diff --git a/.github/packaging/post_build_script.sh b/.github/packaging/post_build_script.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4e2fc888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/packaging/post_build_script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+FORGE_WHEEL=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${REPOSITORY}/dist/*.whl
+WHL_DIR="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/wheels/dist"
+DIST=dist/
+
+ls -l "${WHL_DIR}"
+ls ${FORGE_WHEEL}
+echo "Copying files from $WHL_DIR to $DIST"
+mkdir -p $DIST && find "$WHL_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec cp {} "$DIST/" \;
+echo "The following wheels will be uploaded to S3"
+ls -l "${DIST}"
diff --git a/.github/packaging/pre_build_cpu.sh b/.github/packaging/pre_build_cpu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..520bdedb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/packaging/pre_build_cpu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Builds vLLM
+# This script builds vLLM and places its wheel into dist/.
+
+VLLM_BRANCH="v0.10.0"
+BUILD_DIR="$HOME/forge-build"
+
+# Push other files to the dist folder
+WHL_DIR="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/wheels/dist"
+
+mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
+mkdir -p $WHL_DIR
+echo "build dir is $BUILD_DIR"
+echo "wheel dir is $WHL_DIR"
+
+build_vllm() {
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+
+    git clone https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git --branch $VLLM_BRANCH
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR/vllm"
+
+    python use_existing_torch.py
+    pip install -r requirements/build.txt
+    export VERBOSE=1
+    export CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=1
+    export FORCE_CMAKE=1
+    pip wheel -v --no-build-isolation --no-deps . -w "$WHL_DIR"
+}
+
+build_vllm
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diff --git a/.github/packaging/pre_build_gpu.sh b/.github/packaging/pre_build_gpu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d81f52782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/packaging/pre_build_gpu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Builds Monarch
+# This script builds Monarch and places its wheel into dist/.
+
+MONARCH_COMMIT="265034a29ec3fb35919f4a9c23c65f2f4237190d"
+BUILD_DIR="$HOME/forge-build"
+
+# Push other files to the dist folder
+WHL_DIR="${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/wheels/dist"
+
+mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR
+mkdir -p $WHL_DIR
+echo "build dir is $BUILD_DIR"
+echo "wheel dir is $WHL_DIR"
+
+build_monarch() {
+    # Get Rust build related pieces
+    if ! command -v rustup &> /dev/null; then
+        echo "getting rustup"
+        curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+        export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
+        echo "$HOME/.cargo/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+    fi
+
+    rustup toolchain install nightly
+    rustup default nightly
+
+    if command -v dnf &>/dev/null; then
+        dnf install -y clang-devel \
+            libibverbs rdma-core libmlx5 libibverbs-devel rdma-core-devel fmt-devel \
+            libunwind-devel
+    elif command -v apt-get &>/dev/null; then
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y clang libunwind-dev \
+            libibverbs-dev librdmacm-dev libfmt-dev
+    fi
+
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR"
+    git clone https://github.com/meta-pytorch/monarch.git
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR/monarch"
+    git checkout $MONARCH_COMMIT
+
+    pip install -r build-requirements.txt
+    export USE_TENSOR_ENGINE=1
+    export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
+    export CARGO_TERM_VERBOSE=true
+    export CARGO_TERM_COLOR=always
+    pip wheel --no-build-isolation --no-deps . -w "$WHL_DIR"
+}
+
+append_date() {
+    cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${REPOSITORY}
+    # Appends the current date and time to the Forge wheel
+    version_file="assets/version.txt"
+    init_file="src/forge/__init__.py"
+    if [[ -n "$BUILD_VERSION" ]]; then
+        # Update the version in version.txt
+        echo "$BUILD_VERSION" > "$version_file"
+        # Create a variable named __version__ at the end of __init__.py
+        echo "__version__ = \"$BUILD_VERSION\"" >> "$init_file"
+    else
+        echo "Error: BUILD_VERSION environment variable is not set or empty."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+
+build_monarch
+append_date
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_vllm.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_vllm.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6938e16a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_vllm.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Build pinned vLLM against PyTorch nightly and upload
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - nightly
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: forge-cu129-nightly
+    uses: pytorch/test-infra/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml@28a1b658404f17c8eabde5f7fe25ae3ac826fae6
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    with:
+      repository: meta-pytorch/forge
+      ref: ""
+      test-infra-repository: pytorch/test-infra
+      test-infra-ref: 28a1b658404f17c8eabde5f7fe25ae3ac826fae6
+      run-smoke-test: false
+      wheel-upload-path: preview/forge
+      package-name: forge
+      build-matrix: |
+        {
+          "include": [
+            {
+              "python_version": "3.10",
+              "gpu_arch_type": "cpu",
+              "gpu_arch_version": "12.9",
+              "desired_cuda": "cu129",
+              "container_image": "pytorch/manylinux2_28-builder:cuda12.9",
+              "package_type": "manywheel",
+              "build_name": "manywheel-py3_10-cuda12_9",
+              "validation_runner": "linux.12xlarge.memory",
+              "installation": "pip3 install --pre torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu129",
+              "channel": "nightly",
+              "upload_to_base_bucket": "no",
+              "stable_version": "2.8.0",
+              "use_split_build": false
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      pre-script: .github/packaging/pre_build_cpu.sh
+      post-script: .github/packaging/post_build_script.sh
+      trigger-event: ${{ github.event_name }}
+      build-platform: 'python-build-package'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22c183314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Build nightly wheels and publish to PyTorch Index
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - nightly
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: forge-cu129-nightly
+    uses: pytorch/test-infra/.github/workflows/build_wheels_linux.yml@28a1b658404f17c8eabde5f7fe25ae3ac826fae6
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    with:
+      repository: meta-pytorch/forge
+      ref: ""
+      test-infra-repository: pytorch/test-infra
+      test-infra-ref: 28a1b658404f17c8eabde5f7fe25ae3ac826fae6
+      run-smoke-test: false
+      wheel-upload-path: preview/forge
+      package-name: forge
+      build-matrix: |
+        {
+          "include": [
+            {
+              "python_version": "3.10",
+              "gpu_arch_type": "cuda",
+              "gpu_arch_version": "12.9",
+              "desired_cuda": "cu129",
+              "container_image": "pytorch/manylinux2_28-builder:cuda12.9",
+              "package_type": "manywheel",
+              "build_name": "manywheel-py3_10-cuda12_9",
+              "validation_runner": "linux.4xlarge.nvidia.gpu",
+              "installation": "pip3 install --pre torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu129",
+              "channel": "nightly",
+              "upload_to_base_bucket": "no",
+              "stable_version": "2.8.0",
+              "use_split_build": false
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      pre-script: .github/packaging/pre_build_gpu.sh
+      post-script: .github/packaging/post_build_script.sh
+      trigger-event: ${{ github.event_name }}
+      build-platform: 'python-build-package'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/forge/__init__.py b/src/forge/__init__.py
index 17d7bd153..b359f9c5b 100644
--- a/src/forge/__init__.py
+++ b/src/forge/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
+__version__ = ""
+
 # Enables faster downloading. For more info: https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/en/guides/download#faster-downloads
 # To disable, run `HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=0 tune download <model_config>`
 try:
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e8bf73aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.1.0