diff --git a/models/release.go b/models/release.go
index 41fd145beaed..bb5f43407b22 100644
--- a/models/release.go
+++ b/models/release.go
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/git"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/process"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+
+	api "code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
 )
 
 // Release represents a release of repository.
 type Release struct {
 	ID               int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
 	RepoID           int64
+	Repo             *Repository `xorm:"-"`
 	PublisherID      int64
 	Publisher        *User `xorm:"-"`
 	TagName          string
@@ -53,6 +57,62 @@ func (r *Release) AfterSet(colName string, _ xorm.Cell) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *Release) loadAttributes(e Engine) error {
+	var err error
+	if r.Repo == nil {
+		r.Repo, err = GetRepositoryByID(r.RepoID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if r.Publisher == nil {
+		r.Publisher, err = GetUserByID(r.PublisherID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// LoadAttributes load repo and publisher attributes for a realease
+func (r *Release) LoadAttributes() error {
+	return r.loadAttributes(x)
+}
+
+// APIURL the api url for a release. release must have attributes loaded
+func (r *Release) APIURL() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%sapi/v1/%s/releases/%d",
+		setting.AppURL, r.Repo.FullName(), r.ID)
+}
+
+// ZipURL the zip url for a release. release must have attributes loaded
+func (r *Release) ZipURL() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/archive/%s.zip", r.Repo.HTMLURL(), r.TagName)
+}
+
+// TarURL the tar.gz url for a release. release must have attributes loaded
+func (r *Release) TarURL() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/archive/%s.tar.gz", r.Repo.HTMLURL(), r.TagName)
+}
+
+// APIFormat convert a Release to api.Release
+func (r *Release) APIFormat() *api.Release {
+	return &api.Release{
+		ID:           r.ID,
+		TagName:      r.TagName,
+		Target:       r.Target,
+		Note:         r.Note,
+		URL:          r.APIURL(),
+		TarURL:       r.TarURL(),
+		ZipURL:       r.ZipURL(),
+		IsDraft:      r.IsDraft,
+		IsPrerelease: r.IsPrerelease,
+		CreatedAt:    r.Created,
+		PublishedAt:  r.Created,
+		Publisher:    r.Publisher.APIFormat(),
+	}
+}
+
 // IsReleaseExist returns true if release with given tag name already exists.
 func IsReleaseExist(repoID int64, tagName string) (bool, error) {
 	if len(tagName) == 0 {
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/api.go b/routers/api/v1/api.go
index 46695c79e953..c35f9afa6f2d 100644
--- a/routers/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/routers/api/v1/api.go
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ func RegisterRoutes(m *macaron.Macaron) {
 					m.Put("", user.Watch)
 					m.Delete("", user.Unwatch)
 				})
+				m.Group("/releases", func() {
+					m.Combo("").Get(repo.ListReleases).
+						Post(bind(api.CreateReleaseOption{}), repo.CreateRelease)
+					m.Combo("/:id").Get(repo.GetRelease).
+						Patch(bind(api.EditReleaseOption{}), repo.EditRelease).
