls -lh
+      - # output the sha256 sum for checking
+      - cat "$ARTIFACT.sha256"
+      - sha256sum "$ARTIFACT"
+  - name: Upload artifacts
+    image: alpine
+    environment:
+      LFTP_HOST:
+        from_secret: sftp_host
+      LFTP_USER:
+        from_secret: sftp_user
+      LFTP_KEY:
+        from_secret: ssh_key
+      LFTP_PORT: "22"
+      LFTP_SOURCE: "build"
+      LFTP_TARGET: "/http"
+    commands:
+      - apk add lftp openssh openssl
+      - touch drone.key
+      - chmod 400 drone.key
+      - echo "$LFTP_KEY" | openssl base64 -A -d > drone.key
+      - lftp -c "
+          set net:timeout 5;
+          set net:max-retries 2;
+          set net:reconnect-interval-base 5;
+          set sftp:auto-confirm true;
+          set sftp:connect-program 'ssh -q -a -x -i drone.key';
+          connect sftp://$LFTP_USER:@$LFTP_HOST:$LFTP_PORT;
+          cd $LFTP_TARGET;
+          mput $LFTP_SOURCE/*;
+        "
+      - rm drone.key
+
+volumes:
+  - name: cache
+    host:
+      path: /tmp/drone-cache
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: release-deployment
+
+trigger:
+  repo:
+    - friendica/friendica
+  branch:
+    - stable
+  event:
+    - tag
+
+node:
+  node: releaser # This prevents executing this pipeline at other servers than drone.friendi.ca
+
+steps:
+  - name: Clone addon
+    image: alpine/git
+    commands:
+      - git clone https://github.com/friendica/friendica-addons ./addon
+      - cd ./addon
+      - git checkout $DRONE_REPO_BRANCH
+  - name: Restore cache
+    image: meltwater/drone-cache:dev
+    settings:
+      backend: "filesystem"
+      restore: true
+      cache_key: '{{ .Repo.Name }}_php74_{{ arch }}_{{ os }}'
+      archive_format: "gzip"
+      mount:
+        - '.composer'
+    volumes:
+      - name: cache
+        path:
+          /tmp/cache
+  - name: Composer install
+    image: friendicaci/php7.4:php7.4.18
+    commands:
+      - export COMPOSER_HOME=.composer
+      - composer validate
+      - composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
+  - name: Create artifacts
+    image: debian
+    commands:
+      - apt-get update
+      - apt-get install bzip2
+      - mkdir ./build
+      - export VERSION="$(cat VERSION)"
+      - mkdir ./build
+      - export VERSION="$(cat VERSION)"
+      - # Create artifact
+      - export RELEASE="friendica-full-$VERSION"
+      - export ARTIFACT="$RELEASE.tar.gz"
+      - tar
+        --transform "s,^,$RELEASE/,"
+        -X mods/release-list-exclude.txt
+        -T mods/release-list-include.txt
+        -cvjf ./build/$ARTIFACT
+      - # calculate SHA256 checksum
+      - cd ./build
+      - sha256sum "$ARTIFACT" > "$ARTIFACT.sha256"
+      - ls -lh
+      - # output the sha256 sum for checking
+      - cat "$ARTIFACT.sha256"
+      - sha256sum "$ARTIFACT"
+  - name: Upload artifacts
+    image: alpine
+    environment:
+      LFTP_HOST:
+        from_secret: sftp_host
+      LFTP_USER:
+        from_secret: sftp_user
+      LFTP_KEY:
+        from_secret: ssh_key
+      LFTP_PORT: "22"
+      LFTP_SOURCE: "build"
+      LFTP_TARGET: "/http"
+    commands:
+      - apk add lftp openssh openssl
+      - touch drone.key
+      - chmod 400 drone.key
+      - echo "$LFTP_KEY" | openssl base64 -A -d > drone.key
+      - lftp -c "
+        set net:timeout 5;
+        set net:max-retries 2;
+        set net:reconnect-interval-base 5;
+        set sftp:auto-confirm true;
+        set sftp:connect-program 'ssh -q -a -x -i drone.key';
+        connect sftp://$LFTP_USER:@$LFTP_HOST:$LFTP_PORT;
+        cd $LFTP_TARGET;
+        mput $LFTP_SOURCE/*;
+        "
+      - rm drone.key
+
+volumes:
+  - name: cache
+    host:
+      path: /tmp/drone-cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a7c544d9b..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/releases.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-name: Generate release packages
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Create release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup PHP, with composer and extensions
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-        with:
-          tools: pecl, composer:v1
-
-      - name: Retrieve version
-        id: release
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(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 }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/release-list-exclude.txt b/mods/release-list-exclude.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e370e73afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/release-list-exclude.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+view/lang/*/messages.po
+view/smarty3/compiled/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/release-list.txt b/mods/release-list-include.txt
similarity index 95%
rename from mods/release-list.txt
rename to mods/release-list-include.txt
index dfebc02169..95faa36ed8 100644
--- a/mods/release-list.txt
+++ b/mods/release-list-include.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+bin/.htaccess
 bin/auth_ejabberd.php
 bin/console
 bin/console.bat