diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e6d02a9..4965255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: ✅ Validate
         run: yarn validate
 
-      - name: 🛠️ Setup package
-        run: yarn script:package-npm
-
-      - name: 🛠️ Copy files to dist
-        run: yarn copy-files
+      - name: 🛠️ Build cross-platform package
+        run: yarn package
 
       - name: 🚀 Publish NPM
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && contains(github.ref, 'beta') == false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 00a2959..c8700b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -59,8 +59,38 @@ jobs:
         with:
           coverage-file: coverage/merged/kcov-merged/cobertura.xml
 
-      - name: 🛠️ Setup package
-        run: yarn script:package-npm
+      - name: 🛠️ Build cross-platform package
+        run: yarn package
 
-      - name: 🛠️ Copy files to dist
-        run: yarn copy-files
+  package-smoke-test:
+    name: 📦 Package Smoke Test (${{ matrix.os }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: 🗜️ Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: 🗜️ Setup node version
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 24
+
+      - name: 🗜️ Setup Zig
+        uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v2
+        with:
+          version: 0.16.0
+
+      - name: 🛠️ Install
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cached-deps
+        with:
+          caching: "false"
+
+      - name: 🛠️ Build cross-platform package
+        run: yarn package
+
+      - name: 🧪 Run packaged CLI
+        run: node dist/bin/package-version-info.js --version
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2da9771..fe4068b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ npm install package-version-info --save-dev
 yarn add package-version-info --dev
 ```
 
+The npm package includes native executables for macOS arm64/x64, Linux arm64/x64, and Windows
+x64. A small Node.js launcher selects the matching executable at runtime; no platform-specific
+packages are installed separately.
+
 ### 2. Generate the file
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/npm/package-version-info.js b/npm/package-version-info.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2c53f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/package-version-info.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+const { existsSync } = require('node:fs');
+const { join } = require('node:path');
+const { spawnSync } = require('node:child_process');
+
+const supportedPlatforms = new Map([
+  ['darwin-arm64', 'version_info'],
+  ['darwin-x64', 'version_info'],
+  ['linux-arm64', 'version_info'],
+  ['linux-x64', 'version_info'],
+  ['win32-x64', 'version_info.exe'],
+]);
+
+function getBinaryPath(platform = process.platform, arch = process.arch, baseDir = __dirname) {
+  const id = `${platform}-${arch}`;
+  const binary = supportedPlatforms.get(id);
+
+  if (!binary) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unsupported platform ${id}. Supported platforms: ${[...supportedPlatforms.keys()].join(', ')}.`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return join(baseDir, 'native', id, binary);
+}
+
+function resolveBinary(platform = process.platform, arch = process.arch) {
+  const id = `${platform}-${arch}`;
+  const binaryPath = getBinaryPath(platform, arch);
+  if (!existsSync(binaryPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`The package is missing its ${id} executable at ${binaryPath}.`);
+  }
+
+  return binaryPath;
+}
+
+function run(args = process.argv.slice(2)) {
+  const binaryPath = resolveBinary();
+  const result = spawnSync(binaryPath, args, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+
+  if (result.error) throw result.error;
+  if (result.signal) {
+    process.kill(process.pid, result.signal);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  process.exitCode = result.status ?? 1;
+}
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  try {
+    run();
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+    console.error(`package-version-info: ${message}`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { getBinaryPath, resolveBinary, run };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86ab0c5..16a6839 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,22 +10,25 @@
   "private": false,
   "description": "Generate version info from package.json for TypeScript projects",
   "scripts": {
-    "validate": "yarn format:check && yarn build && yarn test",
+    "validate": "yarn format:check && yarn test:launcher && yarn build && yarn test",
     "format:check": "zig fmt --check src/root.zig src/main.zig src/cli.zig build.zig",
     "build": "zig build",
+    "build:platforms": "yarn script:package-zig && yarn tsx ./scripts/build-platforms.ts",
     "start": "zig build run",
     "test": "zig build test",
+    "test:launcher": "node --test ./scripts/package-version-info.test.cjs",
+    "test:package": "yarn tsx ./scripts/verify-package.ts",
     "coverage:build": "rimraf coverage zig-out/coverage-tests && zig build coverage",
     "clean": "rimraf zig-out dist",
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "copy-files": "copyfiles -u 2 zig-out/bin/version_info dist/bin && copyfiles README.md LICENSE dist",
+    "package": "yarn build:platforms && yarn script:package-npm && yarn test:package",
