diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ddb626..b729e06 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a116f46a969224200a0a97f29cfd4c50e7534e4b4826bd23ea2c3c533039c82c"
+dependencies = [
+ "flate2",
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -48,6 +61,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "image",
  "miette",
  "mime",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -91,12 +105,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "axocli",
  "axoprocess",
  "camino",
+ "gazenot",
  "homedir",
  "miette",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "temp-dir",
  "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "backon"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c1a6197b2120bb2185a267f6515038558b019e92b832bb0320e96d66268dcf9"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand 1.9.0",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -237,6 +265,21 @@ version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06ea2b9bc92be3c2baa9334a323ebca2d6f074ff852cd1d7b11064035cd3868f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dyn-clone"
+version = "1.0.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "545b22097d44f8a9581187cdf93de7a71e4722bf51200cfaba810865b49a495d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encode_unicode"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -268,12 +311,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
+dependencies = [
+ "instant",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "46303f565772937ffe1d394a4fac6f411c6013172fadde9dcdb1e147a086940e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -393,6 +455,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gazenot"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6089542424a1218a8637f37d066850bef5abdfda946464bce8c5865c18425dcb"
+dependencies = [
+ "axoasset",
+ "backon",
+ "camino",
+ "miette",
+ "reqwest",
+ "schemars",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "190092ea657667030ac6a35e305e62fc4dd69fd98ac98631e5d3a2b1575a12b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -502,6 +595,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-rustls"
+version = "0.24.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec3efd23720e2049821a693cbc7e65ea87c72f1c58ff2f9522ff332b1491e590"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "hyper",
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-tls"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -571,6 +678,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -627,6 +743,16 @@ version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4cd1a83af159aa67994778be9070f0ae1bd732942279cabb14f86f986a21456"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c168f8615b12bc01f9c17e2eb0cc07dcae1940121185446edc3744920e8ef45"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -858,12 +984,55 @@ version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fda4ed1c6c173e3fc7a83629421152e01d7b1f9b7f65fb301e490e8cfc656422"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-internal",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-internal"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4359fd9c9171ec6e8c62926d6faaf553a8dc3f64e1507e76da7911b4f6a04405"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.13"
@@ -915,6 +1084,7 @@ version = "0.11.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b1ae8d9ac08420c66222fb9096fc5de435c3c48542bc5336c51892cffafb41"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -924,6 +1094,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http",
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
+ "hyper-rustls",
  "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
@@ -933,20 +1104,39 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots",
  "winreg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "688c63d65483050968b2a8937f7995f443e27041a0f7700aa59b0822aedebb74"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "getrandom",
+ "libc",
+ "spin",
+ "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -966,6 +1156,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.21.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f9d5a6813c0759e4609cd494e8e725babae6a2ca7b62a5536a13daaec6fcb7ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "rustls-webpki",
+ "sct",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c74cae0a4cf6ccbbf5f359f08efdf8ee7e1dc532573bf0db71968cb56b1448c"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-webpki"
+version = "0.101.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b6275d1ee7a1cd780b64aca7726599a1dbc893b1e64144529e55c3c2f745765"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.16"
@@ -990,6 +1211,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schemars"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "45a28f4c49489add4ce10783f7911893516f15afe45d015608d41faca6bc4d29"
+dependencies = [
+ "dyn-clone",
+ "schemars_derive",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "schemars_derive"
+version = "0.8.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c767fd6fa65d9ccf9cf026122c1b555f2ef9a4f0cea69da4d7dbc3e258d30967"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde_derive_internals",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da046153aa2352493d6cb7da4b6e5c0c057d8a1d0a9aa8560baffdd945acd414"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "security-framework"
 version = "2.9.2"
@@ -1033,6 +1294,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.48",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive_internals"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85bf8229e7920a9f636479437026331ce11aa132b4dde37d121944a44d6e5f3c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
 version = "1.0.111"
@@ -1065,6 +1337,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d8229b473baa5980ac72ef434c4415e70c4b5e71b423043adb4ba059f89c99a1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -1096,6 +1377,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "supports-color"
 version = "2.1.0"
@@ -1180,7 +1467,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "01ce4141aa927a6d1bd34a041795abd0db1cccba5d5f24b009f694bdf3a1f3fa"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "fastrand",
+ "fastrand 2.0.1",
  "redox_syscall",
  "rustix",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
@@ -1263,11 +1550,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
+ "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b8a1e28f2deaa14e508979454cb3a223b10b938b45af148bc0986de36f1923b"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-native-tls"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1278,6 +1579,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.24.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c28327cf380ac148141087fbfb9de9d7bd4e84ab5d2c28fbc911d753de8a7081"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.10"
@@ -1304,6 +1615,7 @@ version = "0.1.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3523ab5a71916ccf420eebdf5521fcef02141234bbc0b8a49f2fdc4544364ef"
 dependencies = [
+ "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tracing-attributes",
  "tracing-core",
@@ -1394,6 +1706,12 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e51733f11c9c4f72aa0c160008246859e340b00807569a0da0e7a1079b27ba85"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1403,6 +1721,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
  "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1518,6 +1837,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.25.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1778a42e8b3b90bff8d0f5032bf22250792889a5cdc752aa0020c84abe3aaf10"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c08064..e43dee4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
 standalone = ["axocli"]
+axo_releases = ["gazenot", "tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
 axoasset = { version = "0.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["json-serde"]}
@@ -24,10 +25,14 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["blocking",
 serde = "1.0.195"
 temp-dir = "0.1.12"
 
