diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06eb335..9ea8439 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ This update introduces minor bug fixes & improvements
  - Added new dynamic constant `%BUILD_OUTPUT_PATH%` which can be used as `%BUILD_OUTPUT_PATH%:release` to show the
    output path of a specific build configuration
  - Refactor CI templates to support dynamic build targets
+ - Added template `phpexe` & `phpgz` for generating executable binaries and compressed executables for the project
 
 ### Changed
  - Refactor phpmake template to support dynamic build targets
diff --git a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/CompressedTemplate.php b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/CompressedTemplate.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f3a52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/CompressedTemplate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+    /*
+     * Copyright (c) Nosial 2022-2024, all rights reserved.
+     *
+     *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
+     *  associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
+     *  limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+     *  Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+     *  conditions:
+     *
+     *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
+     *  of the Software.
+     *
+     *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+     *  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     *  PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+     *  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+     *  OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+     *  DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+     *
+     */
+
+    namespace ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates;
+
+    use ncc\Enums\Options\BuildConfigurationOptions;
+    use ncc\Enums\SpecialConstants\AssemblyConstants;
+    use ncc\Enums\Types\BuildOutputType;
+    use ncc\Exceptions\IOException;
+    use ncc\Interfaces\TemplateInterface;
+    use ncc\Managers\ProjectManager;
+    use ncc\Objects\ProjectConfiguration\Build\BuildConfiguration;
+
+    class CompressedTemplate implements TemplateInterface
+    {
+
+        /**
+         * @inheritDoc
+         * @throws IOException
+         */
+        public static function applyTemplate(ProjectManager $project_manager): void
+        {
+            // Create the release build configuration
+            $release_compressed = new BuildConfiguration('release-compressed',
+                'build' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'release' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . AssemblyConstants::ASSEMBLY_PACKAGE->value . '.gz.ncc'
+            );
+            $release_compressed->setBuildType(BuildOutputType::NCC_PACKAGE->value);
+            $release_compressed->setOption(BuildConfigurationOptions::COMPRESSION->value, BuildConfigurationOptions\CompressionOptions::HIGH->value);
+            $project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->addBuildConfiguration($release_compressed);
+
+            // Create the debug build configuration
+            $debug_compressed = new BuildConfiguration('debug-compressed',
+                'build' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'debug' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . AssemblyConstants::ASSEMBLY_PACKAGE->value . '.gz.ncc'
+            );
+            $debug_compressed->setBuildType(BuildOutputType::NCC_PACKAGE->value);
+            $debug_compressed->setOption(BuildConfigurationOptions::COMPRESSION->value, BuildConfigurationOptions\CompressionOptions::HIGH->value);
+            $debug_compressed->setDefinedConstant('DEBUG', '1');
+            $project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->addBuildConfiguration($debug_compressed);
+
+            $project_manager->save();
+        }
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/ExecutableTemplate.php b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/ExecutableTemplate.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39458a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/ExecutableTemplate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+    /*
+     * Copyright (c) Nosial 2022-2024, all rights reserved.
+     *
+     *  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and
+     *  associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without
+     *  limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+     *  Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+     *  conditions:
+     *
+     *  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions
+     *  of the Software.
+     *
+     *  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
+     *  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+     *  PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+     *  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+     *  OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+     *  DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+     *
+     */
+
+    namespace ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates;
+
+    use ncc\Enums\Options\BuildConfigurationOptions;
+    use ncc\Enums\SpecialConstants\AssemblyConstants;
+    use ncc\Enums\Types\BuildOutputType;
+    use ncc\Exceptions\IOException;
+    use ncc\Interfaces\TemplateInterface;
+    use ncc\Managers\ProjectManager;
+    use ncc\Objects\ProjectConfiguration\Build\BuildConfiguration;
+
+    class ExecutableTemplate implements TemplateInterface
+    {
+
+        /**
+         * @inheritDoc
+         * @throws IOException
+         */
+        public static function applyTemplate(ProjectManager $project_manager): void
+        {
+            foreach($project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->getBuildConfigurations() as $build_configuration)
+            {
+                $executable_name = sprintf('%s-executable', $build_configuration);
+                $configuration = $project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->getBuildConfiguration($build_configuration);
+
+                // Skip if the executable version of the build configuration already exists
+                if($project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->buildConfigurationExists($executable_name))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Skip if the build configuration is not an ncc package that the executable can be based on
+                if($configuration->getBuildType() !== BuildOutputType::NCC_PACKAGE->value)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if(isset($configuration->getOptions()[BuildConfigurationOptions::COMPRESSION->value]))
+                {
+                    $output = dirname($configuration->getOutput()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . str_replace('-', '_', $executable_name);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    $output = dirname($configuration->getOutput()) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . str_replace('-', '_', $executable_name) . '_gz';
+                }
+
+                // Create the executable build configuration
+                $executable = new BuildConfiguration($executable_name, $output);
+                $executable->setBuildType(BuildOutputType::EXECUTABLE->value);
+                $executable->setOption(BuildConfigurationOptions::NCC_CONFIGURATION->value, $configuration->getName());
+                $project_manager->getProjectConfiguration()->getBuild()->addBuildConfiguration($executable);
+            }
+
+            $project_manager->save();
+        }
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci.yml.tpl b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci.yml.tpl
index 6cdee6b..24f65af 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci.yml.tpl
+++ b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci.yml.tpl
@@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           php phpDocumentor.phar -d src -t docs
 
