diff --git a/.github/scripts/build_appimage.sh b/.github/scripts/build_appimage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79da058
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/build_appimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+if [ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
+    LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH="x86_64"
+elif [ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]; then
+    LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH="aarch64"
+else
+    echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Building AppImage for architecture: $ARCH"
+
+echo "Downloading linuxdeploy..."
+wget "https://github.com/linuxdeploy/linuxdeploy/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeploy-${LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH}.AppImage"
+chmod +x linuxdeploy-${LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH}.AppImage
+
+export APPIMAGE_EXTRACT_AND_RUN=1
+
+BINARY_PATH="target/release/picoforge"
+DESKTOP_FILE="data/in.suyogtandel.picoforge.desktop"
+ICON_FILE="static/appIcons/in.suyogtandel.picoforge.svg"
+
+if [ ! -f "$BINARY_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Binary not found at $BINARY_PATH"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$DESKTOP_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Desktop file not found at $DESKTOP_FILE"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$ICON_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Icon file not found at $ICON_FILE"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Running linuxdeploy..."
+./linuxdeploy-${LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH}.AppImage \
+    --appdir AppDir \
+    --executable "$BINARY_PATH" \
+    --desktop-file "$DESKTOP_FILE" \
+    --icon-file "$ICON_FILE" \
+    --exclude-library libpcsclite.so.1 \
+    --output appimage
+
+rm "linuxdeploy-${LINUXDEPLOY_ARCH}.AppImage"
+
+mkdir -p target/release
+mv *.AppImage target/release/
+
+echo "AppImage build complete. Artifacts moved to target/release/"
+ls -l target/release/*.AppImage
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eabc2f2..edde320 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ jobs:
             ${{ matrix.platform == 'macos-latest' && 'aarch64-apple-darwin,x86_64-apple-darwin' ||
             matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' && 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc,i686-pc-windows-msvc,aarch64-pc-windows-msvc' || '' }}
 
+      - name: Cache Cargo registry and target
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          key: ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.args }}
+
       - name: install dependencies (ubuntu only)
         if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04' || matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
         run: |
@@ -88,17 +93,25 @@ jobs:
           echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: install cargo-packager
-        uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-packager
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
+        with:
+          tool: cargo-packager
 
       - name: Build Binary
         run: cargo build --release ${{ matrix.args }}
 
-      # - name: Build and Package (Linux)
-      #   if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04' || matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
-      #   run: cargo packager --release --formats deb,pacman
+      - name: Build and Package (Linux)
+        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04' || matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
+        run: cargo packager --release --formats deb,pacman
+
+      - name: Build AppImage
+        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04' || matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
+        run: |
+          chmod +x .github/scripts/build_appimage.sh
+          ./.github/scripts/build_appimage.sh
 
       - name: Build and Package
-        # if: matrix.platform != 'ubuntu-22.04' && matrix.platform != 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
+        if: matrix.platform != 'ubuntu-22.04' && matrix.platform != 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
         run: cargo packager --release ${{ matrix.args }}
 
       - name: Upload Release Assets
@@ -118,7 +131,6 @@ jobs:
             target/release/*.AppImage
             target/release/*.tar.gz
             target/release/*.msi
-            target/release/*.exe
             target/release/*.dmg
             target/release/*.app
             target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/*.dmg