diff --git a/scripts/utils/dotenv.ts b/scripts/utils/dotenv.ts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
+ */
+
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+
+config();
diff --git a/scripts/utils/spawn.mts b/scripts/utils/spawn.mts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
+ */
+
+import { spawn as spaaawn, SpawnOptions } from "child_process";
+import { join } from "path";
+
+const EXT = process.platform === "win32" ? ".cmd" : "";
+
+const OPTS: SpawnOptions = {
+    stdio: "inherit"
+};
+
+export function spawnNodeModuleBin(bin: string, args: string[]) {
+    spaaawn(join("node_modules", ".bin", bin + EXT), args, OPTS);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/utils/updateMeta.mts b/scripts/utils/updateMeta.mts
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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
+ * Vesktop, a desktop app aiming to give you a snappier Discord Experience
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Vendicated and Vencord contributors
+ */
+
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+
+import { DOMParser, XMLSerializer } from "@xmldom/xmldom";
+import xmlFormat from "xml-formatter";
+
+function generateDescription(description: string, descriptionNode: Element) {
+    const lines = description.replace(/\r/g, "").split("\n");
+    let currentList: Element | null = null;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+        const line = lines[i];
+
+        if (line.includes("New Contributors")) {
+            // we're done, don't parse any more since the new contributors section is the last one
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (line.startsWith("## ")) {
+            const pNode = descriptionNode.ownerDocument.createElement("p");
+            pNode.textContent = line.slice(3);
+            descriptionNode.appendChild(pNode);
+        } else if (line.startsWith("* ")) {
+            const liNode = descriptionNode.ownerDocument.createElement("li");
+            liNode.textContent = line.slice(2).split("in https://github.com")[0].trim(); // don't include links to github
+
+            if (!currentList) {
+                currentList = descriptionNode.ownerDocument.createElement("ul");
+            }
+
+            currentList.appendChild(liNode);
+        }
+
+        if (currentList && !lines[i + 1].startsWith("* ")) {
+            descriptionNode.appendChild(currentList);
+            currentList = null;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const latestReleaseInformation = await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/AiekDev/Aerocord/releases/latest", {
+    headers: {
+        Accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
+        "X-Github-Api-Version": "2022-11-28"
+    }
+}).then(res => res.json());
+
+const metaInfo = await fs.readFile("./meta/dev.vencord.Vesktop.metainfo.xml", "utf-8");
+
+const parser = new DOMParser().parseFromString(metaInfo, "text/xml");
+
+const releaseList = parser.getElementsByTagName("releases")[0];
+
+for (let i = 0; i < releaseList.childNodes.length; i++) {
+    const release = releaseList.childNodes[i] as Element;
+
+    if (release.nodeType === 1 && release.getAttribute("version") === latestReleaseInformation.name) {
+        console.log("Latest release already added, nothing to be done");
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
+const release = parser.createElement("release");
+release.setAttribute("version", latestReleaseInformation.name);
+release.setAttribute("date", latestReleaseInformation.published_at.split("T")[0]);
+release.setAttribute("type", "stable");
+
+const releaseUrl = parser.createElement("url");
+releaseUrl.textContent = latestReleaseInformation.html_url;
+
+release.appendChild(releaseUrl);
+
+const description = parser.createElement("description");
+
+// we're not using a full markdown parser here since we don't have a lot of formatting options to begin with
+generateDescription(latestReleaseInformation.body, description);
+
+release.appendChild(description);
+
+releaseList.insertBefore(release, releaseList.childNodes[0]);
+
+const output = xmlFormat(new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(parser), {
+    lineSeparator: "\n",
+    collapseContent: true,
+    indentation: "  "
+});
+
+await fs.writeFile("./meta/dev.vencord.Vesktop.metainfo.xml", output, "utf-8");