diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ccdd29..efec224 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 
 build
-release
+local
+*.sublime-*
 
-# local files
 build.local.xml
-*.sublime-*
-.ant-targets-*
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 49b80eb..0000000
--- a/build.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-
-# project
-project.name       = jquery.qrcode
-project.version    = 0.3-pre
-
-# src
-src.dir            = src
-
-# build
-build.dir          = build
-release.dir        = release
-
-# tools
-tool.wepp          = wepp
-tool.docco         = docco
-tool.jshint        = jshint
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92f324b..0000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<project
-	name="jQuery.qrcode"
-	basedir="."
-	default="release"
->
-
-	<target name="init">
-		<property file="build.properties" />
-		<tstamp><format property="build.stamp" pattern="yyyy-MM-dd-HHmmss" /></tstamp>
-		<property name="build.label" value="${project.name} ${project.version} b${build.stamp}" />
-		<echo>Build: ${build.label}</echo>
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="clean" depends="init">
-		<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
-		<delete dir="${release.dir}" />
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="build" depends="clean">
-		<mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
-		<copy todir="${build.dir}">
-			<fileset dir="${src.dir}" />
-			<fileset file="LICENSE.txt" />
-			<fileset file="README.md" />
-		</copy>
-		<replace dir="${build.dir}">
-			<replacefilter token="%BUILD%" value="${build.label}" />
-			<replacefilter token="%BUILD_NAME%" value="${project.name}" />
-			<replacefilter token="%BUILD_VERSION%" value="${project.version}" />
-			<replacefilter token="%BUILD_STAMP%" value="${build.stamp}" />
-		</replace>
-
-		<!-- qrcode -->
-		<wepp file="${build.dir}/jquery.qrcode.js" tofile="${build.dir}/jquery.qrcode-${project.version}.js" />
-		<wepp-min file="${build.dir}/jquery.qrcode.js" tofile="${build.dir}/jquery.qrcode-${project.version}.min.js" />
-		<delete file="${build.dir}/qrcode.js" />
-		<delete file="${build.dir}/jquery.qrcode.js" />
-
-		<!-- docs -->
-		<docco dir="${build.dir}" files="jquery.qrcode-${project.version}.js" />
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="release" depends="build">
-		<mkdir dir="${release.dir}" />
-		<zip destfile="${release.dir}/${project.name}-${project.version}.zip" basedir="${build.dir}" />
-	</target>
-
-	<target name="jshint" depends="init">
-		<exec executable="${tool.jshint}">
-			<arg line="${src.dir}/jquery.qrcode.js" />
-			<arg line="--config jshint.json" />
-			<arg line="--show-non-errors" />
-		</exec>
-	</target>
-
-
-	<macrodef name="wepp-args">
-		<attribute name="args" default="" />
-		<sequential>
-			<exec executable="${tool.wepp}" failonerror="true">
-				<arg line="@{args}" />
-			</exec>
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-	<macrodef name="wepp">
-		<attribute name="file" />
-		<attribute name="tofile" />
-		<sequential>
-			<wepp-args args="--nc --inFile '@{file}' --outFile '@{toFile}'" />
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-	<macrodef name="wepp-min">
-		<attribute name="file" />
-		<attribute name="tofile" />
-		<sequential>
-			<wepp-args args="--zs --inFile '@{file}' --outFile '@{toFile}'" />
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-	<macrodef name="wepp-dir">
-		<attribute name="dir" />
-		<attribute name="todir" />
-		<sequential>
-			<wepp-args args="--nc --inDir '@{dir}' --outDir '@{todir}'" />
-			<delete dir="@{todir}/inc" >
-				<fileset dir="." includes="@{todir}/**/*.less" />
-			</delete>
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-	<macrodef name="wepp-dir-min">
-		<attribute name="dir" />
-		<attribute name="todir" />
-		<sequential>
-			<wepp-args args="--inDir '@{dir}' --outDir '@{todir}'" />
-			<delete dir="@{todir}/inc" >
-				<fileset dir="." includes="@{todir}/**/*.less" />
-			</delete>
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-	<macrodef name="docco">
-		<attribute name="dir" />
-		<attribute name="files" />
-		<sequential>
