diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0a178c9..f597ddc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 !LICENSE
 !qt6-rebuild
 !REUSE.toml
+!upload-to-forgejo-repo
 
diff --git a/upload-to-forgejo-repo b/upload-to-forgejo-repo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..95f66b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upload-to-forgejo-repo
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Christian Schendel <doppelhelix@gmail.com>
+
+set -euo pipefail
+color_note="\e[1;36m==>\e[0m"
+color_ok="\e[1;32m==>\e[0m"
+color_error="\e[1;31m==>\e[0m"
+color_warning="\e[1;35m==>\e[0m"
+
+## check for config file
+if [[ -r "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/upload-to-dalci-repo.cfg" ]]; then
+    configfile="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/upload-to-dalci-repo.cfg"
+    configfile_secured="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.upload-to-dalci-repo.cfg"
+else
+    echo -e "\b$color_error no configuration found"
+    cat > "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/upload-to-dalci-repo.cfg" << EOF
+forgejo_repo_url="https://{domain}/api/packages/{owner}/arch/{group}"
+forgejo_user="your_username"
+forgejo_token="your_token_or_password"
+
+EOF
+    echo -e "\b$color_note example configuration created at"
+    echo -e "\b$color_note ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/upload-to-dalci-repo.cfg"
+    echo -e "\b$color_warning please edit it before running this script again"
+
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# secure the config file
+rm -f "$configfile_secured"
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    printf '%s\n' \
+        "$(sed -E "s/^(\s)?+(#.+$|[a-zA-Z0-9_]+=['\"]?[a-zA-Z0-9_~\.\`-]+['\"]).+$/\2/g" <<< "$line")" \
+        >> "$configfile_secured"
+    configfile=$configfile_secured
+done <<EOF
+$(cat "$configfile" | grep -v "^$")
+EOF
+# now source it, either the original or the filtered variant
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+source "$configfile"
+
+show_cursor() {
+    tput cnorm
+    exit
+}
+
+hide_cursor() {
+    tput civis
+}
+
+trap show_cursor INT TERM
+hide_cursor
+
+show_progress() {
+    pid=$1
+    spin='-\|/'
+    i=0
+    while kill -0 "$pid" 2>/dev/null; do
+        i=$(((i + 1) % 4))
+        spinner="${spin:$i:1}"
+        printf '\b%s' "$spinner"
+        sleep .1
+    done
+}
+
+upload_package() {
+    for file in ./*; do
+        if [[ "$file" != *.pkg.tar.zst ]]; then
+            echo -e "\b$color_error No arch packages found"
+            exit 1
+        else
+            echo -e "\b$color_note uploading $file"
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+            curl -X PUT "$forgejo_repo_url" \
+                --user "${forgejo_user}:${forgejo_token}" \
+                --header "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+                --data-binary "@$file"
+        fi
+    done
+    echo -e "\b$color_ok packges uploaded"
+}
+
+upload_package & show_progress $!
+show_cursor