diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 405d16a397..1ab025a4b5 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
     "scm-ui/*",
     "scm-plugins/*"
   ],
+  "command": {
+    "publish": {
+      "registry": "http://localhost:4873"
+    }
+  },
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true,
   "version": "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
index d59de1f76a..41549ac27a 100755
--- a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/bin/ui-scripts.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
 
-const commands = ["plugin", "plugin-watch"];
+const commands = ["plugin", "plugin-watch", "publish"];
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ if (commands.includes(command)) {
     if (result.signal === "SIGKILL") {
       console.log(
         "The build failed because the process exited too early. " +
-          "This probably means the system ran out of memory or someone called " +
-          "`kill -9` on the process."
+        "This probably means the system ran out of memory or someone called " +
+        "`kill -9` on the process."
       );
     } else if (result.signal === "SIGTERM") {
       console.log(
         "The build failed because the process exited too early. " +
-          "Someone might have called `kill` or `killall`, or the system could " +
-          "be shutting down."
+        "Someone might have called `kill` or `killall`, or the system could " +
+        "be shutting down."
       );
     }
     process.exit(1);
   }
   process.exit(result.status);
 } else {
-  console.log('Unknown script "' + command + '".');
+  console.log("Unknown script \"" + command + "\".");
   console.log("Perhaps you need to update react-scripts?");
   console.log(
     "See: https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/updating-to-new-releases"
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/package.json b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/package.json
index 0b459d5c59..af1d7b7aab 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/package.json
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/package.json
@@ -23,5 +23,11 @@
     "webpack": "^4.41.1",
     "webpack-cli": "^3.3.9",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.8.2"
+  },
+  "eslintConfig": {
+    "extends": "@scm-manager/eslint-config",
+    "rules": {
+      "no-console": "off"
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3cdc60724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/commands/publish.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const lerna = require("../lerna");
+const versions = require("../versions");
+
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+if (args.length < 1) {
+  console.log("usage ui-scripts publish version");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const version = args[0];
+const index = version.indexOf("-SNAPSHOT");
+if (index > 0) {
+  const snapshotVersion = version.substring(0, index)  + "-" + versions.createSnapshotVersion();
+  console.log("publish snapshot release " + snapshotVersion);
+  lerna.version(snapshotVersion);
+  lerna.publish();
+  lerna.version(version);
+} else {
+  // ?? not sure
+  lerna.publish();
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/lerna.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/lerna.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5404fbd62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/lerna.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+const { spawnSync } = require("child_process");
+
+const yarn = args => {
+  const result = spawnSync("yarn", args, { stdio: "inherit" });
+  if (result.error) {
+    console.log("could not start yarn command:", result.error);
+    process.exit(2);
+  } else if (result.status !== 0) {
+    console.log("yarn process ends with status code:", result.status);
+    process.exit(3);
+  }
+};
+
+const version = version => {
+  yarn([
+    "run",
+    "lerna",
+    "--no-git-tag-version",
+    "--no-push",
+    "version",
+    "--yes",
+    version
+  ]);
+};
+
+const publish = () => {
+  yarn(["run", "lerna", "publish", "from-package", "--yes"]);
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  version,
+  publish
+};
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/plugin.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/plugin.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/versions.js b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/versions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cbaf4bfa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-scripts/src/versions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+const createSnapshotVersion = (baseVersion) => {
+  const date = new Date();
+  const year = date.getFullYear();
+  const month = date.getMonth().toString().padStart(2, "0");
+  const day = date.getDate().toString().padStart(2, "0");
+
+  const hours = date.getHours().toString().padStart(2, "0");
+  const minutes = date.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, "0");
+  const seconds = date.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, "0");
+
+  return `${year}${month}${day}-${hours}${minutes}${seconds}`;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  createSnapshotVersion
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4df5dbb32b..0ed3d9f1f6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11450,7 +11450,7 @@ react-hotkeys@2.0.0-pre4:
   dependencies:
     prop-types "^15.6.1"
 
-react-i18next@^10.11.4:
+react-i18next@^10.11.4, react-i18next@^10.13.1:
   version "10.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-i18next/-/react-i18next-10.13.1.tgz#4ad37e0bec5e4cf53aaa2a0c96a4e171e01ad520"
   integrity sha512-MReJUMoYooaKZONvoewFuAwf31bQU60Xt25P5wBIPTMphY4LjDJE27rwhEKjNLL24nSIHa3Jh+z9bPwSKISAoA==