diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315c09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+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:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    ldflags:
+      - -s
+      - -w
+      - -extldflags '-static'
+      - -X main.version={{.Version}}
+      - -X main.commit={{.Commit}}
+      - -X main.date={{.Date}}
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_ {{- title .Os }}_ {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64 {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386 {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }} {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+checksum:
+  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - '^docs:'
+      - '^test:'
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 62df382..0356909 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,16 +8,32 @@ import (
 	"go.xsfx.dev/amseltools/internal/dirtoexcel"
 )
 
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = "none"
+	date    = "unknown"
+)
+
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{}
 
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Prints version info",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Printf("amseltools %s, commit %s, build at %s", version, commit, date)
+	},
+}
+
 var dirToExcelCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:  "dir-to-excel [directory]",
-	Run:  dirtoexcel.Run,
-	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	Use:   "dir-to-excel [directory]",
+	Short: "Takes a directory and creates an excel from it",
+	Run:   dirtoexcel.Run,
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 }
 
 func main() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(dirToExcelCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
 
 	// Flags.
 	dirToExcelCmd.Flags().StringP("out", "o", "", "output file")