     "postinstall": "yarn script:package-zig",
     "script:package-zig": "yarn tsx ./scripts/package-zig.ts",
     "script:package-npm": "yarn tsx ./scripts/package-npm.ts",
     "script:package-github": "yarn tsx ./scripts/package-github.ts",
     "version": "auto-changelog -p && git add CHANGELOG.md",
     "postversion": "git push && git push --follow-tags",
-    "publish:beta": "yarn && yarn build && npm publish --folder dist --tag beta",
+    "publish:beta": "yarn && yarn validate && yarn package && npm publish --folder dist --tag beta",
     "release:beta": "npm version prerelease -m \"chore(update): prelease %s β\"",
     "release:patch": "git checkout master && npm version patch -m \"chore(update): patch release %s 🐛 \"",
     "release:minor": "git checkout master && npm version minor -m \"chore(update): release %s 🚀\"",
diff --git a/scripts/build-platforms.ts b/scripts/build-platforms.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cfaace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-platforms.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { emptyDirSync, ensureDirSync } from 'fs-extra';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+import { platforms } from './platforms';
+
+const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '..');
+const outputDir = resolve(rootDir, 'zig-out', 'platforms');
+emptyDirSync(outputDir);
+
+for (const platform of platforms) {
+  const prefix = resolve(outputDir, platform.id);
+  ensureDirSync(prefix);
+  console.log(`Building ${platform.id} (${platform.target})...`);
+
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    'zig',
+    [
+      'build',
+      `-Dtarget=${platform.target}`,
+      '-Doptimize=ReleaseSmall',
+      '--prefix',
+      prefix,
+    ],
+    { cwd: rootDir, stdio: 'inherit' },
+  );
+
+  if (result.error) throw result.error;
+  if (result.status !== 0) process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
+}
diff --git a/scripts/package-github.ts b/scripts/package-github.ts
index eabac33..641d319 100644
--- a/scripts/package-github.ts
+++ b/scripts/package-github.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,14 @@
-import { ensureDirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
+import { readJsonSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
-const pkg = require(resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'));
-
-pkg.scripts = undefined;
-pkg.devDependencies = undefined;
-pkg.packageManager = undefined;
-pkg.engines = undefined;
-pkg.files = undefined;
-pkg.bin = {
-  "package-version-info": "bin/version_info"
-};
+const distDir = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'dist');
+const pkg = readJsonSync(join(distDir, 'package.json'));
 
 pkg.name = '@celtian/package-version-info';
 pkg.publishConfig = {
   registry: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
 };
 
-const distDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'dist');
-ensureDirSync(distDir);
 writeFileSync(join(distDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2));
 
 console.log('\x1b[34m', `Package.json in dist/ modified with publishConfig and name.`, '\x1b[0m');
diff --git a/scripts/package-npm.ts b/scripts/package-npm.ts
index e636b8b..c04370c 100644
--- a/scripts/package-npm.ts
+++ b/scripts/package-npm.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
-import { writeFileSync, ensureDirSync } from 'fs-extra';
+import {
+  chmodSync,
+  copyFileSync,
+  emptyDirSync,
+  ensureDirSync,
+  pathExistsSync,
+  writeFileSync,
+} from 'fs-extra';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
-const pkg = require(resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json'));
+import { platforms } from './platforms';
+
+const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '..');
+const pkg = require(join(rootDir, 'package.json'));
 
 pkg.scripts = undefined;
 pkg.devDependencies = undefined;
@@ -9,13 +19,35 @@ pkg.packageManager = undefined;
 pkg.engines = undefined;
 pkg.files = undefined;
 pkg.bin = {
-  "package-version-info": "bin/version_info"
+  'package-version-info': 'bin/package-version-info.js',
 };
 
-const distDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'dist');
-ensureDirSync(distDir);
+const distDir = join(rootDir, 'dist');
+emptyDirSync(distDir);
 writeFileSync(join(distDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2));
 
-console.log('\x1b[34m', 'Package.json in dist/ modified.', '\x1b[0m');
+for (const file of ['README.md', 'LICENSE']) {
+  copyFileSync(join(rootDir, file), join(distDir, file));
+}
+
+const binDir = join(distDir, 'bin');
+ensureDirSync(binDir);
+const launcherPath = join(binDir, 'package-version-info.js');
+copyFileSync(join(rootDir, 'npm', 'package-version-info.js'), launcherPath);
+chmodSync(launcherPath, 0o755);
+
+for (const platform of platforms) {
+  const source = join(rootDir, 'zig-out', 'platforms', platform.id, 'bin', platform.binary);
+  if (!pathExistsSync(source)) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing ${platform.id} binary. Run \"yarn build:platforms\" first.`);
+  }
+
+  const nativeDir = join(binDir, 'native', platform.id);
+  ensureDirSync(nativeDir);
+  const destination = join(nativeDir, platform.binary);
+  copyFileSync(source, destination);
+  if (platform.os !== 'win32') chmodSync(destination, 0o755);
+}
 
