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 Raise issues and feature requests in the GitHub [issue tracker](https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/issues) and raise
 all changes as GitHub [pull requests](https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/pulls).
 
+## Release instructions
+
+Instructions for releasing a new `0.xx.0` version of Trippy.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Update the `README.md` for the new version
+- Update the `CHANGELOG.md` for the new version
+- Update the `RELEASES.md` for the new version
+- Update the version to `0.xx.0` in `Cargo.toml`, `snap/snapcraft.yaml` & `ubuntu-ppa/release.sh`
+
+### Github release
+
+- Tag the release with the version number `0.xx.0` and push the tag to GitHub:
+
+```shell
+git tag 0.xx.0
+git push origin tag 0.xx.0
+```
+
+- Copy the release details from `RELEASES.md` and `CHANGELOG.md` to the GitHub release page
+
+### Crates.io
+
+- Publish all crates to crates.io (in order):
+
+```shell
+cargo publish trippy-dns
+cargo publish trippy-packet
+cargo publish trippy-privilege
+cargo publish trippy-tui
+cargo publish trippy
+```
+
+### Docker
+
+From the repository root directory:
+
+```shell
+docker build . -t fujiapple/trippy:0.xx.0 -t fujiapple/trippy:latest
+docker push fujiapple/trippy:0.xx.0
+docker push fujiapple/trippy:latest
+```
+
+### Snapcraft
+
+- Promote the first `0.xx.0` build to the `latest/stable` channel from the
+  Snapcraft [releases](https://snapcraft.io/trippy/releases) page
+
+### Winget
+
+- Download the latest release Windows `zip` from
+  the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/releases/latest)
+- Determine the SHA256 checksum of the release:
+
+```shell
+shasum -a 256 trippy-0.xx.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
+```
+
+- Update the `winget` [fork](https://github.com/fujiapple852/winget-pkgs) to the latest upstream
+- Checkout the fork and create a branch called `fujiapple852-trippy-0.xx.0`
+- Go to the Trippy directory
+
+```shell
+cd winget-pkgs/manifests/f/FujiApple/Trippy
+```
+
+- Copy the previous `0.yy.0` directory to a new directory for the new `0.xx.0` version
+- Update the `PackageVersion`, `ReleaseDate` and update all paths to the new version
+- Update the `InstallerSha256` with the checksum from the previous step
+- Update the release notes from [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
+- Commit the changes with message:
+
+```text
+update fujiapple852/trippy to 0.xx.0
+```
+
+- Push the branch to the fork and create a pull request against the upstream `winget-pkgs` repository
+
+### Ubuntu PPA
+
+See the Ubuntu PPA [README.md](https://github.com/fujiapple852/trippy/blob/master/ubuntu-ppa/README.md)
+
 ## Help wanted
 
 There are several the issues tagged