diff --git a/.ci/macos/notarize.sh b/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
index af62a6d2..d0ff50c5 100755
--- a/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
+++ b/.ci/macos/notarize.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,14 @@ PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt@5/bin/:${PATH}"
 
 security unlock-keychain -p "${RUNNER_USER_PW}" login.keychain
 
+if [ "${CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED}" ]; then
+  cat "${TRIGGER_PAYLOAD}"
+fi
+
 ( cd build || exit
   # macdeployqt does not copy symlinks over.
   # this specifically addresses icu4c issues but nothing else.
-  # We might not even need this any longer... 
+  # We might not even need this any longer...
   # ICU_LIB="$(brew --prefix icu4c)/lib"
   # export ICU_LIB
   # mkdir -p nheko.app/Contents/Frameworks
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ while sleep 60 && date; do
   #isSuccess=$(grep "success" "$NOTARIZE_STATUS_LOG")
   #isFailure=$(grep "invalid" "$NOTARIZE_STATUS_LOG")
 
-  echo "Status for submission \"${requestUUID}\": \"${sub_status}\"" 
+  echo "Status for submission \"${requestUUID}\": \"${sub_status}\""
 
   if [ "${sub_status}" = "Accepted" ]; then
       echo "Notarization done!"
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ done
 VERSION=${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
 
 if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
-    mv nheko.dmg "nheko-${VERSION}.dmg"
+    mv nheko.dmg "nheko-${VERSION}_${PLAT}.dmg"
     mkdir artifacts
-    cp "nheko-${VERSION}.dmg" artifacts/
+    cp "nheko-${VERSION}_${PLAT}.dmg" artifacts/
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c607654f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+task:
+  macos_instance:
+    image: ghcr.io/cirruslabs/macos-monterey-xcode:13
+  name: Build - macOS Apple Silicon
+  homebrew_script:
+    - brew bundle --file .ci/macos/Brewfile
+  build_script:
+    - export PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt@5/bin/:${PATH}
+    - export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt@5
+    - cmake -GNinja -H. -Bbuild
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.deps/usr
+        -DHUNTER_ROOT="../.hunter"
+        -DHUNTER_ENABLED=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHUNTER_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=RelWithDebInfo
+        -DUSE_BUNDLED_OPENSSL=ON
+        -DUSE_BUNDLED_BOOST=ON
+        -DCI_BUILD=ON
+        -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.15
+    - cmake --build build
+    - (cd build && git clone https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/qt-jdenticon.git && cd qt-jdenticon && qmake && make -j 4 && cp libqtjdenticon.dylib ../nheko.app/Contents/MacOS)
+  binaries_artifacts:
+    path: build/nheko.app
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 197cc7ac..877e3904 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ variables:
   # prevent configure tzdata hanging apt install commands
   DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
 
+# default to not running jobs when pipeline is triggered from a webhook.
+default:
+  rules:
+  - if : '!$CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED'
+
 build-clazy:
   stage: build
   image: ubuntu:22.04
@@ -14,10 +19,10 @@ build-clazy:
   before_script:
     - apt-get update
     - apt-get -y install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends ca-certificates build-essential ninja-build cmake gcc make automake liblmdb-dev libre2-dev
-        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev 
-        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev 
-        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform 
-        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev 
+        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev
+        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev
+        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform
+        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev
   script:
     - export PATH="/usr/local/bin/:/usr/lib/ccache:${PATH}"
     - export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | awk '/^processor/{print $3}' | wc -l)
@@ -41,11 +46,11 @@ build-gcc11:
     TRAVIS_OS_NAME: linux
   before_script:
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get -y install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends ca-certificates build-essential ninja-build cmake gcc make automake ccache liblmdb-dev 
-        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev 
-        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev 
-        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform 
-        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev 
+    - apt-get -y install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends ca-certificates build-essential ninja-build cmake gcc make automake ccache liblmdb-dev
+        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev
+        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev
+        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform
+        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev
     # need recommended deps for wget
     - apt-get -y install wget
     - /usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks
@@ -77,11 +82,11 @@ build-gcc10:
     TRAVIS_OS_NAME: linux
   before_script:
     - apt-get update
-    - apt-get -y install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends ca-certificates build-essential ninja-build cmake gcc make automake ccache liblmdb-dev 
-        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev 
-        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev 
-        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform 
-        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev 
+    - apt-get -y install --no-install-suggests --no-install-recommends ca-certificates build-essential ninja-build cmake gcc make automake ccache liblmdb-dev
+        libssl-dev libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5multimediagsttools5 libqt5multimediaquick5 libqt5svg5-dev
+        qtmultimedia5-dev qtquickcontrols2-5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev
+        qml-module-qtmultimedia qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qml-module-qtquick-layouts qml-module-qt-labs-platform
+        qt5keychain-dev ccache clazy libcurl4-openssl-dev libevent-dev libspdlog-dev git nlohmann-json3-dev libcmark-dev asciidoc # libolm-dev
     # need recommended deps for wget
     - apt-get -y install wget
     - /usr/sbin/update-ccache-symlinks
@@ -143,6 +148,8 @@ build-macos:
 codesign-macos:
   stage: deploy
   tags: [macos]
+  variables:
+    PLAT: "intel"
   before_script:
     - 'brew upgrade qt@5'
     - pip3 install dmgbuild
@@ -150,15 +157,19 @@ codesign-macos:
     - export PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt@5/bin/:${PATH}
     - ./.ci/macos/notarize.sh
   after_script:
-    - ./.ci/upload-nightly-gitlab.sh artifacts/nheko-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}.dmg
+    - ./.ci/upload-nightly-gitlab.sh artifacts/nheko-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}_${PLAT}.dmg
   needs:
-    - build-macos
+    - job: build-macos
+      optional: true # optional since we want to be able to also trigger this job from cirrus ci for apple silicon builds.
   rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
+    - if : '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
     - if : $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    - if : $CI_PIPELINE_TRIGGERED
+      variables:
+        PLAT: "m1"
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - artifacts/nheko-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}.dmg
+      - artifacts/nheko-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}_${PLAT}.dmg
       - /tmp/notarize*
     name: nheko-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-macos