diff --git a/.gitea/semantic_release.toml b/.gitea/semantic_release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96f7d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/semantic_release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[tool.semantic_release.branches.main]
+match = "(main)"
+prerelease = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_author]
+env = "GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR"
+default = "semantic-release <semantic-release>"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
+allowed_tags = [
+    "build",
+    "chore",
+    "ci",
+    "docs",
+    "feat",
+    "fix",
+    "perf",
+    "style",
+    "refactor",
+    "test",
+]
+minor_tags = ["feat"]
+patch_tags = ["fix", "perf"]
+default_bump_level = 0
+
+[tool.semantic_release.remote]
+name = "origin"
+type = "gitea"
+domain = "https://gitea.psi.ch"
+ignore_token_for_push = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.remote.token]
+env = "GITHUB_TOKEN"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.publish]
+dist_glob_patterns = ["dist/*"]
+upload_to_vcs_release = true
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee038c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - feat/release_actions
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+      issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+      pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+      id-token: write # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: run_release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+        run: pipx run python-semantic-release -c .gitea/semantic_release.toml version
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diff --git a/copier.yml b/copier.yml
index 592ce9e..944f339 100644
--- a/copier.yml
+++ b/copier.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+_exclude:
+    - ".gitea/"
+
 # predefined values
 # make sure these have 'when: false' so that the questions are not asked and the items are not saved in answers.yml