diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9bb7008..5cd21ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v1
         with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-          check-latest: true
+          bun-version: latest
       - name: Generate release files
-        run: ./release.sh ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: bun ./scripts/release.js ${{ github.ref_name }}
       - name: Create pre-release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/makegen.py b/makegen.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 605f9fa..0000000
--- a/makegen.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import sys
-import os
-
-
-def main(dir: str) -> None:
-    os.chdir(dir)
-    with open('makefile', 'r') as file:
-        for line in file:
-            parse_line(line.strip())
-
-
-def parse_line(line: str) -> None:
-    if line.startswith('include ../'):
-        include(line)
-    else:
-        print(line)
-
-
-def include(line: str) -> None:
-    _, filename = line.split(' ')
-    with open(filename, 'r') as file:
-        print(file.read())
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 67e1939..0000000
--- a/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
-
-TAG=${1:-"SNAPSHOT"}
-TEMPLATES=('project' 'static' 'shared')
-
-SRC="src"
-DIST="dist"
-
-rm -rf "$DIST"
-mkdir -v "$DIST"
-
-for template in "${TEMPLATES[@]}"
-do
-   make -C "$SRC/$template" clean
-   cp -R "$SRC/$template" "$DIST/$template"
-   ./makegen.py "$SRC/$template" | tee "$DIST/$template/makefile"
-   (
-      cd "$DIST" || exit 1
-      tar -czf "$template-$TAG.tar.gz" "$template"
-      md5sum "$template-$TAG.tar.gz" > "$template-$TAG.tar.gz.md5"
-      sha1sum "$template-$TAG.tar.gz" > "$template-$TAG.tar.gz.sha1"
-      rm -rf "$template"
-   )
-done
diff --git a/scripts/release.js b/scripts/release.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d46b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { $ } from 'bun';
+import { parseArgs } from 'util';
+
+const { values } = parseArgs({
+  args: Bun.argv,
+  options: {
+    tag: {
+      type: 'string',
+      default: 'SNAPSHOT'
+    },
+    src: {
+      type: 'string',
+      default: 'src'
+    },
+    dest: {
+      type: 'string',
+      default: 'dist'
+    },
+    templates: {
+      type: 'string',
+      default: 'project,static,shared'
+    }
+  },
+  allowPositionals: true,
+});
+
+const main = async ({ tag, src, dest, templates }) => {
+  await log(`cleaning up ${dest}...`);
+
+  await $`rm -rfv ${dest}`
+  await $`mkdir -p ${dest}`
+
+  await log(`parsing templates from ${src}...`);
+
+  for (const template of templates.split(',')) {
+    await log(`generating ${template}...`);
+
+    await $`rsync -r --exclude-from=${src}/${template}/.gitignore ${src}/${template} ${dest}`
+    await $`rsync -r ${src}/${template}/.vscode ${dest}/${template}`
+
+    const lines = await generate(`${src}/${template}`)
+    await $`echo ${lines.join('\n')} | tee ${dest}/${template}/makefile`
+
+    await log(`generating release files for ${template}...`);
+
+    await $`tar -czvf ${template}-${tag}.tar.gz ${template}`.cwd(dest)
+    await $`md5sum ${template}-${tag}.tar.gz > ${template}-${tag}.tar.gz.md5`.cwd(dest)
+    await $`sha1sum ${template}-${tag}.tar.gz > ${template}-${tag}.tar.gz.sha1`.cwd(dest)
+
+    await log(`cleaning up ${template}...`);
+
+    await $`rm -rfv ${template}`.cwd(dest)
+  }
+}
+
+const log = async (line) => {
+  await $`echo '\n\n'${line}'\n\n'`
+}
+
+const generate = async (dir) => {
+  const lines = await $`cat ${dir}/makefile`.text()
+  return Promise.all(lines.split('\n').map(line => parseLine(line, dir)))
+}
+
+const parseLine = async (line = '', dir = '.') => {
+  if (line.startsWith('include ../')) {
+    return await include(line, dir)
+  }
+  return line;
+}
+
+const include = async (line, dir) => {
+  const [_, filename] = line.split(' ')
+  return await $`cat ${dir}/${filename}`.text()
+}
+
+await main(values);