diff --git a/build/build-info.mjs b/build/support/build-info.mjs
similarity index 100%
rename from build/build-info.mjs
rename to build/support/build-info.mjs
diff --git a/build/support/files.mjs b/build/support/files.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5907989e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/support/files.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/**
+ * A scrip to automate routine file operations (e.g. handling external dependencies)
+ */
+import process from 'process'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import path from 'path'
+let operation = null
+let filesIncluded = [] // Names of files to perform actions upon. If empty, will operate on all files in a directory
+let filesExcluded = [] // Names of files to be excluded from file operations
+let sourceDir = null // A source directory
+let targetDir = null // A target directory
+let cleanTarget = false // Whether to clean a target directory before cleaning the files
+let overwriteTarget = false // Whether to overwrite files in a target directory with the ones from the source
+let options = {
+  sourceDir: '--s',
+  targetDir: '--t',
+  fileName: '--f',
+  fileNameExcluded: '--fe',
+  cleanTarget: '--clean',
+  overwriteTarget: '--replace'
+}
+const operations = {
+  clean: 'clean', // Clean target directory
+  copy: 'copy', // Copy files to the target directory
+  replace: 'replace' // Replace files to the target directory with copies from a source dir
+}
+
+const cleanFiles = (dirName, includedFiles = [], excludedFiles = []) => {
+  let filesCount = 0
+  let dirCount = 0
+  let fsObjects = fs.readdirSync(dirName)
+  for (const fsObject of fsObjects) {
+    // If there is a list of included files provided then remove only those
+    if (includedFiles.length > 0 && includedFiles.includes(fsObject)) { continue }
+    // Skip files excluded from deletion
+    if (excludedFiles.includes(fsObject)) { continue }
+    const objectPath = path.join(dirName, fsObject)
+
+    if (fs.lstatSync(objectPath).isDirectory()) {
+      const results = cleanFiles(objectPath, includedFiles, excludedFiles)
+      filesCount += results.filesCount
+      dirCount += results.dirCount
+    } else if (fs.lstatSync(objectPath).isFile()) {
+      fs.unlinkSync(objectPath)
+      filesCount++
+    } else {
+      console.error(`    Cannot remove an file system object of unknown type ${fsObject} into ${targetDir}`)
+    }
+  }
+  fsObjects = fs.readdirSync(dirName)
+  if (fsObjects.length === 0) {
+    // Remove directory only if it is empty
+    fs.rmdirSync(dirName)
+    dirCount++
+  }
+
+  return { filesCount, dirCount }
+}
+
+const copyToDir = (sourceDir, targetDir, includedFiles = [], excludedFiles = [], overwrite = false) => {
+  const { COPYFILE_EXCL } = fs.constants
+  const flags = overwrite ? 0 : COPYFILE_EXCL
+  let count = 0
+  const fsObjects = fs.readdirSync(sourceDir)
+  // Check if targetDir exists and if not, create it
+  if (!fs.existsSync(targetDir)) { fs.mkdirSync(targetDir) }
+
+  for (const fsObject of fsObjects) {
+    // If there is a list of included files provided and a current file is not in it, skip it
+    if (includedFiles.length > 0 && !includedFiles.includes(fsObject)) { continue }
+    // Skip excluded files
+    if (excludedFiles.includes(fsObject)) { continue }
+
+    try {
+      const sourcePath = path.join(sourceDir, fsObject)
+      const targetPath = path.join(targetDir, fsObject)
+
+      if (fs.lstatSync(sourcePath).isDirectory()) {
+        count += copyToDir(sourcePath, targetPath, includedFiles, excludedFiles, overwrite)
+      } else if (fs.lstatSync(sourcePath).isFile()) {
+        fs.copyFileSync(sourcePath, targetPath, flags)
+        count++
+      } else {
+        console.error(`    Cannot copy a file system object of unknown type ${fsObject} into ${targetDir}`)
+      }
+    } catch(error) {
+      fs.exists(path.join(sourceDir, fsObject), exists => {
+        if (!exists) {
+          console.error(`    Source file ${fsObject} does not exist in ${sourceDir}`)
+        } else {
+          fs.exists(path.join(targetDir, fsObject), exists => {
+            if (exists && !overwrite) {
+              console.error(`    Cannot copy ${fsObject} because such file already exists in ${targetDir}`)
+            } else {
+              console.error(`    Cannot copy ${fsObject} into ${targetDir}`)
