diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54278901..59dfb328 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ coverage/
 
 .env
 frontend/dist
-backend/bindings
\ No newline at end of file
+backend/bindings
+
+build_codesign_release.sh
+
+npx-cli/dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8aba5e04..2011811a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
+openssl-sys = { version = "0.9", features = ["vendored"] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 28695d92..ac1714f0 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ mime_guess = "2.0"
 directories = "6.0.0"
 open = "5.3.2"
 ignore = "0.4"
+openssl   = { workspace = true }
+openssl-sys = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 ts-rs = { version = "9.0", features = ["uuid-impl", "chrono-impl"] }
diff --git a/npx-cli/bin/cli.js b/npx-cli/bin/cli.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4d38bd52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npx-cli/bin/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+// Check if system is app-darwin-arm64
+const platform = process.platform;
+const arch = process.arch;
+
+if (platform !== 'darwin' || arch !== 'arm64') {
+  console.error('❌ This package only supports macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon) systems.');
+  console.error(`Current system: ${platform}-${arch}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+try {
+  const zipPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'dist', 'app-darwin-arm64', 'vibe-kanban.zip');
+  const extractDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'dist', 'app-darwin-arm64');
+  
+  // Check if zip file exists
+  if (!fs.existsSync(zipPath)) {
+    console.error('❌ vibe-kanban.zip not found at:', zipPath);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Unzip the file
+  console.log('📦 Extracting vibe-kanban...');
+  execSync(`unzip -o "${zipPath}" -d "${extractDir}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  
+  // Execute the binary
+  const binaryPath = path.join(extractDir, 'vibe-kanban');
+  console.log('🚀 Launching vibe-kanban...');
+  execSync(`"${binaryPath}"`, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  
+} catch (error) {
+  console.error('❌ Error running vibe-kanban:', error.message);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
diff --git a/npx-cli/package.json b/npx-cli/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55baf16b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npx-cli/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "vibe-kanban",
+  "private": false,
+  "version": "0.0.3",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "my-npx-cli": "bin/cli.js"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "bloop",
+  "license": "",
+  "description": "NPX wrapper around vibe-kanban",
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ]
+}