diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9867791..e8fc443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-name: Build
+name: CI
 
 on:
-  # Disabled automatic builds - run manually only
-  # push:
-  #   branches:
-  #     - "master"
-  # pull_request:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   PYTHON_VERSION: '>=3.10'
-  USE_UPX: false
 
 jobs:
   lint:
@@ -70,60 +66,3 @@ jobs:
             echo -e "\nFailed to validate the following language file(s): ${failed[@]}"
             exit 1
           fi
-  docker:
-    name: Docker Build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - lint
-      - validate
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up variables
-        id: vars
-        run: |
-          echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-          echo "date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{github.actor}}
-          password: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-
-      - name: Extract metadata for Docker
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: ghcr.io/${{github.repository}}
-          tags: |
-            type=raw,value=dev
-            type=raw,value=dev-${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}
-            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'}}
-            type=sha,prefix=
-
-      - name: Build and push Docker image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: .
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          push: ${{github.event_name != 'pull_request'}}
-          tags: ${{steps.meta.outputs.tags}}
-          labels: ${{steps.meta.outputs.labels}}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
-          build-args: |
-            BUILD_DATE=${{steps.vars.outputs.date}}
-            VCS_REF=${{github.sha}}
-            VERSION=dev-${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a597a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: Docker Dev Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+      - develop
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    name: Docker Dev Build & Push
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: prod
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: Set up variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo "sha_short=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: rangermix/twitch-drops-miner
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=dev
+            type=raw,value=dev-${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'}}
+            type=sha,prefix=
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{steps.meta.outputs.tags}}
+          labels: ${{steps.meta.outputs.labels}}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          build-args: |
+            BUILD_DATE=${{steps.vars.outputs.date}}
+            VCS_REF=${{github.sha}}
+            VERSION=dev-${{steps.vars.outputs.sha_short}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da116ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release version (SemVer format, e.g., 1.2.3 or 2.0.0-rc.1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: Validate Version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.validate.outputs.version }}
+      is_prerelease: ${{ steps.validate.outputs.is_prerelease }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate SemVer format
+        id: validate
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+
+          # SemVer regex: https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
+          SEMVER_REGEX='^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-((0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*|[0-9]*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$'
+
+          if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -Pq "$SEMVER_REGEX"; then
+            echo "Error: Version '$VERSION' is not valid SemVer format"
+            echo "Examples: 1.2.3, 2.0.0-rc.1, 1.0.0-beta.2+build.123"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          # Check if pre-release (contains hyphen)
+          if echo "$VERSION" | grep -q '-'; then
+            echo "is_prerelease=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Detected pre-release version: $VERSION"
+          else
+            echo "is_prerelease=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Detected stable release version: $VERSION"
+          fi
+
+  create-release-branch:
+    name: Create Release Branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: validate
+    outputs:
+      branch_name: ${{ steps.create-branch.outputs.branch_name }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: master
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Check if branch exists
+        id: check-branch
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="release/${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}"
+
+          if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q "$BRANCH_NAME"; then
+            echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' does not exist, proceeding..."
+
+      - name: Create release branch
+        id: create-branch
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="release/${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}"
+          VERSION="${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}"
+
+          # Create and checkout new branch
+          git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+          # Update version.py
+          echo "__version__ = \"$VERSION\"" > src/version.py
+
+          # Commit changes
+          git add src/version.py
+          git commit -m "chore: bump version to $VERSION"
+
+          # Push branch
+          git push origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
+
+          # Create and push tag
+          git tag "v$VERSION"
+          git push origin "v$VERSION"
+
+          echo "branch_name=$BRANCH_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Created branch '$BRANCH_NAME' and tag 'v$VERSION'"
+
+  docker-build:
+    name: Build & Push Docker Images
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [validate, create-release-branch]
+    environment: prod
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout release branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.create-release-branch.outputs.branch_name }}
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Generate Docker tags
+        id: docker-tags
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}"
+          IMAGE="rangermix/twitch-drops-miner"
+          IS_PRERELEASE="${{ needs.validate.outputs.is_prerelease }}"
+
+          # Always include the full version tag
+          TAGS="$IMAGE:$VERSION"
+
+          # For stable releases, add major.minor, major, and latest tags
+          if [ "$IS_PRERELEASE" = "false" ]; then
+            # Extract major.minor.patch
+            MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
+            MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)
+
+            TAGS="$TAGS,$IMAGE:$MAJOR.$MINOR"
+            TAGS="$TAGS,$IMAGE:$MAJOR"
+            TAGS="$TAGS,$IMAGE:latest"
+          fi
+
+          echo "tags=$TAGS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Generated tags: $TAGS"
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.docker-tags.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: |
+            org.opencontainers.image.title=Twitch Drops Miner
+            org.opencontainers.image.description=Automatically mine Twitch drops
+            org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ github.sha }}
+            org.opencontainers.image.created=${{ github.event.repository.updated_at }}
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          build-args: |
+            BUILD_DATE=${{ github.event.repository.updated_at }}
+            VCS_REF=${{ github.sha }}
+            VERSION=${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
+
+  github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [validate, create-release-branch, docker-build]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout release branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.create-release-branch.outputs.branch_name }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        id: release-notes
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}"
+
+          # Get the previous tag
+          PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+
+          if [ -n "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "## Changes since $PREV_TAG" > release_notes.md
+            echo "" >> release_notes.md
+            git log $PREV_TAG..HEAD --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)" >> release_notes.md
+          else
+            echo "## Initial Release" > release_notes.md
+            echo "" >> release_notes.md
+            echo "First release of Twitch Drops Miner $VERSION" >> release_notes.md
+          fi
+
+          echo "" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "## Docker Images" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "" >> release_notes.md
+          echo '```bash' >> release_notes.md
+          echo "docker pull rangermix/twitch-drops-miner:$VERSION" >> release_notes.md
+          echo '```' >> release_notes.md
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ needs.validate.outputs.version }}
+          body_path: release_notes.md
+          prerelease: ${{ needs.validate.outputs.is_prerelease }}
+          draft: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}