diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87438cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: Build and Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pyinstaller
+          pip install -e .
+          
+      - name: Build executable
+        run: |
+          pyinstaller --onefile --name nvr-export --console src/tplink_nvr_export/cli.py
+          
+      - name: Test executable
+        run: |
+          ./dist/nvr-export.exe --version
+          
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nvr-export-windows
+          path: dist/nvr-export.exe
+          
+  build-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pyinstaller
+          pip install -e .
+          
+      - name: Build executable
+        run: |
+          pyinstaller --onefile --name nvr-export --console src/tplink_nvr_export/cli.py
+          
+      - name: Make executable
+        run: chmod +x dist/nvr-export
+          
+      - name: Test executable
+        run: |
+          ./dist/nvr-export --version
+          
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nvr-export-linux
+          path: dist/nvr-export
+
+  release:
+    needs: [build-windows, build-linux]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download Windows artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nvr-export-windows
+          path: windows
+          
+      - name: Download Linux artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: nvr-export-linux
+          path: linux
+          
+      - name: Rename artifacts
+        run: |
+          mv windows/nvr-export.exe nvr-export-windows.exe
+          mv linux/nvr-export nvr-export-linux
+          
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: |
+            nvr-export-windows.exe
+            nvr-export-linux
+          generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87d7eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+!nvr-export.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Project specific
+exports/
+*.mp4
+*.h264
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd81386..b9a8e6c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,19 @@ A CLI tool to export video recordings from TP-Link Vigi NVRs over a specified ti
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Option 1: Download Windows Executable (Recommended for Windows)
+
+1. Go to [Releases](https://github.com/johannes/tplink-nvr-export/releases)
+2. Download `nvr-export-windows.exe`
+3. Run from Command Prompt or PowerShell
+
+```powershell
+# Example usage
+.\nvr-export-windows.exe export -h 192.168.1.100 -u admin -c 1 -s "2024-12-28" -e "2024-12-29" -o ./exports
+```
+
+### Option 2: Install with pip (Requires Python)
+
 ```bash
 # Clone the repository
 git clone https://github.com/johannes/tplink-nvr-export.git
@@ -32,6 +45,18 @@ pip install -e .
 pipx install .
 ```
 
+### Option 3: Build Windows Executable Locally
+
+```bash
+# Install dependencies
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+# Build single-file executable
+pyinstaller --onefile --name nvr-export --console src/tplink_nvr_export/cli.py
+
+# Executable will be in dist/nvr-export.exe
+```
+
 ## NVR Setup
 
 Before using this tool, enable OpenAPI on your NVR:
diff --git a/nvr-export.spec b/nvr-export.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1028a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvr-export.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""PyInstaller spec file for nvr-export Windows executable."""
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+a = Analysis(
+    ['src/tplink_nvr_export/cli.py'],
+    pathex=[],
+    binaries=[],
+    datas=[],
+    hiddenimports=[
+        'click',
+        'requests',
+        'tqdm',
+        'urllib3',
+    ],
+    hookspath=[],
+    hooksconfig={},
+    runtime_hooks=[],
+    excludes=[],
+    win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+    win_private_assemblies=False,
+    cipher=block_cipher,
+    noarchive=False,
+)
+
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data, cipher=block_cipher)
+
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    a.scripts,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.zipfiles,
+    a.datas,
+    [],
+    name='nvr-export',
+    debug=False,
+    bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,
+    upx_exclude=[],
+    runtime_tmpdir=None,
+    console=True,
+    disable_windowed_traceback=False,
+    argv_emulation=False,
+    target_arch=None,
+    codesign_identity=None,
+    entitlements_file=None,
+    icon=None,
+)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8b6923c..c9e1772 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "black>=23.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.1.0",
+    "pyinstaller>=6.0.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]