diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec40453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+name: Create GitHub Pre-Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version_type:
+        description: "Version bump type"
+        required: true
+        default: "patch"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+          - prerelease
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+env:
+  NODE_VERSION: 22
+  RUST_TOOLCHAIN: stable
+
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }}
+      new_version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}
+      branch_suffix: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.suffix }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Cache cargo-edit
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        id: cache-cargo-edit
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-set-version
+          key: cargo-edit-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN }}
+
+      - name: Install cargo-edit
+        if: steps.cache-cargo-edit.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo install cargo-edit
+
+      - name: Generate branch suffix
+        id: branch
+        run: |
+          branch_name="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          suffix=$(echo "$branch_name" | tail -c 7 | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+          echo "Branch: $branch_name"
+          echo "Suffix: $suffix"
+          echo "suffix=$suffix" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Determine and update versions
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          latest_npm_version=$(npm view mcp-dev-manager version 2>/dev/null || echo "0.0.0")
+          echo "Latest npm version: $latest_npm_version"
+
+          timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+
+          cd npx-cli
+          if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.version_type }}" == "prerelease" ]]; then
+            npm version prerelease --preid="${{ steps.branch.outputs.suffix }}" --no-git-tag-version
+            new_version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+            new_tag="v${new_version}.${timestamp}"
+          else
+            npm version $latest_npm_version --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
+            npm version ${{ github.event.inputs.version_type }} --no-git-tag-version
+            new_version=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+            new_tag="v${new_version}-${timestamp}"
+          fi
+          cd ..
+
+          cargo set-version "$new_version"
+
+          echo "New version: $new_version"
+          echo "new_version=$new_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "new_tag=$new_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Commit changes and create tag
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add npx-cli/package.json Cargo.toml
+          git commit -m "chore: bump version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_version }}"
+          git tag -a ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }} -m "Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }}"
+          git push
+          git push --tags
+
+  build-backend:
+    needs: bump-version
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    container: ${{ matrix.container }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            container: ghcr.io/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild@sha256:af1bc2b869c5d76c1300f7a4685c2f1793d068e6e895c9f5c399b517b31a731e
+            name: linux-x64
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            name: linux-arm64
+            container: ghcr.io/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild@sha256:af1bc2b869c5d76c1300f7a4685c2f1793d068e6e895c9f5c399b517b31a731e
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
+            name: windows-x64
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-13
+            name: macos-x64
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-14
+            name: macos-arm64
+          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
+            name: windows-arm64
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN }}
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Install libclang (Linux)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y clang libclang-dev
+
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: "."
+          prefix-key: "cache-v1.0"
+          key: ${{ matrix.target }}_${{ matrix.os }}
+          cache-on-failure: true
+          shared-key: "shared"
+          cache-all-crates: true
+
+      - name: Build backend (Linux)
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run: cargo zigbuild --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Build backend (non-Linux)
+        if: runner.os != 'Linux'
+        run: cargo build --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+      - name: Prepare binaries (non-macOS)
+        if: runner.os != 'macOS'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-latest" ]]; then
+            cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/mcp-dev-manager.exe dist/mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}.exe
+          else
+            cp target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/mcp-dev-manager dist/mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}
+          fi
+
+      - name: Prepare Apple certificate (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64 }}" | base64 --decode > certificate.p12
+
+      - name: Sign binary (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        uses: indygreg/apple-code-sign-action@v1
+        with:
+          input_path: target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/mcp-dev-manager
+          output_path: mcp-dev-manager
+          p12_file: certificate.p12
+          p12_password: ${{ secrets.APPLE_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
+          sign: true
+          sign_args: "--code-signature-flags=runtime"
+
+      - name: Package binary (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: zip mcp-dev-manager.zip mcp-dev-manager
+
+      - name: Prepare signed binaries (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cp mcp-dev-manager.zip dist/mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}.zip
