diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 545fd19..67e510f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 build/
 dist/
+*.egg-info/
 __pycache__
+pypi.*key
diff --git a/tools/dist.sh b/tools/dist.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..390be74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/dist.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [[ ! -d .git ]]; then
+    echo "$0 must be run from the project root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+rm -rf dist build soundcraft_utils.egg-info
+if [[ $VERSION_SUFFIX ]]; then
+    echo "Overriding version with $VERSION_SUFFIX"
+    ORIG=soundcraft/__init__.py
+    BAK=${ORIG}.bak
+    if [[ -f $BAK ]]; then
+        echo "$BAK already exists"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    sed -i.bak -e "s/^\\(__version__ = ['\"][^'\"]*\\)/\\1$VERSION_SUFFIX/" $ORIG
+fi
+python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+[[ -f $BAK ]] && mv $BAK $ORIG
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ee9bbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TOOLS=$(dirname $0)
+grep version soundcraft/__init__.py
+echo -n "About to release; are you sure? [y/N] "
+read answer
+if [[ ! $answer =~ ^[yY] ]]; then
+    echo "Exiting"
+    exit 1
+fi
+$TOOLS/dist.sh || exit 1
+python3 -m twine upload --user __token__ --password $(<$TOOLS/pypi.realkey) dist/*
diff --git a/tools/testupload.sh b/tools/testupload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1a24ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testupload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TOOLS=$(dirname $0)
+export VERSION_SUFFIX=$1
+if [[ ! $VERSION_SUFFIX ]]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 [a1|b1|rc1]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [[ ! $VERSION_SUFFIX =~ ^(a|b|rc)[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    echo "Suffix must be one of:"
+    echo "  a2"
+    echo "  b5"
+    echo "  rc1"
+    exit 2
+fi
+$TOOLS/dist.sh || exit 1
+python3 -m twine upload --user __token__ --password $(<$TOOLS/pypi.testkey) --repository-url https://test.pypi.org/legacy/ dist/*