diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
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+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: Update Releases
+
+# Controls when the action will run. 
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push events but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  update-tables:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # Runs a set of commands using the runners shell
+      - name: Generate Translation Status Tables
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -y >/dev/null 2>&1
+          sudo apt-get install -y python3 gettext >/dev/null 2>&1
+          cd .applet-versions
+          python3 release_generator.py
+          git config user.name "NikoKrause"
+          git config user.email "8415124+NikoKrause@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add .
+          git commit --quiet -m "Update releases (GitHub Actions)"
+          git push -f origin master:releases
diff --git a/.releases/release_generator.py b/.releases/release_generator.py
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+from typing import Dict
+from utils.version_generator import generate_applet_version_map, Applet
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+from itertools import zip_longest
+
+REPO_FOLDER = os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
+    os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), *([".."] * 1))))))
+
+releasesPath = Path("releases.json")
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    version_map = generate_applet_version_map()
+
+    old_version_map: Dict[str, Applet] = {}
+    if (releasesPath.exists()):
+        with open(releasesPath, "r") as f:
+            old_version_map = json.load(f)
+
+    # compare
+    for [id, applet] in version_map.items():
+        old_applet = old_version_map.get(applet["id"], None)
+        old_applet_versions = old_applet["versions"] if old_applet is not None else []
+
+        for new, old in zip_longest(applet["versions"], old_applet_versions, fillvalue=None):
+            # Should not care about the order of the versions, they should be sorted already
+            if old is None:
+                # New version compared to the old file
+                pass
+
+    with open(releasesPath, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(version_map, f, indent=4)
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diff --git a/.releases/utils/__init__.py b/.releases/utils/__init__.py
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diff --git a/.releases/utils/version_generator.py b/.releases/utils/version_generator.py
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+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, TypedDict
+import subprocess
+import json
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+
+class Version(TypedDict):
+    version: str
+    commit: str
+    date: str
+    url: str
+    applet_checksum: str
+    message: str
+
+class Metadata(TypedDict):
+    uuid: str
+    name: str
+    description: str
+    version: Optional[str]
+
+class Applet(TypedDict):
+    id: str
+    path: str
+    versions: List[Version]
+
+REPO_FOLDER = Path(subprocess.check_output([
+    "git",
+    "rev-parse",
+    "--show-toplevel"
+], encoding="utf-8").strip())
+
+def get_current_metadata(path: Path) -> Metadata:
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+def get_applet_hash(applet_folder: Path, hash: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    '''Gets hash of the applet "dist" ({name}/files/{name}) folder'''
+    try:
+        output = subprocess.check_output([
+            "git",
+            "rev-parse",
+            f"{hash}:{str(applet_folder)}", 
+            
+        ], cwd=REPO_FOLDER, encoding="utf-8")
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        return None
+    return output.strip()
+
+def obtain_versions(applet: Applet) -> List[Version]:
+    versions: List[Version] = []
+    metadataPath = Path(applet['path']).joinpath(f'metadata.json')
+
+    # Get changelog for applet
+    output = subprocess.check_output([
+        "git",
+        "log",
+        "--pretty=format:%h;%aI;%s%d",
+        "--", 
+        str(applet['path'])
+    ], cwd=REPO_FOLDER, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    previousVersion: Optional[str] = None
+    currentRevision: int = 1
+    for line in reversed(output.splitlines()):
+        if line is None:
+            continue
+
+        # Get information on commit
+        [commit, timestamp, message] = line.split(";", 2)
+        hash = get_applet_hash(Path(applet["path"]), commit)
+        if (hash is None):
+            # No files in applet dist folder, skip
+            continue
+        
+        try:
+            metadata: Metadata = json.loads(subprocess.check_output([
+                "git",
+                "show",
+                f"{commit}:{str(metadataPath)}"
+            ], cwd=REPO_FOLDER))
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            # No metadata.json file in commit, skip
+            continue
+
+        # Normalize version, can't be null and we add revision that we increment when version was not changed
+        version = str(metadata["version"]) if metadata.get("version") is not None else "0.0.0"
+        if (version == previousVersion):
+            currentRevision += 1
+        else:
+            currentRevision = 1
+
+        versions.append({
+            "version": f"{version}-{str(currentRevision)}",
+            "commit": commit,
+            "message": message,
+            "date": timestamp,
+            "applet_checksum": hash,
+            "url": f"https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/archive/{commit}.zip"
+        })
+        previousVersion = version
+        
+    return versions
+
+def get_applet_info(metadata: Metadata, item: Path) -> Applet:
+    applet: Applet = {
+            "id": metadata["uuid"],
+            "path": str(item.joinpath("files/" + item.name).relative_to(REPO_FOLDER)),
+            "versions": []
+        }
+
+    applet["versions"] = obtain_versions(applet)
+    return applet
+
+def generate_applet_version_map() -> Dict[str, Applet]:
+    applets: Dict[str, Applet] = {}
+    pool = Pool()
+    items: List[Tuple[Metadata, Path]] = []
+    for item in sorted(REPO_FOLDER.iterdir()):
+        if not item.is_dir():
+            continue
+        metadataFile = item.joinpath(f"files/{item.name}/metadata.json")
+        if (not metadataFile.exists() and not metadataFile.is_file()):
+            continue
+        
+        metadata = get_current_metadata(metadataFile)
+        items.append((metadata, item))
+
+    results = pool.starmap(get_applet_info, items)
+    for result in results:
+        applets[result["id"]] = result
+    return applets
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(json.dumps(generate_applet_version_map(), indent=4))