+
+      - name: Clean up certificates (macOS)
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        run: rm -f certificate.p12
+
+      - name: Upload binary artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: backend-binary-${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: dist/
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  package-npx-cli:
+    needs: [bump-version, build-backend]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            name: linux-x64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            name: windows-x64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager.exe
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            name: macos-x64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            name: macos-arm64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager
+          - target: aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+            name: windows-arm64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager.exe
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            name: linux-arm64
+            binary: mcp-dev-manager
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag }}
+
+      - name: Download backend binary artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: backend-binary-${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Create platform package
+        if: matrix.name != 'macos-arm64' && matrix.name != 'macos-x64'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p npx-cli/dist/${{ matrix.name }}
+          mkdir mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}
+          
+          cp dist/mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}* mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}/${{ matrix.binary }}
+          
+          zip -j npx-cli/dist/${{ matrix.name }}/mcp-dev-manager.zip mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}/${{ matrix.binary }}
+
+      - name: Create platform package (macOS)
+        if: matrix.name == 'macos-arm64' || matrix.name == 'macos-x64'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p npx-cli/dist/${{ matrix.name }}
+          cp dist/mcp-dev-manager-${{ matrix.name }}* npx-cli/dist/${{ matrix.name }}/mcp-dev-manager.zip
+
+      - name: Upload platform package artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: npx-platform-${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: npx-cli/dist/
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  create-prerelease:
+    needs: [bump-version, build-backend, package-npx-cli]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag }}
+
+      - name: Download backend npx-cli zips
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: npx-platform-*
+          path: npx-cli/dist/
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Setup Node for npm pack
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Pack
+        run: |
+          cd npx-cli
+          npm pack
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Pre-Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          name: Pre-release ${{ needs.bump-version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          prerelease: true
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: |
+            npx-cli/mcp-dev-manager-*.tgz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..820b37c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+name: Publish to npm
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag_name:
+        description: "Release tag (e.g., v1.2.3)"
+        required: true
+      release_id:
+        description: "GitHub release ID"
+        required: true
+
+concurrency:
+  group: publish
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+env:
+  NODE_VERSION: 22
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event.release.prerelease == false
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag_name }}
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Configure npm authentication
+        run: |
+          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
+
+      - name: Download release assets
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        env:
+          RELEASE_ID: ${{ inputs.release_id }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            const path = require('path');
+
+            const releaseId = context.payload.release?.id || process.env.RELEASE_ID;
+            console.log("releaseId:", releaseId);
+
+            if (!releaseId) {
+              core.setFailed('No release ID found.');
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const release = await github.rest.repos.getRelease({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              release_id: releaseId
+            });
+            
+            const tgzAsset = release.data.assets.find(asset => asset.name.endsWith('.tgz'));
+            
+            if (!tgzAsset) {
+              core.setFailed('No .tgz file found in release assets');
+              return;
+            }
+            
+            const response = await github.rest.repos.getReleaseAsset({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              asset_id: tgzAsset.id,
+              headers: {
+                Accept: 'application/octet-stream'
+              }
+            });
+            
+            const filePath = path.join('npx-cli', tgzAsset.name);
+            fs.writeFileSync(filePath, Buffer.from(response.data));
+            
+            console.log(`Downloaded ${tgzAsset.name} to ${filePath}`);
+            
+            core.setOutput('package-file', filePath);
+            core.setOutput('package-name', tgzAsset.name);
+
+      - name: Verify package integrity
+        id: verify
+        run: |
+          cd npx-cli
+          ls -la *.tgz
+          PACKAGE_FILE=$(ls *.tgz | head -n1)
+          echo "package-file=$PACKAGE_FILE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        run: |
+          cd npx-cli
+          PACKAGE_FILE="${{ steps.verify.outputs.package-file }}"
+          echo "Publishing $PACKAGE_FILE to npm..."
+          npm publish "$PACKAGE_FILE" --provenance --access public
+          echo "✅ Successfully published to npm!"
