diff --git a/.github/actions/build-release-assets/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-release-assets/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..937bdcd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-release-assets/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Build release assets
+description: Build and package the theme assets used by GitHub Releases and development builds.
+
+inputs:
+  bun-version:
+    description: Bun version used to build the theme.
+    required: false
+    default: "1.3.14"
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up Bun
+      uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
+      with:
+        bun-version: ${{ inputs.bun-version }}
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
+
+    - name: Build and package theme assets
+      shell: bash
+      run: bash "${{ github.action_path }}/package.sh"
diff --git a/.github/actions/build-release-assets/package.sh b/.github/actions/build-release-assets/package.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c3a77c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-release-assets/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+bun release
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-base.tar.gz \
+  dist/theme-github-auto.css dist/theme-github-light.css dist/theme-github-dark.css dist/theme-github-soft-dark.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-colorblind-protanopia-deuteranopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-colorblind-*.css
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-colorblind-tritanopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-tritanopia-*.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-base.tar.gz \
+  dist/theme-github-high-contrast-auto.css dist/theme-github-high-contrast-light.css \
+  dist/theme-github-high-contrast-dark.css dist/theme-github-high-contrast-soft-dark.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-protanopia-deuteranopia.tar.gz \
+  dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-*.css
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-tritanopia.tar.gz \
+  dist/theme-github-high-contrast-tritanopia-*.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-pink.tar.gz dist/theme-github-pink-*.css
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-gitea.tar.gz dist/theme-github-gitea-*.css
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-catppuccin.tar.gz dist/theme-github-catppuccin-*.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github.tar.gz --remove-files dist/theme-github-*.css
+
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-templates.tar.gz templates
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-fonts.tar.gz -C dist assets/fonts
+tar -zcf dist/theme-github-translations.tar.gz --remove-files dist/options
diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2818b10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name-template: "$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+tag-template: "$RESOLVED_VERSION"
+change-template: "* $TITLE by @$AUTHOR in [#$NUMBER]($URL)"
+change-title-escapes: "\\<*_&"
+category-template: "## $TITLE"
+no-changes-template: "* No changes"
+
+template: |
+  # Release $RESOLVED_VERSION
+
+  <!-- Replace this summary before publishing the release. -->
+  [Short summary of the release.]
+
+  # Compatibility
+
+  This release targets Forgejo `[major version]`.
+
+  It was tested against Forgejo `[version]`, including the bundled template overrides.
+
+  # Changelog
+
+  $CHANGES
+
+categories:
+  - title: "Features"
+    exclusive: true
+    labels:
+      - "feature"
+
+  - title: "Changes"
+    exclusive: true
+    labels:
+      - "change"
+
+  - title: "Fixes"
+    exclusive: true
+    labels:
+      - "bug"
+
+  - title: "Dependencies"
+    exclusive: true
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+
+exclude-labels:
+  - "skip-changelog"
+
+version-resolver:
+  major:
+    labels:
+      - "major"
+  minor:
+    labels:
+      - "feature"
+  patch:
+    labels:
+      - "change"
+      - "bug"
+      - "dependencies"
+  default: patch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b6cde2..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: build
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v4
-        id: changes
-        with:
-          filters: |
-            src:
-              - ".github/workflows/*.yml"
-              - "primer/**/*.ts"
-              - "scripts/*"
-              - "src/**/*.ts"
-              - "styles/**/*.ts"
-              - "templates/**"
-              - "themes/*.ts"
-              - "public/**"
-              - "theme.config.ts"
-              - "vite.config.ts"
-              - "package.json"
-
-      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-        with:
-          bun-version: "1.3.14"
-
-      - name: Build theme
-        id: build
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true'
-        run: |
-          bun install
-          bun bundle:ci
-
-      - name: Upload css assets
-        if: steps.build.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: themes
-          path: dist/*.css
-
-      - name: Upload templates assets
-        if: steps.build.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: templates
-          path: templates
-
-      - name: Upload font assets
-        if: steps.build.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: fonts
-          path: dist/assets/fonts
-
-      - name: Build locales
-        id: locales
-        if: steps.build.outcome =='success'
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: bun update:locale
-
-      - name: Upload locales assets
-        if: steps.locales.outcome =='success'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: locales
-          path: dist/options/locale
diff --git a/.github/workflows/development-build.yml b/.github/workflows/development-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a7df174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/development-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Development Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: Branch, tag, or commit to build.
