diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33f6b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+
+# The lines below are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
+# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/need to use them.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
+
+version: 2
+
+project_name: nixos-facter
+
+before:
+    hooks:
+        - go mod tidy
+
+builds:
+    - env:
+          - CGO_ENABLED=0
+      ldflags:
+          - -s -w -X git.numtide.com/numtide/nixos-facter/build.Version=v{{.Version}}
+      goos:
+          - linux
+          - darwin
+
+# marks the release as draft to allow editing before publishing as latest
+release:
+    draft: true
+
+changelog:
+    sort: asc
+    use: github
+    filters:
+        exclude:
+            - "^chore:"
+            - "^docs:"
+            - "^test:"
diff --git a/nix/devshells/default.nix b/nix/devshells/default.nix
index 391665f..55119f4 100644
--- a/nix/devshells/default.nix
+++ b/nix/devshells/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ perSystem.self.nixos-facter.overrideAttrs (old: {
       pkgs.golangci-lint
       pkgs.cobra-cli
       pkgs.fx # json tui
+      pkgs.goreleaser
       perSystem.hwinfo.default
     ];
   shellHook = ''