diff --git a/src/gitea.rs b/src/gitea.rs
index acb60e9..b0cb56f 100644
--- a/src/gitea.rs
+++ b/src/gitea.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 use reqwest::Client;
+use semver::Version;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct GitCommit {
-    commit: GitCommitDetails,
+    pub commit: GitCommitDetails,
+    pub sha: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct GitCommitDetails {
-    message: String,
+    pub message: String,
 }
 
 pub async fn get_pull_request_commits(
@@ -47,6 +50,226 @@ pub async fn get_pull_request_commits(
     Ok(commit_titles)
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct ReleaseRequest {
+    pub tag_name: String,
+    pub target_commitish: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub body: String,
+    pub draft: bool,
+    pub prerelease: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct ReleaseResponse {
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub url: String,
+    // Add other fields as needed
+}
+
+pub async fn create_gitea_release(
+    base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    access_token: &str,
+    release_request: &ReleaseRequest,
+) -> eyre::Result<ReleaseResponse> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let releases_url = format!("{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/releases", base_url, owner, repo);
+
+    let response = client
+        .post(&releases_url)
+        .bearer_auth(access_token)
+        .json(release_request)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    if !response.status().is_success() {
+        eyre::bail!("failed to handle request: {}", response.text().await?);
+    }
+
+    let response = response.json::<ReleaseResponse>().await?;
+
+    Ok(response)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Release {
+    pub id: u64,
+    pub tag_name: String,
+    pub draft: bool,
+    pub prerelease: bool, // Add other fields as needed
+    pub target_commitish: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub body: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn get_newest_release(
+    base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    personal_access_token: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<Release> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let releases_url = format!("{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/releases", base_url, owner, repo);
+
+    let response = client
+        .get(&releases_url)
+        .bearer_auth(personal_access_token)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    if !response.status().is_success() {
+        eyre::bail!("failed to handle request: {}", response.text().await?);
+    }
+
+    let response = response.json::<Vec<Release>>().await?;
+
+    match response.first() {
+        Some(release) => Ok(release.clone()),
+        None => Err(eyre::anyhow!("No releases found")),
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn is_newest_release_draft(
+    gitea_base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    personal_access_token: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<(bool, Release)> {
+    let release = get_newest_release(gitea_base_url, owner, repo, personal_access_token).await?;
+    Ok((release.draft, release))
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct UpdateReleaseRequest {
+    pub tag_name: Option<String>,
+    pub target_commitish: Option<String>,
+    pub name: Option<String>,
+    pub body: Option<String>,
+    pub draft: Option<bool>,
+    pub prerelease: Option<bool>,
+}
+
+pub async fn modify_release(
+    base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    token: &str,
+    release_id: u64,
+    update_request: &UpdateReleaseRequest,
+) -> eyre::Result<Release> {
+    tracing::info!(
+        base_url = base_url,
+        owner = owner,
+        repo = repo,
+        release_id = release_id,
+        "modifying release"
+    );
+
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let release_url = format!(
+        "{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/releases/{}",
+        base_url, owner, repo, release_id
+    );
+
+    let response = client
+        .patch(&release_url)
+        .bearer_auth(token)
+        .json(&update_request)
+        .send()
+        .await?;
+
+    if !response.status().is_success() {
+        eyre::bail!("failed to handle request: {}", response.text().await?);
+    }
+
+    let response = response.json::<Release>().await?;
+
+    Ok(response)
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Commit {
+    pub sha: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct Tag {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub commit: Commit, // Add other fields as needed
+}
+
+pub async fn get_highest_semver_from_tags(
+    base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    token: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<(Version, Tag)> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let tags_url = format!("{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/tags", base_url, owner, repo);
+
+    let response = client.get(&tags_url).bearer_auth(token).send().await?;
+
+    if !response.status().is_success() {
