diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1020df2ab0..bd0362a7850 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 .DS_Store?
 dist/*
+out/*
 node_modules/*
 third_party/*
 package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.js b/package.js
index b40fa41e4aa..d4b65fcb770 100644
--- a/package.js
+++ b/package.js
@@ -579,6 +579,14 @@ const coverage = async () => {
     await exec('nyc --instrument npx electron ./dist/nyc');
 };
 
+const forge = async() => {
+    await exec('npm install @electron-forge/cli@7.2.0');
+    await exec('npm install @electron-forge/core@7.2.0');
+    await exec('npm install @electron-forge/maker-snap@7.2.0');
+    await exec('npm install @electron-forge/maker-dmg@7.2.0');
+    await exec('npm install @electron-forge/maker-zip@7.2.0');
+};
+
 const analyze = async () => {
     const exists = await access('third_party/tools/codeql');
     if (!exists) {
@@ -630,6 +638,7 @@ const next = async () => {
             case 'pull': await pull(); break;
             case 'analyze': await analyze(); break;
             case 'coverage': await coverage(); break;
+            case 'forge': await forge(); break;
             default: throw new Error(`Unsupported task '${task}'.`);
         }
     } catch (err) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17b83356bfe..e9eb8a300ed 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
         "report-dir": "dist/nyc/coverage",
         "temp-dir": "dist/nyc/.nyc_output"
     },
+    "config": {
+        "forge": "publish/forge.config.js"
+    },
     "build": {
         "appId": "com.lutzroeder.netron",
         "productName": "Netron",
diff --git a/publish/forge.config.js b/publish/forge.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15b2623f463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish/forge.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+
+/*
+const APPLE_API_KEY_ID = process.env.APPLE_API_KEY_ID;
+const APPLE_API_KEY_ISSUER_ID = process.env.APPLE_API_KEY_ISSUER_ID;
+*/
+
+export default {
+    outDir: 'dist',
+    packagerConfig: {
+        icon: "publish/icon",
+        dir: [
+            'source'
+        ],
+        ignore: [
+            "publish",
+            "third_party",
+            "test",
+            "tools"
+        ],
+        /*
+        osxNotarize: {
+            tool: 'notarytool',
+            appleApiKey: `~/.private_keys/AuthKey_${APPLE_API_KEY_ID}.p8`,
+            appleApiKeyId: APPLE_API_KEY_ID,
+            appleApiIssuer: APPLE_API_KEY_ISSUER_ID
+        },
+        */
+        asar: true
+    },
+    /*
+    makeTargets: {
+        win32: ['nsis'],
+        darwin: ['dmg', 'zip'],
+        linux: ['snap'],
+    },
+    */
+    makers: [
+        {
+            name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
+            config: {
+                platforms: [ 'darwin' ],
+                // name: "${name}-${version}-mac.zip"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            name: '@electron-forge/maker-dmg',
+            config: {
+                background: './publish/background.png',
+                /* eslint-disable no-template-curly-in-string */
+                name: "Netron-${version}"
+                /* eslint-enable no-template-curly-in-string */
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    publishers: [
+        {
+            "name": "@electron-forge/publisher-github",
+            "config": {}
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "@electron-forge/publisher-snapcraft",
+            "config": {}
+        }
+    ]
+};