diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c816fd..96f6fa7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 .DS_Store
+
+build/
+private/
+releases/
+
 *.o
 *.so
 *.elf
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f62bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+.PHONY: clean
+
+###########################################################
+
+ifeq (,$(PLATFORM))
+PLATFORM=$(UNION_PLATFORM)
+endif
+
+ifeq (,$(PLATFORM))
+$(error please specify PLATFORM, eg. PLATFORM=trimui make)
+endif
+
+###########################################################
+
+BUILD_HASH!=git rev-parse --short HEAD
+
+RELEASE_TIME!=date +%Y%m%d
+RELEASE_BASE=MinUI-$(RELEASE_TIME)
+RELEASE_DOT!=find ./releases/. -regex ".*/$(RELEASE_BASE)-[0-9]+-base\.zip" -printf '.' | wc -m
+RELEASE_NAME=$(RELEASE_BASE)-$(RELEASE_DOT)
+
+all: lib sys cores tools payload readmes zip report
+	
+lib:
+	cd ./src/libmsettings && make
+
+sys:
+	cd ./src/keymon && make
+	cd ./src/minui && make
+	cd ./src/minarch && make
+
+cores:
+	echo "TODO: cores"
+
+tools:
+	cd ./src/clock && make
+	cd ./third-party/DinguxCommander && make -j
+
+payload:
+	rm -rf ./build
+	mkdir -p ./releases
+	mkdir -p ./build
+	
+	echo "TODO: payload"
+
+readmes:
+	echo "TODO: readmes"
+
+zip:
+	echo "TODO: zip"
+
+report:
+	echo "finished building r${RELEASE_TIME}-${RELEASE_DOT}"
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./build
+	cd ./src/libmsettings && make clean
+	cd ./src/keymon && make clean
+	cd ./src/minui && make clean
+	cd ./src/minarch && make clean
+	echo "TODO: clean cores"
+	cd ./src/clock && make clean
+	cd ./third-party/DinguxCommander && make clean
+	
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