diff --git a/.github/workflows/web-release.yml b/.github/workflows/web-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0156657f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/web-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: create capa Explorer Web release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version number for the release (x.x.x)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  run-tests:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/web-tests.yml
+
+  build-and-release:
+    needs: run-tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set release name
+      run: echo "RELEASE_NAME=capa-explorer-web-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-${GITHUB_SHA::7}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Check if release already exists
+      run: |
+        if ls web/explorer/releases/capa-explorer-web-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}-* 1> /dev/null 2>&1; then
+          echo "A release with version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} already exists"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: Set up Node.js
+      uses: actions/setup-node@0a44ba7841725637a19e28fa30b79a866c81b0a6 # v4.0.4
+      with:
+        node-version: 20
+        cache: 'npm'
+        cache-dependency-path: 'web/explorer/package-lock.json'
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: npm ci
+      working-directory: web/explorer
+
+    - name: Build offline bundle
+      run: npm run build:bundle
+      working-directory: web/explorer
+
+    - name: Compress bundle
+      run: zip -r ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}.zip capa-explorer-web
+      working-directory: web/explorer
+
+    - name: Create releases directory
+      run: mkdir -vp web/explorer/releases
+
+    - name: Move archive release to releases folder
+      run: mv web/explorer/${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}.zip web/explorer/releases
+
+    - name: Commit and push release
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "capa-dev@mandiant.com"
+        git config --local user.name "Capa Bot"
+        git add -f web/explorer/releases/${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}.zip
+        git commit -m "explorer web: add release ${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}"
+        git push
+
+    - name: Remove older releases
+      # keep only the latest 3 releases
+      run: ls -t capa-explorer-web-*.zip | tail -n +4 | xargs -r rm --
+      working-directory: web/explorer/releases
diff --git a/.github/workflows/web-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/web-tests.yml
index 8a8a63312..22016a3a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/web-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/web-tests.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-name: Capa Explorer Web tests 
+name: capa Explorer Web tests 
 
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
     paths:
       - 'web/explorer/**'
+  workflow_call:  # this allows the workflow to be called by other workflows
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -23,20 +24,20 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: 20
         cache: 'npm'
-        cache-dependency-path: './web/explorer/package-lock.json'
+        cache-dependency-path: 'web/explorer/package-lock.json'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: npm ci
-      working-directory: ./web/explorer
+      working-directory: web/explorer
 
     - name: Lint
       run: npm run lint
-      working-directory: ./web/explorer
+      working-directory: web/explorer
 
     - name: Format
       run: npm run format:check
-      working-directory: ./web/explorer
+      working-directory: web/explorer
 
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: npm run test
-      working-directory: ./web/explorer
+      working-directory: web/explorer
diff --git a/web/explorer/.gitignore b/web/explorer/.gitignore
index 064b5fed8..c734baff7 100644
--- a/web/explorer/.gitignore
+++ b/web/explorer/.gitignore
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ yarn-error.log*
 pnpm-debug.log*
 lerna-debug.log*
 
+# capa Explorer Web Releases
+releases/
+
 # Dependencies, build results, and other generated files
 node_modules
 .DS_Store