+# axo releases
+gazenot = { version = "0.2.1", features = ["client_lib"], optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.12.0", features = ["full"], optional = true }
+
 # errors
 miette = "5.6.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "axoupdater"
-required-features = ["axocli"]
+required-features = ["axocli", "axo_releases"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8e713d3..7ee46b2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::{fs::File, os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt};
 use axoasset::{AxoassetError, LocalAsset, SourceFile};
 use axoprocess::{AxoprocessError, Cmd};
 use camino::Utf8PathBuf;
+#[cfg(feature = "gazenot")]
+use gazenot::{error::GazenotError, Gazenot};
 use miette::Diagnostic;
 use reqwest::{
     self,
@@ -170,7 +172,9 @@ impl AxoUpdater {
             });
         };
 
-        let Some(release) = get_latest_stable_release(&source.name, &source.owner)? else {
+        let Some(release) =
+            get_latest_stable_release(&source.name, &source.owner, &source.release_type)?
+        else {
             return Err(AxoupdateError::NoStableReleases {
                 app_name: app_name.to_owned(),
             });
@@ -204,6 +208,14 @@ pub enum AxoupdateError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     Axoprocess(#[from] AxoprocessError),
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "gazenot")]
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Gazenot(#[from] GazenotError),
+
+    #[error("Release is located on backend {backend}, but it's not enabled")]
+    #[diagnostic(help("This probably isn't your fault; please open an issue!"))]
+    BackendDisabled { backend: String },
+
     #[error("Unable to determine config file path for app {app_name}!")]
     #[diagnostic(help("This probably isn't your fault; please open an issue!"))]
     ConfigFetchFailed { app_name: String },
@@ -226,6 +238,9 @@ pub enum AxoupdateError {
     #[error("There are no stable releases available for {app_name}")]
     NoStableReleases { app_name: String },
 
+    #[error("No releases were found for the app {app_name}")]
+    ReleaseNotFound { app_name: String },
+
     #[error("App name calculated as `axoupdate'")]
     #[diagnostic(help(
         "This probably isn't what you meant to update; was the updater installed correctly?"
@@ -256,6 +271,25 @@ impl Release {
             self.tag_name.to_owned()
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "gazenot")]
+    pub fn from_gazenot(release: &gazenot::PublicRelease) -> Release {
+        Release {
+            tag_name: release.tag_name.to_owned(),
+            name: release.name.to_owned(),
+            url: String::new(),
+            assets: release
+                .assets
+                .iter()
+                .map(|asset| Asset {
+                    url: asset.browser_download_url.to_owned(),
+                    browser_download_url: asset.browser_download_url.to_owned(),
+                    name: asset.name.to_owned(),
+                })
+                .collect(),
+            prerelease: release.prerelease,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -287,7 +321,7 @@ pub struct InstallReceipt {
     pub version: String,
 }
 
-pub fn get_releases(name: &String, owner: &String) -> AxoupdateResult<Vec<Release>> {
+pub fn get_github_releases(name: &String, owner: &String) -> AxoupdateResult<Vec<Release>> {
     let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::new();
     let resp: Vec<Release> = client
         .get(format!("{GITHUB_API}/repos/{owner}/{name}/releases"))
@@ -302,11 +336,40 @@ pub fn get_releases(name: &String, owner: &String) -> AxoupdateResult<Vec<Releas
     Ok(resp)
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gazenot")]
+pub fn get_axo_releases(name: &String, owner: &String) -> AxoupdateResult<Vec<Release>> {
+    let abyss = Gazenot::new_unauthed("github".to_string(), owner)?;
+    let release_lists = tokio::runtime::Handle::current()
+        .block_on(abyss.list_releases_many(vec![name.to_owned()]))?;
+    let Some(our_release) = release_lists.iter().find(|rl| &rl.package_name == name) else {
+        return Err(AxoupdateError::ReleaseNotFound {
+            app_name: name.to_owned(),
+        });
+    };
+
+    Ok(our_release
+        .releases
+        .iter()
+        .map(Release::from_gazenot)
+        .collect())
+}
+
 pub fn get_latest_stable_release(
     name: &String,
     owner: &String,
+    release_type: &ReleaseSourceType,
 ) -> AxoupdateResult<Option<Release>> {
-    let releases = get_releases(name, owner)?;
+    let releases = match release_type {
+        ReleaseSourceType::GitHub => get_github_releases(name, owner)?,
+        #[cfg(feature = "gazenot")]
+        ReleaseSourceType::Axo => get_axo_releases(name, owner)?,
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "gazenot"))]
+        ReleaseSourceType::Axo => {
+            return Err(AxoupdateError::BackendDisabled {
+                backend: "axodotdev".to_owned(),
+            })
+        }
+    };
 
     Ok(releases.into_iter().find(|r| !r.prerelease))
 }