+      - name: Archive PHPDoc
+        run: |
+          zip -r docs.zip docs
+
       - name: Upload PHPDoc
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: documentation
-          path: docs
+          path: docs.zip
 
   test:
     needs: [%TPL_BUILD_NAMES%, check-phpunit]
@@ -132,10 +136,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run PHPUnit tests
         run: |
           wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit-11.3.phar
-          php phpunit-11.3.phar --configuration phpunit.xml
+          php phpunit-11.3.phar --configuration phpunit.xml --log-junit reports/junit.xml --log-teamcity reports/teamcity --testdox-html reports/testdox.html --testdox-text reports/testdox.txt
 
-  upload-artifacts:
-    needs: [%TPL_BUILD_NAMES%, test]
+      - name: Upload test reports
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: reports
+          path: reports
+
+
+  release-documentation:
+    needs: generate-phpdoc
     permissions: write-all
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -146,12 +157,31 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-%TPL_DOWNLOAD_ARTIFACTS%
+      - name: Download documentation artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: documentation
+          path: documentation
 
-      - name: Upload to GitHub Release
+      - name: Upload documentation artifact
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          files: |
-%TPL_ARTIFACT_FILES%
+            files: |
+                documentation/*
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+
+  release-artifacts:
+    needs: [%TPL_BUILD_NAMES%]
+    permissions: write-all
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: php:8.3
+    if: github.event_name == 'release'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+%TPL_DOWNLOAD_ARTIFACTS%
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci_download.yml.tpl b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci_download.yml.tpl
index 108d931..bf26309 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci_download.yml.tpl
+++ b/src/ncc/Classes/PhpExtension/Templates/github_ci_download.yml.tpl
@@ -2,4 +2,11 @@
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: %TPL_BUILD_NAME%
-          path: %TPL_BUILD_NAME%
\ No newline at end of file
+          path: %TPL_BUILD_NAME%
+      - name: Upload %TPL_BUILD_NAME% artifact to release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+            files: |
+                %TPL_BUILD_NAME%/*
+        env:
+            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ncc/Enums/ProjectTemplates.php b/src/ncc/Enums/ProjectTemplates.php
index a5f08fa..57f1037 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Enums/ProjectTemplates.php
+++ b/src/ncc/Enums/ProjectTemplates.php
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
          */
         case PHP_UNIT = 'phpunit';
 
+        /**
+         * A template that is used to create a PHP executable project
+         */
+        case PHP_COMPRESSED = 'phpgz';
+
+        /**
+         * A template that is used to create a PHP executable project
+         */
+        case PHP_EXECUTABLE = 'phpexe';
+
         /**
          * Template that combines PHP_LIBRARY, PHP_MAKE and PHP_UNIT in one
          */
diff --git a/src/ncc/Managers/ProjectManager.php b/src/ncc/Managers/ProjectManager.php
index ace3ed5..fed4d3b 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Managers/ProjectManager.php
+++ b/src/ncc/Managers/ProjectManager.php
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\ExecutableCompiler;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\NccCompiler;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\CliTemplate;
+    use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\CompressedTemplate;
+    use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\ExecutableTemplate;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\GitHubWorkflowTemplate;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\LibraryTemplate;
     use ncc\Classes\PhpExtension\Templates\MakefileTemplate;
@@ -209,10 +211,19 @@
                     PhpUnitTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     break;
 
+                case ProjectTemplates::PHP_COMPRESSED:
+                    CompressedTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
+                    break;
+
+                case ProjectTemplates::PHP_EXECUTABLE:
+                    ExecutableTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
+                    break;
+
                 case ProjectTemplates::PHP_LIBRARY_FULL:
                     LibraryTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     MakefileTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     PhpUnitTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
+                    CompressedTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     break;
 
                 case ProjectTemplates::PHP_CLI_FULL:
@@ -220,6 +231,8 @@
                     LibraryTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     MakefileTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     PhpUnitTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
+                    CompressedTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
+                    ExecutableTemplate::applyTemplate($this);
                     break;
 
                 case ProjectTemplates::PHP_GITHUB_CI:
diff --git a/src/ncc/Objects/ProjectConfiguration/Build.php b/src/ncc/Objects/ProjectConfiguration/Build.php
index 577d7b7..e954b62 100644
--- a/src/ncc/Objects/ProjectConfiguration/Build.php
+++ b/src/ncc/Objects/ProjectConfiguration/Build.php
@@ -500,6 +500,25 @@
             throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The build configuration "%s" does not exist', $name));
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Checks if a build configuration exists
+         *
+         * @param string $name The name of the build configuration to check
+         * @return bool Returns true if the build configuration exists, false otherwise
+         */
+        public function buildConfigurationExists(string $name): bool
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                $this->getBuildConfiguration($name);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch(InvalidArgumentException)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         /**
          * @param array $build_configurations
          * @return void