diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 0cd25fa..c68bfef 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Now you can run GoReleaser at the root of your repository: `goreleaser release`
 # For dry run, see https://goreleaser.com/quick-start/#dry-run
 
-version: 1
+version: 2
 
 before:
   hooks:
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ archives:
     format_overrides:
       - goos: windows
         format: zip
-
+  - id: scicat-cli-scripts
+    format: tar.gz
+    wrap_in_directory: true
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_V2Scripts_{{- .Version }}
+    files:
+      - src: cmd/scripts/*
+        strip_parent: true
+    meta: true
 changelog:
   sort: asc
   filters:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cbd023e..8765236 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,23 @@ Tools are compiled for the following architectures:
 
 These can be cross-compiled from any system.
 
+### V3 Changes
+The separate executables (like `datasetIngestor`, `datasetRetriever`...) were combined into one `scicat-cli` executable, with each executable's features available as commands given as the first parameter to this executable. 
+
+These commands bear the same names as the former executables. The general syntax change is that if you called `./[COMMAND] [flags]` before, now it's `./scicat-cli [COMMAND] [flags]`.
+
+ Furthermore, the use of single hyphen, multi-letter flags is now discontinued, as it went against general convention. So, in practical terms, `-[long_flag_name]` and `--[long_flag_name]` were both accepted, but now only the latter is accepted.
+
+### Backwards compatibility with v2
+A set of shell scripts are included with releases that are compatible with Linux and Mac executables in order to maintain compatibility with preexisting automation scripts. 
+As these are written in BASH, Windows is not supported unless WSL2 is used.
+
+Usage informations:
+ - The scripts can be found on the [Releases](https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/scicat-cli/releases) page, under scicat-cli_V2Scripts-[VERSION].tar.gz
+ - Just extract the archive into the folder with the scicat-cli executable
+ - The scripts and the scicat-cli executable **must** be kept in the **same folder** for them to work
+ - The scripts will still accept single hyphen flags as well
+
 ## Deployment
 
 PSI deploys tools to the following locations.
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/common.sh b/cmd/scripts/common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96789ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+YEL='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+WARN_STRING="${RED}Warning!${YEL} These backwards compatibilty scripts will soon be deprecated!${NC} Please use, or update your code to use, the scicat-cli executable directly."
+
+function arg_conversion {
+    args=("$@")
+
+    # Initialize an empty array to hold the modified arguments
+    modified_args=()
+
+    for arg in "${args[@]}"
+    do
+        # Check if the argument starts with a single hyphen and is not a double hyphen
+        if [[ $arg == -[!-]* ]]; then
+            # Modify the argument to start with a double hyphen
+            modified_args+=(--"${arg:1}")
+        else
+            # Add the argument as is
+            modified_args+=("$arg")
+        fi
+    done
+    
+    echo "${modified_args[@]}"
+}
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetArchiver b/cmd/scripts/datasetArchiver
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a23081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetArchiver
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetArchiver "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetCleaner b/cmd/scripts/datasetCleaner
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f833a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetCleaner
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetCleaner "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetGetProposal b/cmd/scripts/datasetGetProposal
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ae64150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetGetProposal
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetGetProposal "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetIngestor b/cmd/scripts/datasetIngestor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eaa75d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetIngestor
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetIngestor "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishData b/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishData
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da40698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishData
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetPublishData "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishDataRetrieve b/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishDataRetrieve
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cc56d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetPublishDataRetrieve
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetPublishDataRetrieve "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/datasetRetriever b/cmd/scripts/datasetRetriever
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..715e287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/datasetRetriever
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli datasetRetriever "${modified_args[@]}"
diff --git a/cmd/scripts/waitForJobFinished b/cmd/scripts/waitForJobFinished
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..32e883d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/scripts/waitForJobFinished
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR"/common.sh
+
+echo -e "${WARN_STRING}"
+modified_args=$(arg_conversion "$@")
+"$SCRIPT_DIR"/scicat-cli waitForJobFinished "${modified_args[@]}"