diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb460e7..38ea572 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 xcuserdata/
 DerivedData/
 .swiftpm/xcode/package.xcworkspace/contents.xcworkspacedata
+MatrixSDKFFI.xcframework.zip
diff --git a/Tools/Scripts/README.md b/Tools/Scripts/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35dc0a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/Scripts/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Scripts
+
+## Release
+Creates a Github release from a matrix-rust-sdk repository. Set `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable before using.
+
+Usage:
+```
+python3 release.py --version v1.0.18-alpha
+```
+
+For help: `release.py -h`
diff --git a/Tools/Scripts/release.py b/Tools/Scripts/release.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84c3ce3
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+++ b/Tools/Scripts/release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import json
+import argparse
+from fileinput import FileInput
+from pathlib import Path
+import requests
+import json
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('--version', type=str, help='Version of the release', required=True)
+parser.add_argument('--sdk_path', type=str, default='', help='Path of the matrix-rust-sdk repository (defaults to sibling matrix-rust-sdk folder)', required=False)
+
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
+def remove_suffix(string, suffix):
+    if string.endswith(suffix):
+        return string[:-len(suffix)]
+    return string
+
+# find root directory
+root = remove_suffix(Path(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))).parent.parent.__str__(), '/')
+version = args['version']
+sdk_path = str(args['sdk_path'])
+if len(sdk_path) == 0:
+    sdk_path = remove_suffix(Path(root).parent.__str__(), '/') + '/matrix-rust-sdk'
+else:
+    sdk_path = remove_suffix(os.path.realpath(sdk_path), '/')
+
+print("SDK path: " + sdk_path)
+print("Generating framework")
+os.system(sdk_path + "/bindings/apple/build_xcframework.sh")
+
+print("Copy generated files")
+os.system("rsync -a '" + sdk_path + "/generated/swift/' '" + root + "/Sources/MatrixRustSDK'")
+os.system("rm '" + root + "/Sources/MatrixRustSDK/sdk.swift'")
+
+print("Zipping framework")
+zip_file_name = "MatrixSDKFFI.xcframework.zip"
+os.system("pushd " + sdk_path + "/generated; zip -r " + root + "/" + zip_file_name + " MatrixSDKFFI.xcframework; popd")
+
+github_token = os.environ['GITHUB_TOKEN']
+
+if github_token is None:
+    print("Please set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable")
+    exit(1)
+
+print("Creating release")
+checksum = subprocess.getoutput("shasum -a 256 " + root + "/" + zip_file_name).split()[0]
+
+with FileInput(files=[root + '/Package.swift'], inplace=True) as file:
+    for line in file:
+        line = line.rstrip()
+        if line.startswith('let checksum ='):
+            line = 'let checksum = "' + checksum + '"'
+        if line.startswith('let version ='):
+            line = 'let version = "' + version + '"'
+        if line.startswith('let useLocalBinary = true'):
+            line = 'let useLocalBinary = false'
+        print(line)
+
+sdk_commit_hash = subprocess.getoutput("cat " + sdk_path + "/.git/refs/heads/main")
+print("SDK commit: " + sdk_commit_hash)
+commit_message = "Bump to " + version + " (matrix-rust-sdk " + sdk_commit_hash + ")"
+print("Pushing changes as: " + commit_message)
+os.system("git add " + root + "/Package.swift")
+os.system("git add " + root + "/Sources")
+os.system("git commit -m '" + commit_message + "'")
+os.system("git push")
+
+response1 = requests.post('https://api.github.com/repos/matrix-org/matrix-rust-components-swift/releases',
+headers={
+    'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
+    'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + github_token,
+    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+},
+data=json.dumps({
+    "tag_name": version,
+    "target_commitish": "main",
+    "name": version,
+    "body": "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk/tree/" + sdk_commit_hash,
+    "draft": False,
+    "prerelease": False,
+    "generate_release_notes": False,
+    "make_latest": "true"
+}))
+creation_response = response1.json()
+print("Release created: " + creation_response['html_url'])
+
+print("Uploading release assets")
+upload_url = creation_response['upload_url'].split(u"{")[0]
+with open(root + '/' + zip_file_name, 'rb') as file:
+    response2 = requests.post(upload_url,
+    headers={
+        'Accept': 'application/vnd.github+json',
+        'Content-Type': 'application/zip',
+        'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + github_token,
+    },
+    params={'name': zip_file_name},
+    data=file)
+
+if response2.status_code == 201:
+    upload_response = response2.json()
+    print("Upload finished: " + upload_response['browser_download_url'])