diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a317decec..9e33cadc2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ jobs:
         - python scripts/set_build.py
         - docker run -v "$(pwd):/src/lbry" lbry/pyinstaller34_32bits:py371 lbry/scripts/wine_build.sh
         - sudo zip -j dist/lbrynet-windows.zip dist/lbrynet.exe
+      deploy:
+        provider: releases
+        api_key: $GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN
+        file: dist/lbrynet-windows.zip
+        skip_cleanup: true
+        overwrite: true
+        draft: true
       addons:
         artifacts:
           working_dir: dist
@@ -64,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - &build
       name: "Linux"
+      env: OS=linux
       install:
         - pip3 install pyinstaller
         - pip3 install git+https://github.com/lbryio/torba.git
@@ -74,7 +82,13 @@ jobs:
         - chmod +x dist/lbrynet
         - zip -j dist/lbrynet-${OS}.zip dist/lbrynet
         - ./dist/lbrynet --version
-      env: OS=linux
+      deploy:
+        provider: releases
+        api_key: $GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN
+        file: dist/lbrynet-${OS}.zip
+        skip_cleanup: true
+        overwrite: true
+        draft: true
       addons:
         artifacts:
           working_dir: dist
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9d20201b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+import os
+import re
+import io
+import sys
+import json
+import argparse
+from datetime import date
+from getpass import getpass
+
+try:
+    import github3
+except ImportError:
+    print('To run release tool you need to install github3.py:')
+    print('')
+    print('  $ pip install github3.py')
+    print('')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+AREA_RENAME = {
+    'api': 'API'
+}
+
+
+def get_github():
+    config_path = os.path.expanduser('~/.lbry-release-tool.json')
+    if os.path.exists(config_path):
+        with open(config_path, 'r') as config_file:
+            config = json.load(config_file)
+            return github3.login(token=config['token'])
+    print('GitHub Credentials')
+    username = input('username: ')
+    password = getpass('password: ')
+    gh = github3.authorize(
+        username, password, ['repo'], 'lbry release tool',
+        two_factor_callback=lambda: input('Enter 2FA: ')
+    )
+    with open(config_path, 'w') as config_file:
+        json.dump({'token': gh.token}, config_file)
+    return github3.login(token=gh.token)
+
+
+def get_labels(pr, prefix):
+    for label in pr.labels:
+        label_name = label['name']
+        if label_name.startswith(f'{prefix}: '):
+            yield label_name[len(f'{prefix}: '):]
+
+
+def get_label(pr, prefix):
+    for label in get_labels(pr, prefix):
+        return label
+
+
+class Version:
+
+    def __init__(self, major=0, minor=0, micro=0, rc=None):
+        self.major = int(major)
+        self.minor = int(minor)
+        self.micro = int(micro)
+        self.rc = rc
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_string(cls, version_string):
+        (major, minor, micro), rc = version_string.split('.'), None
+        if 'rc' in micro:
+            micro, rc = micro.split('rc')
+        return cls(major, minor, micro, rc)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_content(cls, content):
+        src = content.decoded.decode('utf-8')
+        version = re.search('__version__ = "(.*?)"', src).group(1)
+        return cls.from_string(version)
+
+    def increment(self, part):
+        cls = self.__class__
+        if part == 'major':
+            return cls(self.major+1)
+        elif part == 'minor':
+            return cls(self.major, self.minor+1)
+        elif part == 'micro':
+            return cls(self.major, self.minor, self.micro+1)
+        elif part == 'rc':
+            if self.rc is None:
+                return cls(self.major, self.minor, self.micro+1, 1)
+            else:
+                return cls(self.major, self.minor, self.micro, self.rc+1)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f'unknown version part: {part}')
+
+    @property
+    def tag(self):
+        return f'v{self}'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        version = '.'.join(str(p) for p in [self.major, self.minor, self.micro])
+        if self.rc is not None:
+            version += f'rc{self.rc}'
+        return version
+
+
+def release(args):
+    gh = get_github()
+    repo = gh.repository('lbryio', 'lbry')
+    version_file = repo.file_contents('lbrynet/__init__.py')
+
+    current_version = Version.from_content(version_file)
+    print(f'Current Version: {current_version}')
+    new_version = current_version.increment(args.increment)
+    print(f'    New Version: {new_version}')
+
+    current_release = repo.release_from_tag(current_version.tag)
+
+    areas = {}
+    for pr in gh.search_issues(f"merged:>={current_release._json_data['created_at']} repo:lbryio/lbry"):
+        for area_name in get_labels(pr, 'area'):
+            area = areas.setdefault(area_name, [])
+            area.append(f'  * [{get_label(pr, "type")}] {pr.title} ({pr.html_url})')
+
+    area_names = list(areas.keys())
+    area_names.sort()
+
+    body = io.StringIO()
+    w = lambda s: body.write(s+'\n')
+
+    w(f'## [{new_version}] - {date.today().isoformat()}')
+    for area in area_names:
+        prs = areas[area]
+        area = AREA_RENAME.get(area, area.capitalize())
+        w('')
+        w(f'### {area}')
+        for pr in prs:
+            w(pr)
+
+    commit = version_file.update(
+      new_version.tag,
+      version_file.decoded.decode('utf-8').replace(str(current_version), str(new_version)).encode()
+    )['commit']
+
+    repo.create_tag(
+        tag=new_version.tag,
+        message=new_version.tag,
+        sha=commit.sha,
+        obj_type='commit',
+        tagger=commit.committer
+    )
+
+    repo.create_release(
+        new_version.tag,
+        name=new_version.tag,
+        body=body.getvalue(),
+        draft=True,
+        prerelease=True
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("increment", choices=['major', 'minor', 'micro', 'rc'])
+    release(parser.parse_args())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()