diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8a3a314..9a2cbb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: Publish to LuaRocks
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v*.*.*"  # Only trigger on semver tags (e.g., v1.0.0)
+      - "v*.*.*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Lux
         uses: lumen-oss/gh-actions-lux@v1
         with:
-          # Using v0.28.0 for publish (consistent with all workflows)
-          # The busted/penlight dependency issues are resolved in v0.28.0
           version: 0.28.0
 
       - name: Install LuaRocks (for validation)
@@ -55,10 +53,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
           
           echo "✓ Rockspec valid: $ROCKSPEC"
-           rm -f "$ROCKSPEC"  # Clean up, lx upload will regenerate
+           rm -f "$ROCKSPEC"
 
-      # Sole LuaRocks publication point - uses lx upload which has built-in JSON
-      # handling and doesn't require system Lua JSON libraries
       - name: Upload to LuaRocks
         run: lx --verbose --lua-version 5.1 upload
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 5d0fa1a..e8ed37e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -11,76 +11,154 @@ permissions:
   pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Release
+  release-please:
+    name: Release Please
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
-          # release-type: simple is configured in release-please-config.json
 
+  build-release:
+    name: Build Release Artifacts
+    needs: release-please
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' || needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == true }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-24.04
+            name: linux-x86_64
+            target: linux
+          - os: macos-latest
+            name: macos-arm64
+            target: macos
+          - os: macos-13
+            name: macos-x86_64
+            target: macos
+          - os: windows-latest
+            name: windows-x86_64
+            target: windows
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: ${{ matrix.target == 'windows' && 'msys2 {0}' || 'bash' }}
+    steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install System Dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - name: Setup MSYS2 (Windows)
+        if: matrix.target == 'windows'
+        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          msystem: UCRT64
+          update: true
+          install: >-
+            git
+            make
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gcc
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-cmake
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-lua
+            mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-luarocks
+
+      - name: Install System Dependencies (Linux)
+        if: matrix.target == 'linux'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -qq
           sudo apt-get install -y -qq build-essential cmake luarocks lua5.4 liblua5.4-dev
 
+      - name: Install System Dependencies (macOS)
+        if: matrix.target == 'macos'
+        run: |
+          brew install cmake luarocks lua@5.4
+
       - name: Install Lux
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         uses: lumen-oss/gh-actions-lux@v1
         with:
-          # Using v0.28.0 for consistency with all workflows (busted/penlight issues resolved)
           version: 0.28.0
 
       - name: Install just
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         run: |
-          mkdir -p /tmp/just
-          curl -L https://github.com/casey/just/releases/download/1.48.1/just-1.48.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz -o /tmp/just/just.tar.gz
-          tar -xzf /tmp/just/just.tar.gz -C /tmp/just
-          sudo mv /tmp/just/just /usr/local/bin/
-          rm -rf /tmp/just
+          if [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "linux" ]; then
+            mkdir -p /tmp/just
+            curl -L https://github.com/casey/just/releases/download/1.48.1/just-1.48.1-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz -o /tmp/just/just.tar.gz
+            tar -xzf /tmp/just/just.tar.gz -C /tmp/just
+            sudo mv /tmp/just/just /usr/local/bin/
+            rm -rf /tmp/just
+          elif [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "macos" ]; then
+            brew install just
+          else
+            mkdir -p /tmp/just
+            curl -L https://github.com/casey/just/releases/download/1.48.1/just-1.48.1-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip -o /tmp/just/just.zip
+            unzip /tmp/just/just.zip -d /tmp/just
+            mv /tmp/just/just.exe /usr/bin/
+            rm -rf /tmp/just
+          fi
 
       - name: Build Executable
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         env:
           LUA_VERSION: "5.4"
-          LUA_PREFIX: "/usr"
-          LUA_LIB: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.4.a"
         run: |
-          just build
-          sha256sum roda > roda.sha256
+          if [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "linux" ]; then
+            export LUA_PREFIX="/usr"
+            export LUA_LIB="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.4.a"
+            just build
+          elif [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "macos" ]; then
+            export LUA_PREFIX="$(brew --prefix lua@5.4)"
+            export LUA_LIB="$LUA_PREFIX/lib/liblua.a"
+            export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="11.0"
+            just build
+          else
+            export LUA_PREFIX="/ucrt64"
+            export LUA_LIB="/ucrt64/lib/liblua.a"
+            export LUA_INCLUDE="/ucrt64/include"
+            just --shell bash build
+          fi
+
+      - name: Package Artifacts
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p staging
+          if [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "windows" ]; then
+            cp roda.exe staging/ 2>/dev/null || cp roda staging/roda.exe
+            cp LICENSE README.md staging/ 2>/dev/null || true
+            cd staging
+            zip -r ../roda-${{ matrix.name }}.zip *
+            cd ..
+            sha256sum roda-${{ matrix.name }}.zip > roda-${{ matrix.name }}.zip.sha256
+          else
+            cp roda staging/
+            cp LICENSE README.md staging/ 2>/dev/null || true
+            cd staging
+            tar -czvf ../roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz *
+            cd ..
+            if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              sha256sum roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz > roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz.sha256
+            else
+              shasum -a 256 roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz > roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz.sha256
+            fi
+          fi
 
       - name: Generate Rockspec
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: matrix.target == 'linux'
         run: |
           lx generate-rockspec
 
       - name: Validate Rockspec
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        if: matrix.target == 'linux'
         run: |
           luarocks lint *.rockspec
 
       - name: Upload Release Artifacts
-        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          gh release upload ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }} roda roda.sha256 *.rockspec
-
-      # LuaRocks publication moved to publish.yml workflow (tag-triggered)
-      # to avoid dependency issues and simplify debugging. The publish.yml
-      # workflow uses lx upload which has built-in JSON handling and doesn't
-      # require system Lua JSON libraries like luarocks upload does.
-      # - name: Publish to LuaRocks
-      #   if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-      #   env:
-      #     LUAROCKS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.LUAROCKS_API_KEY }}
-      #   run: |
-      #     luarocks upload *.rockspec --api-key=${LUAROCKS_API_KEY}
+          if [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "linux" ]; then
+            gh release upload ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }} roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz.sha256 *.rockspec --clobber
+          elif [ "${{ matrix.target }}" = "windows" ]; then
+            gh release upload ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }} roda-${{ matrix.name }}.zip roda-${{ matrix.name }}.zip.sha256 --clobber
+          else
+            gh release upload ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }} roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz roda-${{ matrix.name }}.tar.gz.sha256 --clobber
+          fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8de3246..4049d6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Lux
         uses: lumen-oss/gh-actions-lux@v1
         with:
-          # Using v0.28.0 (busted/penlight dependency issues resolved in lux-lib 0.8.0+)
-          # Previously pinned to v0.18.8 due to busted/penlight transitive dependency issues
-          # in newer versions (see lumen-oss/lux#722)
-          # All workflows now use v0.28.0 consistently
           version: 0.28.0
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
@@ -49,7 +45,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Lux
         uses: lumen-oss/gh-actions-lux@v1
         with:
-          # See comment in test job above for version upgrade rationale
           version: 0.28.0
 
       - name: Install just