+						Delete(repo.DeleteRelease)
+				})
 				m.Get("/editorconfig/:filename", context.RepoRef(), repo.GetEditorconfig)
 				m.Group("/pulls", func() {
 					m.Combo("").Get(bind(api.ListPullRequestsOptions{}), repo.ListPullRequests).Post(reqRepoWriter(), bind(api.CreatePullRequestOption{}), repo.CreatePullRequest)
diff --git a/routers/api/v1/repo/release.go b/routers/api/v1/repo/release.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e07fc42305d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routers/api/v1/repo/release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package repo
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	api "code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/context"
+)
+
+// GetRelease get a single release of a repository
+func GetRelease(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	id := ctx.ParamsInt64(":id")
+	release, err := models.GetReleaseByID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetReleaseByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if release.RepoID != ctx.Repo.Repository.ID {
+		ctx.Status(404)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := release.LoadAttributes(); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "LoadAttributes", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(200, release.APIFormat())
+}
+
+// ListReleases list a repository's releases
+func ListReleases(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	releases, err := models.GetReleasesByRepoID(ctx.Repo.Repository.ID, 1, 2147483647)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetReleasesByRepoID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	rels := make([]*api.Release, len(releases))
+	access, err := models.AccessLevel(ctx.User, ctx.Repo.Repository)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "AccessLevel", err)
+		return
+	}
+	for i, release := range releases {
+		if release.IsDraft && access < models.AccessModeWrite {
+			// hide drafts from users without push access
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := release.LoadAttributes(); err != nil {
+			ctx.Error(500, "LoadAttributes", err)
+			return
+		}
+		rels[i] = release.APIFormat()
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(200, rels)
+}
+
+// CreateRelease create a release
+func CreateRelease(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.CreateReleaseOption) {
+	if ctx.Repo.AccessMode < models.AccessModeWrite {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+	if !ctx.Repo.GitRepo.IsTagExist(form.TagName) {
+		ctx.Status(404)
+		return
+	}
+	tag, err := ctx.Repo.GitRepo.GetTag(form.TagName)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetTag", err)
+		return
+	}
+	commit, err := tag.Commit()
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "Commit", err)
+		return
+	}
+	commitsCount, err := commit.CommitsCount()
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "CommitsCount", err)
+		return
+	}
+	rel := &models.Release{
+		RepoID:       ctx.Repo.Repository.ID,
+		PublisherID:  ctx.User.ID,
+		Publisher:    ctx.User,
+		TagName:      form.TagName,
+		LowerTagName: strings.ToLower(form.TagName),
+		Target:       form.Target,
+		Title:        form.Title,
+		Sha1:         commit.ID.String(),
+		NumCommits:   commitsCount,
+		Note:         form.Note,
+		IsDraft:      form.IsDraft,
+		IsPrerelease: form.IsPrerelease,
+		CreatedUnix:  commit.Author.When.Unix(),
+	}
+	if err := models.CreateRelease(ctx.Repo.GitRepo, rel); err != nil {
+		if models.IsErrReleaseAlreadyExist(err) {
+			ctx.Status(409)
+		} else {
+			ctx.Error(500, "CreateRelease", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(201, rel.APIFormat())
+}
+
+// EditRelease edit a release
+func EditRelease(ctx *context.APIContext, form api.EditReleaseOption) {
+	if ctx.Repo.AccessMode < models.AccessModeWrite {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+	id := ctx.ParamsInt64(":id")
+	rel, err := models.GetReleaseByID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetReleaseByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if rel.RepoID != ctx.Repo.Repository.ID {
+		ctx.Status(404)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(form.TagName) > 0 {
+		rel.TagName = form.TagName
+	}
+	if len(form.Target) > 0 {
+		rel.Target = form.Target
+	}
+	if len(form.Title) > 0 {
+		rel.Title = form.Title
+	}
+	if len(form.Note) > 0 {
+		rel.Note = form.Note
+	}
+	if form.IsDraft != nil {
+		rel.IsDraft = *form.IsDraft
+	}
+	if form.IsPrerelease != nil {
+		rel.IsPrerelease = *form.IsPrerelease
+	}
+	if err := models.UpdateRelease(ctx.Repo.GitRepo, rel); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "UpdateRelease", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	rel, err = models.GetReleaseByID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetReleaseByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := rel.LoadAttributes(); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "LoadAttributes", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.JSON(200, rel.APIFormat())
+}
+
+// DeleteRelease delete a release from a repository
+func DeleteRelease(ctx *context.APIContext) {
+	if ctx.Repo.AccessMode < models.AccessModeWrite {
+		ctx.Status(403)