+        eyre::bail!("failed to handle request: {}", response.text().await?);
+    }
+
+    let response = response.json::<Vec<Tag>>().await?;
+
+    let highest_version = response
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|tag| {
+            Version::parse(&tag.name.replace("v", ""))
+                .and_then(|v| Ok((v, tag)))
+                .ok()
+        })
+        .max_by(|(x, _), (y, _)| x.cmp(y));
+
+    match highest_version {
+        Some(version) => Ok(version),
+        None => Err(eyre::anyhow!("No valid SemVer tags found",)),
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn get_commits_from_commit_to_newest(
+    base_url: &str,
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    token: &str,
+    branch: &str,
+    start_commit_sha: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<Vec<GitCommit>> {
+    let client = Client::new();
+    let commits_url = format!(
+        "{}/api/v1/repos/{}/{}/commits?sha={}",
+        base_url, owner, repo, branch
+    );
+
+    let response = client.get(&commits_url).bearer_auth(token).send().await?;
+
+    if !response.status().is_success() {
+        eyre::bail!("failed to handle request: {}", response.text().await?);
+    }
+
+    //tracing::info!(request = response.text().await?, "test");
+
+    let mut response = response.json::<Vec<GitCommit>>().await?;
+    //let mut response: Vec<GitCommit> = Vec::new();
+
+    let index_of_start_commit = response
+        .iter()
+        .position(|commit| commit.sha == start_commit_sha);
+
+    match index_of_start_commit {
+        Some(index) => {
+            response.truncate(index);
+            Ok(response)
+        }
+        None => Err(eyre::anyhow!("Start commit not found",)),
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use tracing_test::traced_test;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0883c8f..e8c1cf7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ mod validate_pr;
 use clap::Command;
 use tracing_subscriber::{filter::LevelFilter, EnvFilter};
 
+use self::gitea::{get_highest_semver_from_tags, ReleaseRequest, UpdateReleaseRequest};
+
 const VERSION: &'static str = "<dev>";
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -14,15 +16,16 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     }
     color_eyre::install().unwrap();
 
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .pretty()
-        .with_env_filter(EnvFilter::default().add_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into()))
-        .init();
-
     let matches = clap::Command::new("releaser")
         .version(VERSION)
         .author("kjuulh <contact@kjuulh.io>")
         .about("A CLI app for releasing software and managing versions")
+        .arg(
+            clap::Arg::new("quiet")
+                .long("quiet")
+                .short('q')
+                .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue),
+        )
         .subcommand(Command::new("release").about("Release the software"))
         .subcommand(
             Command::new("validate").about("Validate the semantic versioning of the software"),
@@ -44,9 +47,44 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                         .required(true),
                 ),
         )
-        .subcommand(Command::new("bump").about("Bump the semantic versioning in git tags"))
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("bump")
+                .about("Bump the semantic versioning in git tags")
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("owner").long("owner").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("repo").long("repo").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("branch").long("branch").required(true)),
+        )
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("release:gitea")
+                .about("Create a release on gitea")
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("owner").long("owner").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("repo").long("repo").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("version").long("version").required(true))
+                .arg(clap::Arg::new("branch").long("branch").required(true))
+                .arg(
+                    clap::Arg::new("generate-changelog")
+                        .long("generate-changelog")
+                        .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue),
+                ),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
+    let quiet = matches.get_one::<bool>("quiet");
+    match quiet {
+        Some(true) => {}
+        _ => {
+            tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+                .pretty()
+                .with_env_filter(
+                    EnvFilter::from_default_env().add_directive(LevelFilter::INFO.into()),
+                )
+                .init();
+        }
+    }
+
+    let base_url = &std::env::var("GITEA_BASE_URL").unwrap();
+    let token = &std::env::var("GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN").unwrap();
+
     match matches.subcommand() {
         Some(("release", sub_matches)) => {}
         Some(("validate", sub_matches)) => {}
@@ -60,12 +98,99 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                 .await?