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Update release description
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        env:
+          RELEASE_ID: ${{ inputs.release_id }}
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const releaseId = context.payload.release?.id || process.env.RELEASE_ID;
+
+            const release = await github.rest.repos.getRelease({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              release_id: releaseId
+            });
+
+            const currentBody = release.data.body || '';
+            await github.rest.repos.updateRelease({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              release_id: releaseId,
+              body: currentBody + '\n\n✅ **Published to npm registry**'
+            });
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6fb850e..b25004c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 schemars = "1.0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
 libc = "0.2"
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+strip = "symbols"
diff --git a/npx-cli/.gitignore b/npx-cli/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ab415f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npx-cli/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+node_modules/
+dist/
+*.tgz
diff --git a/npx-cli/bin/cli.js b/npx-cli/bin/cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98818b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npx-cli/bin/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { execSync, spawn } = require("child_process");
+const AdmZip = require("adm-zip");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+function getEffectiveArch() {
+  const platform = process.platform;
+  const nodeArch = process.arch;
+
+  if (platform === "darwin") {
+    if (nodeArch === "arm64") return "arm64";
+
+    try {
+      const translated = execSync("sysctl -in sysctl.proc_translated", {
+        encoding: "utf8",
+      }).trim();
+      if (translated === "1") return "arm64";
+    } catch {
+    }
+    return "x64";
+  }
+
+  if (/arm/i.test(nodeArch)) return "arm64";
+
+  if (platform === "win32") {
+    const pa = process.env.PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE || "";
+    const paw = process.env.PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 || "";
+    if (/arm/i.test(pa) || /arm/i.test(paw)) return "arm64";
+  }
+
+  return "x64";
+}
+
+const platform = process.platform;
+const arch = getEffectiveArch();
+
+function getPlatformDir() {
+  if (platform === "linux" && arch === "x64") return "linux-x64";
+  if (platform === "linux" && arch === "arm64") return "linux-arm64";
+  if (platform === "win32" && arch === "x64") return "windows-x64";
+  if (platform === "win32" && arch === "arm64") return "windows-arm64";
+  if (platform === "darwin" && arch === "x64") return "macos-x64";
+  if (platform === "darwin" && arch === "arm64") return "macos-arm64";
+
+  console.error(`❌ Unsupported platform: ${platform}-${arch}`);
+  console.error("Supported platforms:");
+  console.error("  - Linux x64");
+  console.error("  - Linux ARM64");
+  console.error("  - Windows x64");
+  console.error("  - Windows ARM64");
+  console.error("  - macOS x64 (Intel)");
+  console.error("  - macOS ARM64 (Apple Silicon)");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+function getBinaryName() {
+  return platform === "win32" ? "mcp-dev-manager.exe" : "mcp-dev-manager";
+}
+
+const platformDir = getPlatformDir();
+const extractDir = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", platformDir);
+
+fs.mkdirSync(extractDir, { recursive: true });
+
+function extractAndRun() {
+  const binName = getBinaryName();
+  const binPath = path.join(extractDir, binName);
+  const zipName = "mcp-dev-manager.zip";
+  const zipPath = path.join(extractDir, zipName);
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(binPath)) fs.unlinkSync(binPath);
+  
+  if (!fs.existsSync(zipPath)) {
+    console.error(`❌ ${zipName} not found at: ${zipPath}`);
+    console.error(`Current platform: ${platform}-${arch} (${platformDir})`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const zip = new AdmZip(zipPath);
+    zip.extractAllTo(extractDir, true);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("❌ Failed to extract mcp-dev-manager archive:", err.message);
+    if (process.env.MCP_DEV_MANAGER_DEBUG) {
+      console.error(err.stack);
+    }
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(binPath)) {
+    console.error(`❌ Extracted binary not found at: ${binPath}`);
+    console.error("This usually indicates a corrupt download. Please reinstall the package.");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (platform !== "win32") {
+    try {
+      fs.chmodSync(binPath, 0o755);
+    } catch { }
+  }
+
+  console.log(`🚀 Launching mcp-dev-manager...`);
+  
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+  const proc = spawn(binPath, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
+  
+  proc.on("exit", (code) => process.exit(code || 0));
+  proc.on("error", (err) => {
+    console.error("❌ Failed to start mcp-dev-manager:", err.message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+
+  process.on("SIGINT", () => proc.kill("SIGINT"));
+  process.on("SIGTERM", () => proc.kill("SIGTERM"));
+}
+
+extractAndRun();
diff --git a/npx-cli/package.json b/npx-cli/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2281f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npx-cli/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "name": "mcp-dev-manager",
+  "private": false,
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "mcp-dev-manager": "bin/cli.js"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "mcp",
+    "dev-server",
+    "daemon"
+  ],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "description": "MCP Dev Server Manager - A daemon for managing development servers",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "adm-zip": "^0.5.16"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "bin"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18"
+  }
+}