+		return
+	}
+	id := ctx.ParamsInt64(":id")
+	release, err := models.GetReleaseByID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "GetReleaseByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if release.RepoID != ctx.Repo.Repository.ID {
+		ctx.Status(404)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := models.DeleteReleaseByID(id, ctx.User); err != nil {
+		ctx.Error(500, "DeleteReleaseByID", err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctx.Status(204)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/hook.go b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/hook.go
index d07ccbf43761..4e04275f8632 100644
--- a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/hook.go
+++ b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/hook.go
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteOrgHook(org string, id int64) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-
 // DeleteRepoHook delete one hook from a repository, with hook id
 func (c *Client) DeleteRepoHook(user, repo string, id int64) error {
 	_, err := c.getResponse("DELETE", fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/hooks/%d", user, repo, id), nil, nil)
diff --git a/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/releases.go b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/releases.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de5ccba34252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea/releases.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gitea
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Release represents a repository release
+type Release struct {
+	ID           int64     `json:"id"`
+	TagName      string    `json:"name"`
+	Target       string    `json:"target_commitish"`
+	Title        string    `json:"name"`
+	Note         string    `json:"body"`
+	URL          string    `json:"url"`
+	TarURL       string    `json:"tarball_url"`
+	ZipURL       string    `json:"zipball_url"`
+	IsDraft      bool      `json:"draft"`
+	IsPrerelease bool      `json:"prerelease"`
+	CreatedAt    time.Time `json:"created_at"`
+	PublishedAt  time.Time `json:"published_at"`
+	Publisher    *User     `json:"author"`
+}
+
+// ListReleases list releases of a repository
+func (c *Client) ListReleases(user, repo string) ([]*Release, error) {
+	releases := make([]*Release, 0, 10)
+	err := c.getParsedResponse("GET",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases", user, repo),
+		nil, nil, &releases)
+	return releases, err
+}
+
+// GetRelease get a release of a repository
+func (c *Client) GetRelease(user, repo string, id int64) (*Release, error) {
+	r := new(Release)
+	err := c.getParsedResponse("GET",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/%d", user, repo, id),
+		nil, nil, &r)
+	return r, err
+}
+
+// CreateReleaseOption options when creating a release
+type CreateReleaseOption struct {
+	TagName      string `json:"tag_name" binding:"Required"`
+	Target       string `json:"target_commitish"`
+	Title        string `json:"name"`
+	Note         string `json:"body"`
+	IsDraft      bool   `json:"draft"`
+	IsPrerelease bool   `json:"prerelease"`
+}
+
+// CreateRelease create a release
+func (c *Client) CreateRelease(user, repo string, form CreateReleaseOption) (*Release, error) {
+	body, err := json.Marshal(form)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	r := new(Release)
+	err = c.getParsedResponse("POST",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases", user, repo),
+		jsonHeader, bytes.NewReader(body), r)
+	return r, err
+}
+
+// EditReleaseOption options when editing a release
+type EditReleaseOption struct {
+	TagName      string `json:"tag_name"`
+	Target       string `json:"target_commitish"`
+	Title        string `json:"name"`
+	Note         string `json:"body"`
+	IsDraft      *bool  `json:"draft"`
+	IsPrerelease *bool  `json:"prerelease"`
+}
+
+// EditRelease edit a release
+func (c *Client) EditRelease(user, repo string, id int64, form EditReleaseOption) (*Release, error) {
+	body, err := json.Marshal(form)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	r := new(Release)
+	err = c.getParsedResponse("PATCH",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/%d", user, repo, id),
+		jsonHeader, bytes.NewReader(body), r)
+	return r, err
+}
+
+// DeleteRelease delete a release from a repository
+func (c *Client) DeleteRelease(user, repo string, id int64) error {
+	_, err := c.getResponse("DELETE",
+		fmt.Sprintf("/repos/%s/%s/releases/%d", user, repo, id),
+		nil, nil)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 1207f0186bdd..61e4e5fc66e7 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2016-12-28T14:57:51Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "5J8ejjEp2moLyK1pD++Jzof8DFs=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "BKj0haFTDebzdC2nACpoGzp3s8A=",
 			"path": "code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea",
-			"revision": "c0e081342a4b99d90371081b888765b91f05546f",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-12-29T09:40:42Z"
+			"revision": "2064cc397bc48b0a46f8324a97421a824b11882e",
+			"revisionTime": "2016-12-31T14:43:27Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "IyfS7Rbl6OgR83QR7TOfKdDCq+M=",