             {
                 Some(version) => {
-                    tracing::info!(version = version, "bumping version")
+                    tracing::info!(version = version, "bumping version");
+
+                    print!("{}\n", version)
                 }
                 None => tracing::info!(version = current_version, "no version bump required!"),
             }
         }
-        Some(("bump", sub_matches)) => {}
+        Some(("bump", sub_matches)) => {
+            let owner = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("owner").unwrap();
+            let repo = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("repo").unwrap();
+            let branch = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("branch").unwrap();
+            let default_version = "0.0.0";
+
+            let version = match get_highest_semver_from_tags(base_url, owner, repo, token).await {
+                Ok((version, tag)) => {
+                    tracing::debug!(version = version.to_string(), "got tag from repo");
+
+                    match validate_pr::validate_commits(
+                        &owner,
+                        &repo,
+                        &tag.commit.sha,
+                        branch,
+                        &version.to_string(),
+                    )
+                    .await?
+                    {
+                        Some(version) => {
+                            tracing::info!(version = version, "bumping version");
+
+                            print!("{}\n", version)
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            tracing::info!(version = default_version, "no version bump required!")
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    version.to_string()
+                }
+                _ => default_version.to_string(),
+            };
+        }
+        Some(("release:gitea", sub_matches)) => {
+            let default_generate_changelog = false;
+            let owner = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("owner").unwrap();
+            let repo = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("repo").unwrap();
+            let version = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("version").unwrap();
+            let branch = sub_matches.get_one::<String>("branch").unwrap();
+            let generate_changelog = sub_matches
+                .get_one::<bool>("generate-changelog")
+                .unwrap_or(&default_generate_changelog);
+
+            match crate::gitea::is_newest_release_draft(base_url, owner, repo, token).await {
+                Ok((true, release)) => {
+                    let resp = crate::gitea::modify_release(
+                        base_url,
+                        owner,
+                        repo,
+                        token,
+                        release.id,
+                        &UpdateReleaseRequest {
+                            body: None,
+                            draft: Some(release.draft),
+                            tag_name: Some(version.clone()),
+                            name: Some(version.clone()),
+                            prerelease: None,
+                            target_commitish: Some(branch.clone()),
+                        },
+                    )
+                    .await?;
+
+                    tracing::info!("updated release")
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    let resp = crate::gitea::create_gitea_release(
+                        base_url,
+                        owner,
+                        repo,
+                        token,
+                        &ReleaseRequest {
+                            tag_name: version.clone(),
+                            target_commitish: branch.clone(),
+                            name: version.clone(),
+                            body: "".into(),
+                            draft: true,
+                            prerelease: false,
+                        },
+                    )
+                    .await?;
+
+                    tracing::info!(url = resp.url, "created release")
+                }
+            }
+        }
         _ => unreachable!(),
     }
 
diff --git a/src/validate_pr.rs b/src/validate_pr.rs
index 227be6f..e25139a 100644
--- a/src/validate_pr.rs
+++ b/src/validate_pr.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::gitea;
+
 pub async fn validate_pr(
     owner: &str,
     repo: &str,
@@ -16,3 +18,34 @@ pub async fn validate_pr(
         None => Ok(None),
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) async fn validate_commits(
+    owner: &str,
+    repo: &str,
+    start_commit: &str,
+    branch: &str,
+    current_version: &str,
+) -> eyre::Result<Option<String>> {
+    let base_url = &std::env::var("GITEA_BASE_URL").unwrap();
+    let token = &std::env::var("GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN").unwrap();
+
+    let commits = crate::gitea::get_commits_from_commit_to_newest(
+        base_url,
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        token,
+        branch,
+        start_commit,
+    )
+    .await?;
+
+    let commit_titles = commits
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|c| c.commit.message)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    match crate::semantic::get_most_significant_bump(&commit_titles) {
+        Some(bump) => Ok(Some(crate::semantic::bump_semver(current_version, bump)?)),
+        None => Ok(None),
+    }
+}