diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47a28166fd..2844552a01 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ cjs/*
 amd/*
 ie8/bundle.js
 lib/*
+tmp-bower-repo/
+tmp-docs-repo/
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index a2f1a0ed86..8f06b9affc 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             dest: 'amd/',
             cwd: 'tools/amd',
             expand: true
+          },
+          {
+            src: ['.gitignore-template'],
+            dest: 'amd/',
+            cwd: 'tools/amd',
+            expand: true
           }
         ]
       },
@@ -156,8 +162,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         src: 'amd/<%= pkg.name %>.js',
         dest: 'amd/<%= pkg.name %>.min.js'
       }
-    }
-
+    },
   });
 
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-uglify');
@@ -183,6 +188,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     'clean:transpiled'
   ]);
 
+  require('./tools/release/tasks')(grunt);
+
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['build']);
 
 };
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore-template b/docs/.gitignore-template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43edecbb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/.gitignore-template
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+*~
+node_modules/
+.DS_Store
+npm-debug.log
+.idea
+examples/
+src/
+build.js
+client.js
+server.js
+package.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0048fb3f65..5028d6746a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt build",
     "test-watch": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt watch 2>&1 >/dev/null & ./node_modules/karma/bin/karma start karma.dev.js",
-    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt build && ./node_modules/karma/bin/karma start karma.ci.js",
-    "prepublish": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt build"
+    "test": "./node_modules/.bin/grunt build && ./node_modules/karma/bin/karma start karma.ci.js"
   },
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "directories": {
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@
     "react": ">=0.12"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "async": "~0.2.9",
     "envify": "~1.2.1",
     "grunt": "~0.4.2",
     "grunt-amd-wrap": "^1.0.1",
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "react-async": "~2.0.0",
     "react-router-component": "git://github.com/STRML/react-router-component#react-0.12",
     "requirejs": "~2.1.9",
+    "semver": "~2.0.7",
     "sinon": "^1.10.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tools/amd/.gitignore-template b/tools/amd/.gitignore-template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tools/release/exec-series.js b/tools/release/exec-series.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0905aa3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/exec-series.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+var async = require('async'),
+    spawnCommand = require('./spawn-command.js');
+
+module.exports = function execSeries(args, cb, options) {
+  async.eachSeries(
+    args,
+    function(args, callback) {
+      console.log(args[0] + ' ' + args[1].join(' '));
+      spawnCommand.apply(this, args.concat(options))
+          .on('error', function(err) {
+            throw err;
+          })
+          .on('exit', function(code) {
+            if (code) {
+              throw new Error('Failed executing ' + args);
+            } else {
+              callback();
+            }
+          });
+    },
+    cb);
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/release/spawn-command.js b/tools/release/spawn-command.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfbce28635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/spawn-command.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+var win32 = process.platform === 'win32';
+
+// Normalize a command across OS and spawn it
+//
+// - command    - A String containing a command to run
+// - arguments  - An Array of arguments to pass the command
+//
+// Returns ChildProcess object (of the spawned command)
+module.exports = function spawnCommand(command, args, options) {
+  var winCommand = win32 ? 'cmd' : command;
+  var winArgs = win32 ? ['/c ' + command + ' ' + args.join(' ')] : args;
+
+  options = options || {};
+  options.stdio = 'inherit';
+
+  return spawn(winCommand, winArgs, options);
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/release/tasks.js b/tools/release/tasks.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35d6ef2e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/tasks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var async = require('async');
+var childProcess = require('child_process');
+var path = require('path');
+var semver = require('semver');
+var execSeries = require('./exec-series.js');
+var spawnCommand = require('./spawn-command.js');
+
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+  grunt.registerTask('release', function(type) {
+    var complete = this.async();
+
+    var filesToCopy = grunt.config.get('release-component.options.copy');
+    var bowerRepo = 'git@github.com:react-bootstrap/react-bootstrap-bower.git';
+    var docsRepo = 'git@github.com:react-bootstrap/react-bootstrap.github.io.git';
+
+    // Grunt is kind enough to change cwd to the directory the Gruntfile is in
+    // but double check just in case
+    var repoRoot = process.cwd();
+    var libRoot = path.join(repoRoot, 'lib/');
