diff --git a/res/furnace.appdata.xml b/res/furnace.appdata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop-application">
+  <id>org.tildearrow.furnace</id>
+  
+  <name>Furnace</name>
+  <summary>Open-source chiptune tracker</summary>
+  <url type="homepage">https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace</url>
+  
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-2.0-or-later</project_license>
+  
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      the biggest chiptune tracker ever made!
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      it allows you to create songs using a music tracker interface for several computer/game console/arcade sound chips.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      it also offers DefleMask compatibility, allowing you to import your songs and even export them back for interoperability.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      <b>rationale for intense profanity:</b> the tracker itself is clean, but a few demo songs and instruments contain a small amount of strong language.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+
+  <content_rating type="oars-1.0">
+    <content_attribute id="language-profanity">intense</content_attribute>
+    <content_attribute id="language-humor">mild</content_attribute>
+  </content_rating>
+  
+  <launchable type="desktop-id">furnace.desktop</launchable>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://tildearrow.org/storage/images/furnace.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+
+  <releases>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre14" date="2023-09-11" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre14</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre13" date="2023-09-10" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre13</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre12" date="2023-09-09" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre12</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre11" date="2023-09-07" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre11</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre10" date="2023-09-07" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre10</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre9" date="2023-08-26" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre9</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre8" date="2023-08-19" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre8</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre7" date="2023-07-09" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre7</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre6" date="2023-07-08" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre6</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre5" date="2023-05-24" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre5</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre4-hotfix" date="2023-02-25" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre4-hotfix</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre4" date="2023-02-24" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre4</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre3" date="2022-12-31" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre3</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre2" date="2022-12-24" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre2</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre1.5" date="2022-09-22" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre1.5</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre1" date="2022-06-29" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre1</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.6~pre0" date="2022-04-01" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.6pre0</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.8" date="2022-02-24" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.8</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.7" date="2022-02-22" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.7</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.7~pre4" date="2022-02-21" type="development">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.7pre4</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.6" date="2022-02-17" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.6</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.5" date="2022-02-09" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.5</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.4" date="2022-02-05" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.4</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.3" date="2022-02-05" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.3</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.2" date="2022-02-05" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.2</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5.1" date="2022-02-01" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5.1</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.5" date="2022-01-30" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.5</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.7" date="2022-01-24" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.7</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.6" date="2022-01-21" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.6</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.5-real" date="2022-01-19" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.5-real</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.5" date="2022-01-19" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.5</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.4" date="2022-01-19" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.4</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.3" date="2022-01-19" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.3</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.2" date="2022-01-18" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.2</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4.1" date="2022-01-17" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4.1</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.4" date="2022-01-16" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.4</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.3.1" date="2022-01-12" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.3.1</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.3" date="2022-01-11" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.3</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.2.2" date="2022-01-06" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.2.2</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.2.1" date="2022-01-01" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.2.1</url>
+    </release>
+    <release version="v0.2" date="2021-12-30" type="stable">
+      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/v0.2</url>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
+</component>
diff --git a/res/furnace.appdata.xml.in b/res/furnace.appdata.xml.in
index 2f595d50e..8bb02819c 100644
--- a/res/furnace.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/res/furnace.appdata.xml.in
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@
       <image>https://tildearrow.org/storage/images/furnace.png</image>
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
-</component>
+
diff --git a/res/make-appdata.sh b/res/make-appdata.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ac94df108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/make-appdata.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "generating furnace.appdata.xml..."
+
+cat furnace.appdata.xml.in > furnace.appdata.xml
+
+echo "  <releases>" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+
+for i in `git log --tags='v*' --no-walk --format="%as/%(describe:tags)"`; do
+  releaseDate=${i%/*}
+  releaseVer=${i#*/}
+  releaseType=stable
+  if [[ $releaseVer =~ "pre" ]]; then
+    releaseType=development
+  fi
+  echo "    <release version=\"${releaseVer/pre/~pre}\" date=\"$releaseDate\" type=\"$releaseType\">" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+  echo "      <url>https://github.com/tildearrow/furnace/releases/tag/$releaseVer</url>" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+  echo "    </release>" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+done
+
+echo "  </releases>" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+
+echo "</component>" >> furnace.appdata.xml
+
+echo "done."