diff --git a/.build.yml b/.build.yml
index 180f2a8..3b4fb99 100644
--- a/.build.yml
+++ b/.build.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ tasks:
   - reuse: |
       cd astra
       reuse lint
+  - tarball: |
+      cd astra
+      ./scripts/tarball.sh
   #- configure: |
   #    cd astra
   #    cmake -S . -B build-cmake
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ tasks:
   #- flatpak: |
   #    cd astra
   #    ./build-flatpak.sh
-#artifacts:
+artifacts:
+  - astra-source.tar.gz
 #  - astra/build-cmake/bin/astra
 #  - astra/astra.flatpak
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build-flatpak.sh b/scripts/build-flatpak.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from build-flatpak.sh
rename to scripts/build-flatpak.sh
diff --git a/scripts/config.toml b/scripts/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f38bafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[source.crates-io]
+replace-with = "vendored-sources"
+
+[source."git+https://git.sr.ht/~redstrate/physis"]
+git = "https://git.sr.ht/~redstrate/physis"
+replace-with = "vendored-sources"
+
+[source.vendored-sources]
+directory = "../../cargo-vendored"
diff --git a/scripts/tarball.sh b/scripts/tarball.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d2b57f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tarball.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# ensure the submodules are up to date
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+
+# begin vendoring cargo dependencies
+cd external/libphysis
+cargo vendor ../../cargo-vendored
+mkdir .cargo
+cp ../../scripts/config.toml .cargo/config.toml
+cd ../../
+
+tar --exclude='*build*' --exclude='.idea' --exclude='.clang-format' --exclude='astra-source.tar.gz' --exclude-vcs -zcvf astra-source.tar.gz .