diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index bfde6c3..d2e9c2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -156,11 +156,31 @@ jobs:
           test -f gradle.properties
           test -f gradle/verification-metadata.xml
 
-      - name: Build release distribution, signed Maven bundle, and SBOM
+      - name: Generate release changelog for tagged builds
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/release@')
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x ./tools/generate-release-notes.sh
+          mkdir -p build/generated/release-notes
+          ./tools/generate-release-notes.sh "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" > build/generated/release-notes/CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Build release inputs, signed Maven bundle, and SBOM
         env:
           SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
           SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
-        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build pmdMain javadoc jacocoTestReport distZip cyclonedxBom centralBundle
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build pmdMain javadoc jacocoTestReport cyclonedxBom centralBundle
+
+      - name: Generate release changelog
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          chmod +x ./tools/generate-release-notes.sh
+          mkdir -p build/generated/release-notes
+          ./tools/generate-release-notes.sh "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" > build/generated/release-notes/CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Package release distribution
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon distZip
 
       - name: Publish bundle to Maven Central
         shell: bash
@@ -188,7 +208,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish GitHub release assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          generate_release_notes: true
+          body_path: build/generated/release-notes/CHANGELOG.md
           files: |
             build/distributions/*.zip
             build/reports/sbom/radixor-sbom.json
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c0fe029..f0d4c19 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -187,6 +187,54 @@ pitest {
 
 application {
     mainClass = 'org.egothor.stemmer.Compile'
+    applicationName = 'radixor'
+    executableDir = 'bin'
+}
+
+distributions {
+    main {
+        distributionBaseName = 'radixor'
+
+        contents {
+            from('README.md') {
+                into ''
+            }
+
+            from('LICENSE') {
+                into ''
+            }
+
+            from('docs') {
+                into 'docs'
+                include 'quick-start.md'
+                include 'cli-compilation.md'
+                include 'dictionary-format.md'
+                include 'built-in-languages.md'
+                include 'programmatic-usage.md'
+                include 'architecture-and-reduction.md'
+                include 'quality-and-operations.md'
+                include 'benchmarking.md'
+            }
+            
+            from(layout.buildDirectory.dir('generated/release-notes')) {
+                into ''
+                include 'CHANGELOG.md'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.named('startScripts') {
+    applicationName = 'radixor'
+}
+
+tasks.named('distZip', Zip) {
+    archiveBaseName = 'radixor'
+    archiveClassifier = 'bin'
+}
+
+tasks.named('distTar') {
+    enabled = false
 }
 
 jmh {
diff --git a/tools/generate-release-notes.sh b/tools/generate-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4528f4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/generate-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+current_tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${1:-}}"
+if [[ -z "${current_tag}" ]]; then
+  echo "Current tag is not set. Provide it as GITHUB_REF_NAME or as the first argument." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+release_prefix="release@"
+
+if [[ "${current_tag}" != "${release_prefix}"* ]]; then
+  echo "Current tag '${current_tag}' does not start with expected prefix '${release_prefix}'." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git fetch --tags --force >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+all_versions="$(git tag --list "${release_prefix}*" | sed "s/^${release_prefix}//" | sort -V)"
+
+previous_tag=""
+for version in ${all_versions}; do
+  if [[ "${release_prefix}${version}" == "${current_tag}" ]]; then
+    break
+  fi
+  previous_tag="${release_prefix}${version}"
+done
+
+if [[ -n "${previous_tag}" ]]; then
+  range="${previous_tag}..${current_tag}"
+else
+  range="${current_tag}"
+fi
+
+echo "Generating release notes for range: ${range}" >&2
+
+declare -a CATEGORY_ORDER=(
+  "feat|Features"
+  "fix|Bug Fixes"
+  "perf|Performance"
+  "refactor|Refactoring"
+  "docs|Documentation"
+  "test|Tests"
+  "build|Build System"
+  "ci|CI/CD"
+  "style|Style"
+  "chore|Maintenance"
+  "revert|Reverts"
+)
+
+declare -A CATEGORY_TITLES
+declare -A CATEGORY_ITEMS
+
+for entry in "${CATEGORY_ORDER[@]}"; do
+  key="${entry%%|*}"
+  title="${entry##*|}"
+  CATEGORY_TITLES["${key}"]="${title}"
+  CATEGORY_ITEMS["${key}"]=""
+done
+
+supported_prefix_pattern='^(feat|fix|perf|refactor|docs|test|build|ci|style|chore|revert)(\([^)]+\))?!?:[[:space:]]*(.+)$'
+separator=$'\x1f'
+
+append_line() {
+  local line="$1"
+  local normalized_line
+  local category
+  local message
+
+  normalized_line="$(printf '%s' "${line}" | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')"
+  [[ -z "${normalized_line}" ]] && return 0
+
+  if [[ "${normalized_line}" =~ ${supported_prefix_pattern} ]]; then
+    category="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    message="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+
+    [[ -z "${message}" ]] && return 0
+
+    CATEGORY_ITEMS["${category}"]+="- ${message}"$'\n'
+  fi
+}
+
+while IFS="${separator}" read -r commit_hash subject body; do
+  [[ -z "${commit_hash}" ]] && continue
+
+  if [[ "${subject}" =~ ^Merge[[:space:]] ]] || [[ "${subject}" == "Initial commit" ]]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+
+  append_line "${subject}"
+
+  while IFS= read -r body_line; do
+    append_line "${body_line}"
+  done <<< "${body}"
+done < <(git log "${range}" --no-merges --pretty=format:"%H${separator}%s${separator}%b")
+
+body_text="## What's New"
+
+for entry in "${CATEGORY_ORDER[@]}"; do
+  key="${entry%%|*}"
+  title="${CATEGORY_TITLES[${key}]}"
+  items="${CATEGORY_ITEMS[${key}]}"
+
+  if [[ -n "${items}" ]]; then
+    body_text+=$'\n\n'"### ${title}"$'\n'
+    body_text+="$(printf '%s' "${items}" | sed '/^[[:space:]]*$/d')"
+  fi
+done
+
+if [[ "${body_text}" == "## What's New" ]]; then
+  body_text+=$'\n\n'"No categorized changes were found in commit subjects or bodies for this release range."
+fi
+
+printf '%s\n' "${body_text}"