+        required: true
+        default: dev
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
+
+      - name: Build release assets
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-release-assets
+
+      - name: Upload development artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: forgejo-theme-dev-${{ github.run_number }}
+          path: dist/*.tar.gz
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 14
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
similarity index 59%
rename from .github/workflows/pr.yml
rename to .github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 919c9e57..9927940a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,52 @@
-name: pr
+name: Pull Request
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
     branches:
-      - main
+      - dev
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+      - ready_for_review
+    branches:
+      - dev
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pr-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  require-release-label:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: read
+      pull-requests: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify pull request release label
+        uses: mheap/github-action-required-labels@v5
+        with:
+          mode: exactly
+          count: 1
+          labels: "^(feature|change|bug|dependencies|skip-changelog)$"
+          use_regex: true
+          message: >-
+            Add one release label: feature, change, bug, dependencies, or skip-changelog. Add major as an optional
+            version modifier.
+
   checks:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbcd3568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Release Build
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - created
+      - published
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-tag:
+        description: Release tag to rebuild and republish, for example v1.28.0
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.release-tag }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.release-tag }}
+      - name: Build release assets
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-release-assets
+      - name: Upload assets to release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.release-tag }}
+        run: gh release upload "$RELEASE_TAG" dist/*.tar.gz --clobber
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4ab36e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-drafter-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  update-release-draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Update release draft
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
+        with:
+          commitish: dev
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d5294a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-name: release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-      - uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-        with:
-          bun-version: "1.3.14"
-      - name: Build theme
-        run: |
-          bun install
-          bun release
-      - name: Create release
-        run: |
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-base.tar.gz \
-          dist/theme-github-auto.css dist/theme-github-light.css dist/theme-github-dark.css dist/theme-github-soft-dark.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-colorblind-protanopia-deuteranopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-colorblind-*.css
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-colorblind-tritanopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-tritanopia-*.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-base.tar.gz \
-          dist/theme-github-high-contrast-auto.css dist/theme-github-high-contrast-light.css dist/theme-github-high-contrast-dark.css dist/theme-github-high-contrast-soft-dark.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-protanopia-deuteranopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-*.css
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-high-contrast-colorblind-tritanopia.tar.gz dist/theme-github-high-contrast-tritanopia-*.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-pink.tar.gz dist/theme-github-pink-*.css
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-gitea.tar.gz dist/theme-github-gitea-*.css
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-extra-catppuccin.tar.gz dist/theme-github-catppuccin-*.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github.tar.gz --remove-files dist/theme-github-*.css
-
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-templates.tar.gz templates
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-fonts.tar.gz -C dist assets/fonts
-          tar -zcf dist/theme-github-translations.tar.gz --remove-files dist/options
-
-          TAG="v$(npm run -s version)"
-          gh release create "$TAG" dist/*.tar.gz --notes-file CHANGELOG.md --draft -t $TAG
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index ff662fae..60871d56 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ If you believe you have a better approach, feel free to submit an Issue.
 >
 > When submitting a PR, please run `bun commit`
 
+### Pull Requests and Release Notes
+
+Submit changes through a pull request targeting `dev`. Use a specific, release-note-friendly title in the form
+`Area: Description`, for example `Templates: Fix commit status badge rendering`.
+
+Apply exactly one primary release label:
+
+- `feature` for new user-facing capabilities or themes
+- `change` for intentional style, template, or compatibility improvements
+- `bug` for regressions and incorrect rendering
+- `dependencies` for dependency and build-tool updates
+- `skip-changelog` for internal changes that should not appear in release notes
+
+Add `major` when the change requires a major version bump. It modifies version resolution but does not create a separate
+release-notes section.
+
 ## Development Environment
 
 The theme depends on the Bun runtime. Please ensure Bun is installed in your environment. Bun 1.3.14 or later is