diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c59af53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+# This file was autogenerated by dist: https://axodotdev.github.io/cargo-dist
+#
+# Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
+#
+# CI that:
+#
+# * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
+# * builds artifacts with dist (archives, installers, hashes)
+# * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
+# * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
+#
+# Note that the GitHub Release will be created with a generated
+# title/body based on your changelogs.
+
+name: Release
+permissions:
+  "contents": "write"
+
+# This task will run whenever you push a git tag that looks like a version
+# like "1.0.0", "v0.1.0-prerelease.1", "my-app/0.1.0", "releases/v1.0.0", etc.
+# Various formats will be parsed into a VERSION and an optional PACKAGE_NAME, where
+# PACKAGE_NAME must be the name of a Cargo package in your workspace, and VERSION
+# must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
+#
+# If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
+# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't dist-able).
+#
+# If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
+# (dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
+# intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
+# packages versioned/released in lockstep).
+#
+# If you push multiple tags at once, separate instances of this workflow will
+# spin up, creating an independent announcement for each one. However, GitHub
+# will hard limit this to 3 tags per commit, as it will assume more tags is a
+# mistake.
+#
+# If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the release(s)
+# will be marked as a prerelease.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
+
+jobs:
+  # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
+  plan:
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    outputs:
+      val: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.manifest }}
+      tag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && github.ref_name || '' }}
+      tag-flag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && format('--tag={0}', github.ref_name) || '' }}
+      publishing: ${{ !github.event.pull_request }}
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install dist
+        # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
+        # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
+        shell: bash
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.30.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache dist
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/dist
+      # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
+      # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
+      # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
+      # (PRs run on the *source* but secrets are usually on the *target* -- that's *good*
+      # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
+      - id: plan
+        run: |
+          dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
+          cat plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." plan-dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts-plan-dist-manifest
+          path: plan-dist-manifest.json
+
+  # Build and packages all the platform-specific things
+  build-local-artifacts:
+    name: build-local-artifacts (${{ join(matrix.targets, ', ') }})
+    # Let the initial task tell us to not run (currently very blunt)
+    needs:
+      - plan
+    if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix.include != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      # Target platforms/runners are computed by dist in create-release.
+      # Each member of the matrix has the following arguments:
+      #
+      # - runner: the github runner
+      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to dist
+      # - install-dist: expression to run to install dist on the runner
+      #
+      # Typically there will be:
+      # - 1 "global" task that builds universal installers
+      # - N "local" tasks that build each platform's binaries and platform-specific installers
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    container: ${{ matrix.container && matrix.container.image || null }}
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}-dist-manifest.json
+    steps:
+      - name: enable windows longpaths
+        run: |
+          git config --global core.longpaths true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install Rust non-interactively if not already installed
+        if: ${{ matrix.container }}
+        run: |
+          if ! command -v cargo > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+            echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          fi
+      - name: Install dist
+        run: ${{ matrix.install_dist.run }}
+      # Get the dist-manifest
+      - name: Fetch local artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: target/distrib/
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          ${{ matrix.packages_install }}
+      - name: Build artifacts
+        run: |
+          # Actually do builds and make zips and whatnot
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
+      - id: cargo-dist
+        name: Post-build
+        # We force bash here just because github makes it really hard to get values up
+        # to "real" actions without writing to env-vars, and writing to env-vars has
+        # inconsistent syntax between shell and powershell.
