diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d12f4de..99ebae1a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # .NET Core build folders
 bin/
 obj/
+release/
+artifacts/
 
 # Common node modules locations
 /node_modules
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..093dffba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+.DEFAULT_GOAL    = help
+.PHONY           = --release-pre --release-post --workload-restore --release-% artifact-% publish build test publish-aot release-artifacts help
+
+WORKLOAD_PROJECT = Iceshrimp.Frontend
+BUILD_PROJECT    = Iceshrimp.Backend
+CONFIGURATION    = Release
+
+DOTNET_CMD       = dotnet
+VERBOSE          = false
+
+AOT              = false
+VIPS             = false
+BUNDLE_NATIVE    = false
+
+RELEASE_TARGETS  = linux-glibc-amd64 linux-glibc-arm64 linux-musl-amd64 linux-musl-arm64
+
+ifeq (${VERBOSE},false)
+	TL_ARG       = --tl
+endif
+
+WORKLOAD_CMD     = ${DOTNET_CMD} workload restore ${WORKLOAD_PROJECT}/${WORKLOAD_PROJECT}.csproj > /dev/null
+PUBLISH_CMD      = ${DOTNET_CMD} publish ${BUILD_PROJECT} -c ${CONFIGURATION} ${TL_ARG} -noLogo
+BUILD_CMD        = ${DOTNET_CMD} build ${TL_ARG} -noLogo
+TEST_CMD         = ${DOTNET_CMD} test --no-build --nologo
+
+BUILD_FLAGS      = -p:EnableLibVips=${VIPS} -p:BundleNativeDeps=${BUNDLE_NATIVE}
+PUBLISH_FLAGS    = -p:EnableAOT=${AOT} ${BUILD_FLAGS}
+RELEASE_FLAGS    = -r ${TARGETRID} -o release/${TARGETPLATFORM} ${PUBLISH_FLAGS}
+
+TARGETRID        = $(TARGETPLATFORM:linux-glibc-%=linux-%)
+ARCHIVE_TGTNAME  = $(patsubst linux-glibc-%,linux-%-glibc,$(patsubst linux-musl-%,linux-%-musl,$(TARGETPLATFORM)))
+ARCHIVE_BASENAME = iceshrimp.net
+ARCHIVE_VERSION  = unknown
+ARCHIVE_DIRNAME  = ${ARCHIVE_BASENAME}-${ARCHIVE_VERSION}-${ARCHIVE_TGTNAME}
+ARCHIVE_FILENAME = ${ARCHIVE_DIRNAME}.tar.zst
+ARTIFACT_DIR     = artifacts
+ARTIFACT_CMD     = tar caf ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/${ARCHIVE_FILENAME} --transform 's,^release/${TARGETPLATFORM},${ARCHIVE_DIRNAME},' release/${TARGETPLATFORM}
+
+--release-pre:
+	@echo 'Building release artifacts for targets: ${RELEASE_TARGETS}'
+	@echo 'This will take a while.'
+	@echo
+	@rm -rf release artifacts
+
+--release-post:
+	@echo 'Finished building release artifacts.'
+
+--workload-restore:
+	@echo Restoring wasm-tools workload...
+	@${WORKLOAD_CMD}
+
+--release-%: TARGETPLATFORM=$*
+--release-%:
+	@echo 'Building for release with flags: ${RELEASE_FLAGS}'
+	@${PUBLISH_CMD} ${PUBLISH_FLAGS} -r ${TARGETRID} -o release/${TARGETPLATFORM}
+
+--artifact-%: TARGETPLATFORM=$*
+--artifact-%:
+	@echo -n 'Generating artifact ${ARCHIVE_FILENAME}...'
+	@mkdir -p ${ARTIFACT_DIR}
+	@${ARTIFACT_CMD}
+	@echo " Done!"
+	@echo
+
+publish:
+	@echo 'Building for publish with flags: ${PUBLISH_FLAGS}'
+	@${PUBLISH_CMD} ${PUBLISH_FLAGS}
+
+build:
+	@echo 'Building with flags: ${BUILD_FLAGS}'
+	@${BUILD_CMD} ${BUILD_FLAGS}
+
+test: build
+	@echo
+	@${TEST_CMD}
+
+publish-aot: AOT=true
+publish-aot: --workload-restore publish
+
+release-artifacts: AOT=true
+release-artifacts: VIPS=true
+release-artifacts: BUNDLE_NATIVE=true
+release-artifacts: --release-pre $(foreach tgt,$(RELEASE_TARGETS),--release-$(tgt) --artifact-$(tgt)) --release-post
+
+help:
+	@echo '-- Makefile --'
+	@echo 'Targets:'
+	@echo '  test               - runs all available unit tests'
+	@echo '  build              - compiles the application (framework- & architecture-dependent)'
+	@echo '  publish            - compiles the application (self-contained)'
+	@echo '  publish-aot        - equivalent to `make AOT=true publish`'
+	@echo '  release-artifacts  - generates release artifacts for all supported architectures'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'Common build arguments:'
+	@echo '  AOT:'
+	@echo '    Enables AOT compilation for the WASM frontend, trading increased compile time'
+	@echo '    for increased frontend performance. This option is only effective during publish.'
+	@echo '  VIPS:'
+	@echo '    Enables LibVips support, either requires the system to have libvips installed,'
+	@echo '    or BUNDLE_NATIVE to be set.'
+	@echo '  BUNDLE_NATIVE'
+	@echo '    Bundles native dependencies in the output directory'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'Miscellaneous build arguments:'
+	@echo '  VERBOSE'
+	@echo '    Disables beautified build output'
+	@echo '  DOTNET_CMD'
+	@echo '    Path to the `dotnet` binary to call'
+	@echo '  CONFIGURATION'
+	@echo '    Configuration to build in, defaults to `Release`.'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'For example, if you want to run target `build` with VIPS enabled: `make VIPS=true build`'
+	@echo 'For production deployments, you likely want to call `make publish-aot`.'