+    var bowerRoot = path.join(repoRoot, 'amd/');
+    var docsRoot = path.join(repoRoot, 'docs/');
+    var tmpBowerRepo = path.join(repoRoot, 'tmp-bower-repo');
+    var tmpDocsRepo = path.join(repoRoot, 'tmp-docs-repo');
+
+    var version;
+
+    async.series([
+      // Ensure git repo is actually ready to release
+      ensureClean,
+      ensureFetched,
+
+      // Clean build output
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['rm', ['-rf', bowerRoot]],
+          ['rm', ['-rf', libRoot]],
+        ], next);
+      },
+
+      // Bump versions
+      function(next) {
+        modifyJSONSync(path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json'), function(packageJSON) {
+          var oldVersion = packageJSON.version;
+          if (!type) {
+            type = 'patch';
+          }
+          if (['major', 'minor', 'patch'].indexOf(type) === -1) {
+            version = type;
+          } else {
+            version = semver.inc(packageJSON.version, type || 'patch');
+          }
+          console.log('version changed from ' + oldVersion + ' to ' + version);
+          packageJSON.version = version;
+        });
+        next();
+      },
+
+      // Add and commit
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['git', ['add', path.join(repoRoot, 'package.json')]],
+          ['git', ['commit', '-m', '"Release v' + version + '"']]
+        ], next);
+      },
+
+      // Build src
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['grunt', ['build']]
+        ], next);
+      },
+
+      // Build docs
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['rm', ['-rf', path.join(docsRoot, 'node_modules')]],
+          ['git', ['clean', '-dfx']],
+          ['npm', ['install']],
+          ['npm', ['run', 'build']]
+        ], next, {
+          cwd: docsRoot
+        });
+      },
+
+      // Tag
+      function(next) {
+        tag('v' + version, next);
+      },
+
+      // Push
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['git', ['push']],
+          ['git', ['push', '--tags']]
+        ], next);
+      },
+
+      // Publish to npm
+      function(next) {
+        execSeries([
+          ['npm', ['publish']]
+        ], next);
+      },
+
+      function(next) {
+        ReleaseRepo(bowerRepo, bowerRoot, tmpBowerRepo, version, next);
+      },
+
+      function(next) {
+        ReleaseRepo(docsRepo, docsRoot, tmpDocsRepo, version, next);
+      },
+
+    ], complete);
+  });
+};
+
+function ReleaseRepo(repo, srcFolder, tmpFolder, version, callback) {
+  async.series([
+    // Clone repo into tmpFolder and copy built files into it
+    function(next) {
+      var commands = [
+        ['rm',  ['-rf', tmpFolder]],
+        ['git', ['clone', repo, tmpFolder]]
+      ];
+      execSeries(commands, function() {
+        var additionalCommands = fs.readdirSync(tmpFolder)
+          .filter(function(f) { return f !== '.git'; })
+          .map(function(f) { return ['rm', ['-rf', path.join(tmpFolder, f)]] });
+
+        additionalCommands.push(['cp',  ['-R', srcFolder, tmpFolder]]);
+        additionalCommands.push(['mv',  [path.join(tmpFolder, '.gitignore-template'), path.join(tmpFolder, '.gitignore')]]);
+
+        execSeries(additionalCommands, next)
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Add and commit in repo
+    function(next) {
+      var commands = [
+        ['git', ['add', '-A', '.']],
+        ['git', ['commit', '-m', '"Release v' + version + '"']]
+      ];
+      execSeries(commands, next, {
+        cwd: tmpFolder
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Tag in repo
+    function(next) {
+      tag('v' + version, next, {
+        cwd: tmpFolder
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Push in repo
+    function(next) {
+      execSeries([
+        ['git', ['push']],
+        ['git', ['push', '--tags']]
+      ], next, {
+        cwd: tmpFolder
+      });
+    },
+
+    // Delete repo
+    function(next) {
+      execSeries([
+        ['rm', ['-rf', tmpFolder]]
+      ], next);
+    }
+  ], callback);
+}
+
+function ensureClean(callback) {
+  childProcess.exec('git diff-index --name-only HEAD --', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+    if (err) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+
+    if (stdout.length) {
+      throw new Error('Git repository must be clean');
+    } else {
+      callback();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+function tag(name, callback, options) {
+  spawnCommand('git', ['tag', '-a', '--message=' + name, name], options)
+      .on('error', function(err) {
+        throw err;
+      })
+      .on('exit', function(code) {
+        if (code) {
+          throw new Error('Failed tagging ' + name + ' code: ' + code);
+        } else {
+          callback();
+        }
+      });
+}
+
+function ensureFetched(callback) {
+  childProcess.exec('git fetch', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+    if (err) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+
+    childProcess.exec('git branch -v --no-color | grep -e "^\\*"', function(err, stdout, stderr) {
+      if (err) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+
+      if (/\[behind (.*)\]/.test(stdout)) {
+        throw new Error('Your repo is behind by ' + RegExp.$1 + ' commits');
+      }
+
+      callback();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function modifyJSONSync(JSONPath, callback) {
+  var json = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(JSONPath).toString());
+  callback(json);
+  fs.writeFileSync(JSONPath, JSON.stringify(json, null, 2));
+}