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+name: 'publish'
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:  # allows manual triggering of the workflow
+
+jobs:
+  publish-tauri:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # necessary to create releases
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - platform: 'macos-latest'
+            target: 'aarch64-apple-darwin'
+          - platform: 'macos-latest'
+            target: 'x86_64-apple-darwin'
+          - platform: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+            target: 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+          - platform: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+            target: 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+          - platform: 'windows-latest'
+            target: 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
+          - platform: 'windows-latest'
+            target: 'aarch64-pc-windows-msvc'
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: install rust stable
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: install dependencies (ubuntu only)
+        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf
+
+      - name: build
+        run: cargo build --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/launcher${{ matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' && '.exe' || '' }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}  # automatically provided secret