diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e946a90e..7fbaf161 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
   "name": "nerv-build",
   "private": true,
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "workspaces": ["packages/*"],
+  "workspaces": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ],
   "description": "A react-like framework based on virtual-dom",
   "scripts": {
     "precommit": "npm run lint && npm run lint-staged",
@@ -19,21 +21,26 @@
     "test:coverage": "jest --coverage",
     "test:karma": "karma start karma.conf.js --single-run",
     "test:karma:watch": "npm run test:karma -- no-single-run",
-    "build":
-      "npm run clean && lerna exec -- rollup -c && npm run build:typing && node afterbuild.js && npm run size",
+    "build": "npm run clean && lerna exec -- rollup -c && npm run build:typing && node afterbuild.js && npm run size",
     "build:typing": "rimraf lib && tsc && lerna exec -- node ../../typing.js",
     "size": "gzip-size ./packages/nerv/dist/nerv.min.js",
     "build:esm": "lerna exec -- rollup -c --environment TARGET:esm",
     "build:umd": "lerna exec -- rollup -c --environment TARGET:umd",
-    "release": "npm run build && lerna publish --exact --conventional-commits",
-    "release:beta":
-      "npm run build && lerna publish --cd-version=prepatch --preid=beta --npm-tag=beta --conventional-commits"
+    "release": "node ./release.js"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
-    "*.{js,jsx}": ["eslint --fix", "git add"],
-    "*.{ts,tsx}": ["tslint --fix", "git add"]
+    "*.{js,jsx}": [
+      "eslint --fix",
+      "git add"
+    ],
+    "*.{ts,tsx}": [
+      "tslint --fix",
+      "git add"
+    ]
   },
-  "keywords": ["react-like"],
+  "keywords": [
+    "react-like"
+  ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/NervJS/nerv.git"
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@
     "lint-staged": "^4.0.4",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.0.2",
     "optimize-js": "^1.0.3",
+    "prompts": "^0.1.4",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "rollup": "^0.50.0",
     "rollup-plugin-alias": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/release.js b/release.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d888b044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+const prompts = require('prompts')
+const cp = require('child_process')
+
+async function f () {
+  const response = await prompts({
+    type: 'select',
+    name: 'version',
+    message: `What's the release version?`,
+    choices: [
+      { title: 'auto (by semver version)', value: 'auto' },
+      { title: 'beta', value: 'beta' },
+      { title: 'manual', value: 'manual' }
+    ],
+    initial: 1
+  })
+
+  const { version } = response
+  const command = 'npm run build && lerna publish --exact --conventional-commits'
+  switch (version) {
+    case 'auto':
+      cp.execSync(command)
+      break
+    case 'beta':
+      cp.execSync(command + '--cd-version=prepatch --preid=beta --npm-tag=beta')
+      break
+    case 'manual':
+      const manual = await prompts({
+        type: 'text',
+        name: 'version',
+        message: `What's the EXACT version that you want to publish?`
+      })
+      cp.execFileSync(`${command} --repo-version ${manual.version}`)
+      break
+    default:
+      break
+  }
+}
+
+f()
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dca911c7..2bad9996 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1512,6 +1512,10 @@ clone@^1.0.0, clone@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/clone/-/clone-1.0.2.tgz#260b7a99ebb1edfe247538175f783243cb19d149"
 
+clorox@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/clorox/-/clorox-1.0.2.tgz#f89dbaba26046f7327dfabc2dd97e76af91d742d"
+
 cmd-shim@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cmd-shim/-/cmd-shim-2.0.2.tgz#6fcbda99483a8fd15d7d30a196ca69d688a2efdb"
@@ -5429,6 +5433,13 @@ progress@^1.1.8:
   version "1.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/progress/-/progress-1.1.8.tgz#e260c78f6161cdd9b0e56cc3e0a85de17c7a57be"
 
+prompts@^0.1.4:
+  version "0.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prompts/-/prompts-0.1.4.tgz#d5376a0441edb8c26a65a208ef964ec287ee2b6e"
+  dependencies:
+    clorox "^1.0.1"
+    sisteransi "^0.1.0"
+
 prr@~0.0.0:
   version "0.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/prr/-/prr-0.0.0.tgz#1a84b85908325501411853d0081ee3fa86e2926a"
@@ -6092,6 +6103,10 @@ sinon@^2.3.8:
     text-encoding "0.6.4"
     type-detect "^4.0.0"
 
+sisteransi@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/sisteransi/-/sisteransi-0.1.0.tgz#2e6706ac427019b84e60f751d588d87920484f25"
+
 slash@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/slash/-/slash-1.0.0.tgz#c41f2f6c39fc16d1cd17ad4b5d896114ae470d55"