+            }
+          })
+        }
+      })
+
+    }
+  }
+  return count
+}
+
+const printHelp = () => {
+  console.log(`\nPlease run ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} with one of the following parameters:`)
+  console.log()
+  console.log(`    clean      Removes specified file(s) from a target directory and a target directory itself (if it will contain no files).`)
+  console.log(`               If file names are specified then only those files will be removed.`)
+  console.log(`               If some files are listed as excluded, they will not be removed.`)
+  console.log(`               The following parameters are available:`)
+  console.log(`               --t=tareget/dir - a name of a directory to clean`)
+  console.log(`               --f=fileName - if provided, only files listed with this flag will be removed`)
+  console.log(`               --fe=fileName - if provided, files listed with this flag will not be removed`)
+  console.log(`               Example (remove file_one.txt and file_two.txt): ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} clean --t=target/dir --f=file_one.txt --f=file_two.txt`)
+  console.log(`               Example (remove all files in a target directory): ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} clean --t=target/dir`)
+  console.log()
+  console.log(`    copy       Copy specified file(s) from a source directory to a target directory. If file already exist, they will not be overwritten.`)
+  console.log(`               If no file names are specified, all files from a source directory will be copied to target. If files are listed as excluded, they will not be copied.`)
+  console.log(`               The following parameters are available:`)
+  console.log(`               --s=source/dir - a name of a directory from where files will be copied`)
+  console.log(`               --t=tareget/dir - a name of a directory where files will be copied`)
+  console.log(`               --f=fileName - if provided, only files listed with this flag will be copied`)
+  console.log(`               --fe=fileName - if provided, files listed with this flag will not be copied`)
+  console.log(`               --clean - if present, will clean a target directory before copying the files`)
+  console.log(`               Example (copy file_one.txt and file_two.txt from source to target): ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} copy --s=source/dir --t=target/dir --f=file_one.txt --f=file_two.txt`)
+  console.log(`               Example (copy all files from source to target): ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} copy --s=source/dir --t=target/dir`)
+  console.log()
+  console.log(`    replace    Same as "copy", but will overwrite specified files in a target directory`)
+}
+
+const main = () => {
+  if (process.argv.length > 2) {
+    operation = process.argv[2]
+
+    if (process.argv.length > 3) {
+      // Parsing arguments
+      for (let i = 3; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
+        let param = process.argv[i]
+        if (param.startsWith(`${options.sourceDir}=`)) {
+          sourceDir = param.replace(`${options.sourceDir}=`, '')
+        } else if (param.startsWith(`${options.targetDir}=`)) {
+          targetDir = param.replace(`${options.targetDir}=`, '')
+        } else if (param.startsWith(`${options.fileNameExcluded}=`)) {
+          // Excluded files parameter should go before file names because `--fe` is a subset of `--f`
+          filesExcluded.push(param.replace(`${options.fileNameExcluded}=`, ''))
+        } else if (param.startsWith(`${options.fileName}=`)) {
+          filesIncluded.push(param.replace(`${options.fileName}=`, ''))
+        } else if (param === options.cleanTarget) {
+          cleanTarget = true
+        } else if (param === options.overwriteTarget) {
+          overwriteTarget = true
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (
+      !operation ||
+      !Array.from(Object.values(operations)).includes(operation) ||
+      (operation === operations.clean && !targetDir) ||
+      (operation !== operations.clean && !sourceDir && !targetDir)
+    ) {
+      printHelp()
+    }
+
+    let cleaned = 0
+    let copied = 0
+    const projectRoot = process.cwd()
+    const sourcePath = sourceDir ? path.join(projectRoot, sourceDir) : ''
+    const targetPath = path.join(projectRoot, targetDir)