-			<exec executable="${tool.docco}" dir="@{dir}" failonerror="true">
-				<arg line="@{files}" />
-			</exec>
-		</sequential>
-	</macrodef>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/jshint.json b/jshint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8adb47f..0000000
--- a/jshint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-	// Enforcing Options
-	"bitwise": true,
-	"curly": true,
-	"eqeqeq": true,
-	"forin": true,
-	"latedef": true,
-	"newcap": true,
-	"noempty": true,
-	"plusplus": true,
-	"trailing": true,
-	"undef": true,
-
-	// Environments
-	"browser": true,
-
-	// Globals
-	"predef": [
-		"jQuery", "qrcode"
-	]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/makefile.js b/makefile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b776b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*jshint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+
+var path = require('path'),
+	child_process = require('child_process');
+
+
+var version = '0.3-dev',
+
+	root = path.resolve(__dirname),
+	src = path.resolve(root, 'src'),
+	build = path.resolve(root, 'build'),
+
+	jshint = {
+		// Enforcing Options
+		bitwise: true,
+		curly: true,
+		eqeqeq: true,
+		forin: true,
+		latedef: true,
+		newcap: true,
+		noempty: true,
+		plusplus: true,
+		trailing: true,
+		undef: true,
+
+		// Environments
+		browser: true,
+
+		// Globals
+		predef: [
+			"jQuery", "qrcode"
+		]
+	},
+
+	mapperRoot = function (blob) {
+
+		return blob.source.replace(root, build);
+	};
+
+
+module.exports = function (make) {
+
+	var Event = make.Event,
+		$ = make.fQuery,
+		moment = make.moment,
+		stamp, replacements;
+
+
+	make.defaults('release');
+
+
+	make.before(function () {
+
+		stamp = moment();
+
+		replacements = {
+			version: version,
+			stamp: stamp.format('YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss')
+		};
+
+		Event.info({ method: 'before', message: version + ' ' + replacements.stamp });
+	});
+
+
+	make.target('git-hash', [], 'get git hash tag')
+		.async(function (done, fail) {
+
+			if (!/-dev$/.test(version)) {
+				done();
+				return;
+			}
+
+			var hash = '',
+				cmd = 'git',
+				args = ['rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'],
+				options = {},
+				proc = child_process.spawn(cmd, args, options);
+
+			proc.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+				hash += ('' + data).replace(/\s*/g, '');
+			});
+			proc.on('exit', function (code) {
+				if (code) {
+					Event.error({ method: 'git-hash', message: cmd + ' exit code ' + code });
+					fail();
+				} else {
+					version += '-' + hash;
+					replacements.version = version;
+					Event.ok({ method: 'git-hash', message: 'version is now ' + version });
+					done();
+				}
+			});
+		});
+
+
+	make.target('clean', [], 'delete build folder')
+		.sync(function () {
+
+			$.rmfr($.I_AM_SURE, build);
+		});
+
+
+	make.target('lint', [], 'lint all JavaScript files with JSHint')
+		.sync(function () {
+
+			$(src + ': jquery.qrcode.js')
+				.jshint(jshint);
+		});
+
+
+	make.target('build', ['git-hash'], 'build all updated files')
+		.sync(function () {
+
+			$(src + ': jquery.qrcode.js')
+				.includify()
+				.handlebars(replacements)
+				.write($.OVERWRITE, path.join(build, 'jquery.qrcode-' + version + '.js'))
+				.uglifyjs()
+				.write($.OVERWRITE, path.join(build, 'jquery.qrcode-' + version + '.min.js'));
+
+			$(root + ': README*, LICENSE*')
+				.write($.OVERWRITE, mapperRoot);
+		});
+
+
+	make.target('release', ['clean', 'build'], 'create a zipball')
+		.async(function (done, fail) {
+
+			var target = path.join(build, 'jquery.qrcode-' + version + '.zip'),
+				cmd = 'zip',
+				args = ['-ro', target, '.'],
+				options = { cwd: build },
+				proc = child_process.spawn(cmd, args, options);
+
+			Event.info({ method: 'exec', message: cmd + ' ' + args.join(' ') });
+
+			proc.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+				process.stderr.write(data);
+			});
+			proc.on('exit', function (code) {
+				if (code) {
+					Event.error({ method: 'exec', message: cmd + ' exit code ' + code });
+					fail();
+				} else {
+					Event.ok({ method: 'exec', message: 'created zipball ' + target });
+					done();
+				}
+			});
+		});
+};