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
+          echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          dist print-upload-files-from-manifest --manifest dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          cp dist-manifest.json "$BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME"
+      - name: "Upload artifacts"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts-build-local-${{ join(matrix.targets, '_') }}
+          path: |
+            ${{ steps.cargo-dist.outputs.paths }}
+            ${{ env.BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME }}
+
+  # Build and package all the platform-agnostic(ish) things
+  build-global-artifacts:
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - build-local-artifacts
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install cached dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
+      # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
+      - name: Fetch local artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: target/distrib/
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - id: cargo-dist
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
+
+          # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
+          echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          jq --raw-output ".upload_files[]" dist-manifest.json >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+          cp dist-manifest.json "$BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME"
+      - name: "Upload artifacts"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts-build-global
+          path: |
+            ${{ steps.cargo-dist.outputs.paths }}
+            ${{ env.BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME }}
+  # Determines if we should publish/announce
+  host:
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - build-local-artifacts
+      - build-global-artifacts
+    # Only run if we're "publishing", and only if plan, local and global didn't fail (skipped is fine)
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.result == 'success' && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    outputs:
+      val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install cached dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
+      # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
+      - name: Fetch artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: target/distrib/
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - id: host
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
+          cat dist-manifest.json
+          echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          # Overwrite the previous copy
+          name: artifacts-dist-manifest
+          path: dist-manifest.json
+      # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
+      - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Cleanup
+        run: |
+          # Remove the granular manifests
+          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          PRERELEASE_FLAG: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_is_prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
+          ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_title }}"
+          ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_github_body }}"
+          RELEASE_COMMIT: "${{ github.sha }}"
+        run: |
+          # Write and read notes from a file to avoid quoting breaking things
+          echo "$ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY" > $RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt
+
+          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
+
+  announce:
+    needs:
+      - plan
+      - host
+    # use "always() && ..." to allow us to wait for all publish jobs while
+    # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
+    # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c220ed41..dccd0984 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1574,6 +1574,12 @@ name = "prometeu"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "cpal",
+ "pixels",
+ "prometeu-core",
+ "ringbuf",
+ "serde_json",
+ "winit",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1585,7 +1591,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "prometeu-runtime-desktop"
+name = "prometeu-runtime"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cpal",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b583ba5..f0584fe6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "crates/prometeu-core",
-  "crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop",
+  "crates/prometeu-runtime",
   "crates/prometeu",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
 license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/prometeu/runtime"
+
+# The profile that 'dist' will build with
+[profile.dist]
+inherits = "release"
+lto = "thin"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 399f74d3..03d2393a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This repository is organized as a Rust workspace and contains several components
 - **[crates/](./crates)**: Software implementation in Rust.
   - **[prometeu](./crates/prometeu)**: Unified command-line interface (CLI).
   - **[prometeu-core](./crates/prometeu-core)**: The logical core, VM, and internal OS.
-  - **[prometeu-runtime-desktop](./crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop)**: Host for execution on Desktop systems.
+  - **[prometeu-runtime](./crates/prometeu-runtime)**: Host for execution on Desktop systems.
 - **[docs/](./docs)**: Technical documentation and system specifications.
 - **[devtools-protocol/](./devtools-protocol)**: Definition of the communication protocol for development tools.
 - **[test-cartridges/](./test-cartridges)**: Cartridge examples and test suites.
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/Cargo.toml b/crates/prometeu-runtime/Cargo.toml
similarity index 55%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/Cargo.toml
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/Cargo.toml
index ba750bf1..78c7e893 100644
--- a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/prometeu-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 [package]
-name = "prometeu-runtime-desktop"
+name = "prometeu-runtime"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "prometeu-runtime"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[package.metadata.dist]
+dist = true
+include = ["../../VERSION.txt"]
 
 [dependencies]
 prometeu-core = { path = "../prometeu-core" }
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/README.md b/crates/prometeu-runtime/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/README.md
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/README.md