+
+    switch (operation) {
+      case operations.clean:
+        cleaned = cleanFiles(targetPath, filesIncluded, filesExcluded)
+        console.log(`Removed ${cleaned.filesCount} files and ${cleaned.dirCount} directories from ${targetPath}`)
+        break
+      case operations.copy:
+        if (cleanTarget && fs.existsSync(targetDir)) {
+          cleanFiles(targetPath)
+        }
+        copied = copyToDir(sourcePath, targetPath, filesIncluded, filesExcluded, overwriteTarget)
+        console.log(`Copied ${copied} files into ${targetPath}`)
+        break
+      case operations.replace:
+        copied = copyToDir(sourcePath, targetPath, filesIncluded, filesExcluded, true)
+        console.log(`Updated ${copied} file(s) within ${targetPath}`)
+        break
+    }
+  } else { printHelp() }
+}
+
+main()
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diff --git a/build/support/zip.mjs b/build/support/zip.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eeb1b2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/support/zip.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import path from 'path'
+import archiver from 'archiver'
+let sourceDir
+let targetDir
+let fileName
+
+let options = {
+  sourceDir: '--s',
+  targetDir: '--t',
+  fileName: '--f',
+}
+
+const main = () => {
+  if (process.argv.length > 4) {
+    // Parsing arguments
+    for (let i = 2; i < process.argv.length; i++) {
+      let param = process.argv[i]
+      if (param.startsWith(`${options.sourceDir}=`)) {
+        sourceDir = param.replace(`${options.sourceDir}=`, '')
+      } else if (param.startsWith(`${options.targetDir}=`)) {
+        targetDir = param.replace(`${options.targetDir}=`, '')
+      } else if (param.startsWith(`${options.fileName}=`)) {
+        fileName = param.replace(`${options.fileName}=`, '')
+      }
+    }
+
+    const projectRoot = process.cwd()
+    const sourcePath = path.join(projectRoot, sourceDir)
+    const targetPath = path.join(projectRoot, targetDir)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(targetPath)) { fs.mkdirSync(targetPath) }
+
+    createArchive(sourcePath, fileName, targetPath)
+      .then(() => {
+        console.log(`${fileName} archive was created successfully`)
+      }).catch(error => {
+        console.error(`Unable to create ${fileName}:`, error)
+    })
+  } else { printHelp() }
+}
+
+const createArchive = (sourceDir, fileName, targetDir) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    let output = fs.createWriteStream(path.join(targetDir, fileName));
+    let zipArchive = archiver('zip', {
+      zlib: { level: 9 } // Sets the compression level.
+    })
+
+    output.on('close', function() {
+      resolve()
+    })
+
+    zipArchive.pipe(output)
+    zipArchive.directory(sourceDir, false)
+    zipArchive.finalize()
+  })
+}
+
+const printHelp = () => {
+  console.log(`\nPlease run ${path.basename(process.argv[1])} with one of the following parameters: --s=sourceDir --f=zipArchiveFileName --t=targetDir`)
+}
+
+main()
+
+
diff --git a/github-build.mjs b/github-build.mjs
index 8eec720b..1962851c 100644
--- a/github-build.mjs
+++ b/github-build.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pkg from './package.json'
-import generateBuildInfo from './build/build-info.mjs'
+import generateBuildInfo from './build/support/build-info.mjs'
 import { execFileSync, execSync } from 'child_process'
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d383dd8e..e875d6a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
     "test-b": "jest tests/lib/data/",
     "test-c": "jest tests/lib/tokenizers/",
     "test-d": "jest tests/vue/text-editor/text-editor-single-block.test.js",
-    "github-build": "node --experimental-modules --experimental-json-modules ./github-build.mjs"
+    "github-build": "node --experimental-modules --experimental-json-modules ./github-build.mjs",
+    "dist": "npm run dist-copy && npm run dist-zip && npm run dist-clean",
+    "dist-copy": "node --experimental-modules ./build/support/files.mjs copy --s=/public --t=dist-temp  --clean",
+    "dist-zip": "node --experimental-modules ./build/support/zip.mjs --s=/dist-temp --t=dist-zip --f=alpheios-alignment-editor.zip",
+    "dist-clean": "node --experimental-modules ./build/support/files.mjs clean --t=dist-temp"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",