+console.log('\x1b[34m', 'Cross-platform npm package created in dist/.', '\x1b[0m');
 
diff --git a/scripts/package-version-info.test.cjs b/scripts/package-version-info.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dd356b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package-version-info.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict');
+const { test } = require('node:test');
+const { join } = require('node:path');
+
+const { getBinaryPath } = require('../npm/package-version-info.js');
+
+test('resolves every supported platform to its bundled binary', () => {
+  const cases = [
+    ['darwin', 'arm64', 'darwin-arm64', 'version_info'],
+    ['darwin', 'x64', 'darwin-x64', 'version_info'],
+    ['linux', 'arm64', 'linux-arm64', 'version_info'],
+    ['linux', 'x64', 'linux-x64', 'version_info'],
+    ['win32', 'x64', 'win32-x64', 'version_info.exe'],
+  ];
+
+  for (const [platform, arch, id, binary] of cases) {
+    const expected = join(__dirname, '..', 'npm', 'native', id, binary);
+    assert.equal(getBinaryPath(platform, arch, join(__dirname, '..', 'npm')), expected);
+  }
+});
+
+test('reports unsupported platforms clearly', () => {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => getBinaryPath('freebsd', 'x64'),
+    /Unsupported platform freebsd-x64.*darwin-arm64.*win32-x64/,
+  );
+});
diff --git a/scripts/platforms.ts b/scripts/platforms.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5674bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/platforms.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+export type Platform = {
+  id: string;
+  os: NodeJS.Platform;
+  arch: NodeJS.Architecture;
+  target: string;
+  binary: string;
+};
+
+export const platforms: Platform[] = [
+  {
+    id: 'darwin-arm64',
+    os: 'darwin',
+    arch: 'arm64',
+    target: 'aarch64-macos',
+    binary: 'version_info',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'darwin-x64',
+    os: 'darwin',
+    arch: 'x64',
+    target: 'x86_64-macos',
+    binary: 'version_info',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'linux-arm64',
+    os: 'linux',
+    arch: 'arm64',
+    target: 'aarch64-linux-musl',
+    binary: 'version_info',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'linux-x64',
+    os: 'linux',
+    arch: 'x64',
+    target: 'x86_64-linux-musl',
+    binary: 'version_info',
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'win32-x64',
+    os: 'win32',
+    arch: 'x64',
+    target: 'x86_64-windows',
+    binary: 'version_info.exe',
+  },
+];
diff --git a/scripts/verify-package.ts b/scripts/verify-package.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..233ebc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/verify-package.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, statSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { tmpdir } from 'os';
+import { join, resolve } from 'path';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+import { platforms } from './platforms';
+
+const rootDir = resolve(__dirname, '..');
+const distDir = join(rootDir, 'dist');
+const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(distDir, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+
+if (pkg.bin?.['package-version-info'] !== 'bin/package-version-info.js') {
+  throw new Error('The package bin does not point to the portable launcher.');
+}
+
+statSync(join(distDir, 'bin', 'package-version-info.js'));
+for (const platform of platforms) {
+  statSync(join(distDir, 'bin', 'native', platform.id, platform.binary));
+}
+
+const versionResult = spawnSync(
+  process.execPath,
+  [join(distDir, 'bin', 'package-version-info.js'), '--version'],
+  { encoding: 'utf8' },
+);
+if (versionResult.status !== 0 || !`${versionResult.stdout}${versionResult.stderr}`.includes(`Version: ${pkg.version}`)) {
+  throw new Error(`Packaged launcher has incorrect version metadata:\n${versionResult.stdout}${versionResult.stderr}`);
+}
+
+const testDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'package-version-info-package-'));
+try {
+  writeFileSync(join(testDir, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify({ name: 'smoke-test', version: '1.2.3' }));
+  const outputPath = join(testDir, 'version-info.ts');
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [join(distDir, 'bin', 'package-version-info.js'), '--output', outputPath, '--git', join(testDir, '.git')],
+    { cwd: testDir, encoding: 'utf8' },
+  );
+
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Packaged launcher failed:\n${result.stdout}${result.stderr}`);
+  }
+
+  const generated = readFileSync(outputPath, 'utf8');
+  if (!generated.includes('version: "1.2.3"') || generated.includes('git:')) {
+    throw new Error('Packaged launcher generated unexpected version information.');
+  }
+} finally {
+  rmSync(testDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+}
+
+console.log('Packaged launcher and all native executables verified.');
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 76613a0..557cf43 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const cli = @import("cli");
 const version_info = @import("version_info");
 
 pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
-    var args = init.minimal.args.iterate();
+    var args = try init.minimal.args.iterateAllocator(init.gpa);
+    defer args.deinit();
     _ = args.next();
 
     switch (cli.parse(&args)) {