diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b19a8c434..b41f4cc5e 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ gui/pyside6/__pycache__/
 cloudfuse-logs.txt
 ui_*.py
 test/scripts/dirIterate.go
-**/logfile.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+**/logfile.txt
+dist/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8520a1642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+
+# The lines bellow 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
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod tidy
+    # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
+    - go generate ./...
+
+builds:
+  - id: windows
+    goos:
+      - windows
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    flags:
+      - -trimpath
+    mod_timestamp: '{{ .CommitTimestamp }}'
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{ .CommitDate }}
+
+  - id: linux-amd64
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=1
+    flags:
+      - -trimpath
+    mod_timestamp: '{{ .CommitTimestamp }}'
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{ .CommitDate }}
+  
+  - id: linux-arm64
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - arm64
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=1
+      - CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+      - CXX=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++
+    flags:
+      - -trimpath
+    mod_timestamp: '{{ .CommitTimestamp }}'
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}} -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{ .CommitDate }}
+
+checksum:
+  name_template: "checksums_sha256.txt"
+  algorithm: sha256
+
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of `uname`.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{ .Version }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+    files:
+      - LICENSE
+      - README.md
+      - NOTICE
+      - setup/baseConfig.yaml
+      - sampleFileCacheConfigAzure.yaml
+      - sampleFileCacheWithSASConfigAzure.yaml
+      - sampleFileCacheConfigS3.yaml
+      - sampleStreamingConfigS3.yaml
+      - sampleStreamingConfigAzure.yaml
+
+nfpms:
+  - id: default
+
+    # Name of the package.
+    package_name: cloudfuse
+
+    # Build IDs for the builds you want to create NFPM packages for.
+    # Defaults empty, which means no filtering.
+    builds:
+      - linux-amd64
+      - linux-arm64
+
+    vendor: Seagate Technology
+    homepage: https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse
+    maintainer: https://github.com/Seagate/cloudfuse
+    description: |-
+      A FUSE filesystem for interacting with S3 and Azure storage.
+    license: MIT
+
+    # Formats to be generated.
+    formats:
+      - deb
+      - rpm
+
+    section: default
+
+    # Contents to add to the package.
+    # GoReleaser will automatically add the binaries.
+    contents:
+      # Basic file that applies to all packagers
+      - src: NOTICE
+        dst: /usr/share/doc/cloudfuse/NOTICE
+
+      - src: LICENSE
+        dst: /usr/share/doc/cloudfuse/LICENSE
+
+      - src: setup/baseConfig.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/baseConfig.yaml
+
+      - src: sampleFileCacheConfigAzure.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/sampleFileCacheConfigAzure.yaml
+
+      - src: sampleFileCacheConfigS3.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/sampleFileCacheConfigS3.yaml
+
+      - src: sampleFileCacheWithSASConfigAzure.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/sampleFileCacheWithSASConfigAzure.yaml
+
+      - src: sampleStreamingConfigS3.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/sampleStreamingConfigS3.yaml
+
+      - src: sampleStreamingConfigAzure.yaml
+        dst: /usr/share/cloudfuse/sampleStreamingConfigAzure.yaml
+  
+    overrides:
+      deb:
+        dependencies:
+          - libfuse-dev
+
+      rpm:
+        dependencies:
+          - fuse-devel
+
+metadata:
+  mod_timestamp: "{{ .CommitTimestamp }}"