diff --git a/dev/release.cr b/dev/release.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baaaacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+require "semantic_version"
+require "yaml"
+
+struct ShardFile
+  include YAML::Serializable
+  include YAML::Serializable::Unmapped
+
+  property version : String
+end
+
+current_version = SemanticVersion.parse(`shards version`.chomp)
+current_branch = `git symbolic-ref --short HEAD`.chomp
+pending_changes = `git status -s`.chomp
+
+if current_branch != "develop"
+  puts "This script should be ran from develop branch"
+  exit 1
+end
+
+if pending_changes != ""
+  puts "There are uncommited changes"
+  exit 1
+end
+
+puts "Which component you want to bump? major.minor.patch"
+print "> "
+
+component = gets
+
+puts "Bumping #{component} in #{current_version}"
+
+next_version = case component
+               when "major"
+                 current_version.bump_major
+               when "minor"
+                 current_version.bump_minor
+               when "patch"
+                 current_version.bump_patch
+               else
+                 current_version.bump_patch
+               end
+
+shard = ShardFile.from_yaml(File.read("shard.yml"))
+shard.version = next_version.to_s
+
+File.write("shard.yml", shard.to_yaml)
+
+current_date = Time.local.to_s("%d %b %Y")
+
+`git add shard.yml`
+`git commit -am "bump version in shard.yml"`
+
+content_to_prepend = "## #{next_version.to_s} - #{current_date}\n\nEDIT THIS:\n\n#{`git log --oneline #{current_version}..@`.chomp}\n\n"
+
+original_content = File.read("CHANGELOG.md")
+File.write("CHANGELOG.md", content_to_prepend + original_content)
+
+Process.run(ENV["EDITOR"], args: ["CHANGELOG.md"], input: :inherit, output: :inherit, error: :inherit)
+
+`git add CHANGELOG.md`
+`git commit -am 'updated CHANGELOG.md`
+
+print "Confirm release? Y/n"
+answer = gets
+
+if answer == "n"
+  puts "Canceling release"
+  exit 1
+end
+
+`git checkout master`
+`git merge develop`
+`git tag #{next_version.to_s}`
+
+puts "Run the following command to push the release"
+puts ""
+puts "git push && git push --tags"