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/audio.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/audio.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/audio.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/audio.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/cap.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/cap.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/cap.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/cap.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/debugger.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/debugger.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/debugger.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/debugger.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/fs_backend.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/fs_backend.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/fs_backend.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/fs_backend.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/input.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/input.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/input.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/input.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/log_sink.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/log_sink.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/log_sink.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/log_sink.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/main.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/main.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/main.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/runner.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/runner.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/runner.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/runner.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/stats.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/stats.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/stats.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/stats.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/utilities.rs b/crates/prometeu-runtime/src/utilities.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/prometeu-runtime-desktop/src/utilities.rs
rename to crates/prometeu-runtime/src/utilities.rs
diff --git a/crates/prometeu/Cargo.toml b/crates/prometeu/Cargo.toml
index bdecf668..e4ee0fe0 100644
--- a/crates/prometeu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/prometeu/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,37 @@ name = "prometeu"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "prometeu"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "prometeu-runtime"
+path = "../prometeu-runtime/src/main.rs"
+
+# Future binaries (commented)
+# [[bin]]
+# name = "prometeuc"
+# path = "../prometeuc/src/main.rs"
+#
+# [[bin]]
+# name = "prometeup"
+# path = "../prometeup/src/main.rs"
+
+[package.metadata.dist]
+dist = true
+include = [
+    "../../VERSION.txt",
+    "../../dist-staging/devtools-protocol"
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
+prometeu-core = { path = "../prometeu-core" }
+winit = "0.30.12"
+pixels = "0.15.0"
+cpal = "0.15.3"
+ringbuf = "0.4.7"
+serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/crates/prometeu/devtools-protocol/protocol.json b/crates/prometeu/devtools-protocol/protocol.json
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..2d11ba72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/prometeu/devtools-protocol/protocol.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../devtools-protocol/protocol.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/prometeu/src/main.rs b/crates/prometeu/src/main.rs
index 43c51a6f..250c2a1b 100644
--- a/crates/prometeu/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/prometeu/src/main.rs
@@ -116,41 +116,18 @@ fn dispatch(exe_dir: &Path, bin_name: &str, args: &[&str]) {
     let bin_path = get_binary_path(exe_dir, bin_name);
 
     if !bin_path.exists() {
-        // Tries to find the runtime with the exact name (prometeu-runtime-desktop)
-        // in case prometeu-runtime is just an alias or link that doesn't exist yet
-        let alt_bin_name = if bin_name == "prometeu-runtime" {
-            Some("prometeu-runtime-desktop")
-        } else {
-            None
-        };
-
-        let final_bin_path = if let Some(alt_name) = alt_bin_name {
-            let alt_path = get_binary_path(exe_dir, alt_name);
-            if alt_path.exists() {
-                alt_path
-            } else {
-                bin_path
+        eprintln!(
+            "prometeu: command '{}' is not yet available in this distribution",
+            match bin_name {
+                "prometeu-runtime" => "run/debug",
+                "prometeuc" => "build/verify c",
+                "prometeup" => "pack/verify p",
+                _ => bin_name,
             }
-        } else {
-            bin_path
-        };
-
-        if !final_bin_path.exists() {
-            eprintln!(
-                "prometeu: command '{}' is not yet available in this distribution",
-                match bin_name {
-                    "prometeu-runtime" => "run/debug",
-                    "prometeuc" => "build/verify c",
-                    "prometeup" => "pack/verify p",
-                    _ => bin_name,
-                }
-            );
-            std::process::exit(1);
-        }
-        execute_bin(&final_bin_path, args);
-    } else {
-        execute_bin(&bin_path, args);
+        );
+        std::process::exit(1);
     }
+    execute_bin(&bin_path, args);
 }
 
 fn execute_bin(bin_path: &Path, args: &[&str]) {
diff --git a/dist-workspace.toml b/dist-workspace.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fc4fed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-workspace.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["cargo:."]
+
+# Config for 'dist'
+[dist]
+cargo-dist-version = "0.30.3"
+ci = "github"
+installers = []
+targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin"]
+# Future targets (commented)
+# targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
+unix-archive = ".zip"
+macos-universal-binaries = true
+[dist.hooks]
+pre-build = ["./scripts/gen-version.sh"]
diff --git a/scripts/gen-version.sh b/scripts/gen-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ba7a8e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gen-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Get version from git tag or fallback to Cargo.toml version
+VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || grep -m 1 '^version =' crates/prometeu-runtime/Cargo.toml | cut -d '"' -f 2 || echo "0.1.0")
+echo "$VERSION" > VERSION.txt
+echo "Generated VERSION.txt with version $VERSION"
+
+# Prepare staging for SDK extra files
+echo "Preparing dist-staging..."
+rm -rf dist-staging
+mkdir -p dist-staging/devtools-protocol
+cp devtools-protocol/protocol.json dist-staging/devtools-protocol/