diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9c02305..5a1d129 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ COPY . .
 # Clone effects repo
 RUN git clone https://git.rose-ash.com/art-dag/effects.git /app/artdag-effects
 
+# Build client tarball for download
+RUN ./build-client.sh
+
 # Create cache directory
 RUN mkdir -p /data/cache
 
diff --git a/app/routers/home.py b/app/routers/home.py
index c421f37..108ee1f 100644
--- a/app/routers/home.py
+++ b/app/routers/home.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ Home and root routes for L1 server.
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import markdown
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Request, Depends
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Request, Depends, HTTPException
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse, FileResponse
 
 from artdag_common import render
 from artdag_common.middleware import wants_html
@@ -77,3 +77,19 @@ async def login_redirect(request: Request):
         "<p>No L2 server configured for authentication.</p></body></html>",
         status_code=503
     )
+
+
+# Client tarball path
+CLIENT_TARBALL = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "artdag-client.tar.gz"
+
+
+@router.get("/download/client")
+async def download_client():
+    """Download the Art DAG CLI client."""
+    if not CLIENT_TARBALL.exists():
+        raise HTTPException(404, "Client package not found. Run build-client.sh to create it.")
+    return FileResponse(
+        CLIENT_TARBALL,
+        media_type="application/gzip",
+        filename="artdag-client.tar.gz"
+    )
diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index e6e32ae..94e3e58 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <a href="/recipes" class="text-gray-300 hover:text-white {% if active_tab == 'recipes' %}text-white font-medium{% endif %}">Recipes</a>
     <a href="/media" class="text-gray-300 hover:text-white {% if active_tab == 'media' %}text-white font-medium{% endif %}">Media</a>
     <a href="/storage" class="text-gray-300 hover:text-white {% if active_tab == 'storage' %}text-white font-medium{% endif %}">Storage</a>
+    <a href="/download/client" class="text-gray-300 hover:text-white" title="Download CLI client">Client</a>
 </nav>
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/build-client.sh b/build-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c9443b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Build the artdag-client tarball
+# This script is run during deployment to create the downloadable client package
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+CLIENT_REPO="https://git.rose-ash.com/art-dag/client.git"
+TEMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+OUTPUT_FILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/artdag-client.tar.gz"
+
+echo "Building artdag-client.tar.gz..."
+
+# Clone the client repo
+git clone --depth 1 "$CLIENT_REPO" "$TEMP_DIR/artdag-client" 2>/dev/null || {
+    echo "Failed to clone client repo, trying alternative..."
+    # Try GitHub if internal git fails
+    git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/gilesbradshaw/art-client.git" "$TEMP_DIR/artdag-client" 2>/dev/null || {
+        echo "Error: Could not clone client repository"
+        rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+        exit 1
+    }
+}
+
+# Remove .git directory
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR/artdag-client/.git"
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR/artdag-client/__pycache__"
+
+# Create tarball
+cd "$TEMP_DIR"
+tar -czf "$OUTPUT_FILE" artdag-client
+
+# Cleanup
+rm -rf "$TEMP_DIR"
+
+echo "Created: $OUTPUT_FILE"
+ls -lh "$OUTPUT_FILE"