diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3eef2a58..6f45fce8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    alias(libs.plugins.nebula.release) apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.nebula.release)
     alias(libs.plugins.gradle.nexus.publish)
     id("org.openrndr.extra.convention.dokka")
 }
@@ -8,37 +8,6 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-def multiplatformModules = [
-        "orx-camera",
-        "orx-color",
-        "orx-compositor",
-        "orx-compute-graph",
-        "orx-compute-graph-nodes",
-        "orx-easing",
-        "orx-fx",
-        "orx-gradient-descent",
-        "orx-image-fit",
-        "orx-jumpflood",
-        "orx-marching-squares",
-        "orx-no-clear",
-        "orx-noise",
-        "orx-parameters",
-        "orx-property-watchers",
-        "orx-shade-styles",
-        "orx-shader-phrases",
-        "orx-shapes",
-        "orx-quadtree",
-        "orx-hash-grid",
-        "orx-depth-camera",
-        "orx-triangulation",
-        "orx-view-box",
-        "orx-turtle"
-]
-
-def doNotPublish = ["openrndr-demos"]
-
-def isReleaseVersion = !version.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
-
 task buildMainReadme {
     doFirst {
         def subProjects = project.subprojects
@@ -119,149 +88,6 @@ task buildMainReadme {
         mainReadme.write(newReadme.join("\n"))
     }
 }
-
-// publishable && multiplatform
-configure(allprojects.findAll { !doNotPublish.contains(it.name) && (multiplatformModules.contains(it.name)) }) {
-    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-    apply plugin: 'signing'
-
-    def fjdj = tasks.create("fakeJavaDocJar", Jar) {
-        archiveClassifier = "javadoc"
-    }
-
-    publishing {
-        publications {
-            matching { it.name == "jvm" }.all { p ->
-                artifact(fjdj)
-            }
-        }
-        publications {
-            all {
-                versionMapping {
-                    allVariants {
-                        fromResolutionOf("allSourceSetsRuntimeDependenciesMetadata")
-                    }
-                }
-                pom {
-                    name = "$project.name"
-                    description = "$project.name"
-                    url = 'https://openrndr.org'
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id = 'edwinjakobs'
-                            name = 'Edwin Jakobs'
-                            email = 'edwin@openrndr.org'
-                        }
-                    }
-                    license {
-                        licenses {
-                            license {
-                                name = 'BSD-2-Clause'
-                                url = 'https://github.com/openrndr/orx/blob/master/LICENSE'
-                                distribution = 'repo'
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    scm {
-                        connection = "scm:git:git@github.com:openrndr/orx.git"
-                        developerConnection = "scm:git:ssh://github.com/openrndr/orx.git"
-                        url = "https://github.com/openrndr/orx"
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        repositories {
-            maven {
-                credentials {
-                    username findProperty("ossrhUsername") ?: System.getenv("OSSRH_USERNAME")
-                    password findProperty("ossrhPassword") ?: System.getenv("OSSRH_PASSWORD")
-                }
-                if (!isReleaseVersion) {
-                    url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
-                } else {
-                    url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    signing {
-        required { isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") }
-        sign publishing.publications
-    }
-}
-
-// publishable && JVM only
-configure(allprojects.findAll { !doNotPublish.contains(it.name) && !multiplatformModules.contains(it.name) }) {
-    apply plugin: 'java'
-    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-    apply plugin: 'nebula.release'
-    apply plugin: 'signing'
-
-    java {
-        withJavadocJar()
-        withSourcesJar()
-    }
-    publishing {
-        publications {
-            maven(MavenPublication) {
-                from components.java
-                versionMapping {
-                    allVariants {
-                        fromResolutionResult()
-                    }
-                }
-                groupId = "org.openrndr.extra"
-                artifactId = "$project.name"
-                description = "$project.name"
-                pom {
-                    name = "$project.name"
-                    description = "$project.name"
-                    url = 'https://openrndr.org'
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id = 'edwinjakobs'
-                            name = 'Edwin Jakobs'
-                            email = 'edwin@openrndr.org'
-                        }
-                    }
-                    license {
-                        licenses {
-                            license {
-                                name = 'BSD-2-Clause'
-                                url = 'https://github.com/openrndr/orx/blob/master/LICENSE'
-                                distribution = 'repo'
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    scm {
-                        connection = "scm:git:git@github.com:openrndr/orx.git"
-                        developerConnection = "scm:git:ssh://github.com/openrndr/orx.git"
-                        url = "https://github.com/openrndr/orx"
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        repositories {
-            maven {
-                credentials {
-                    username findProperty("ossrhUsername") ?: System.getenv("OSSRH_USERNAME")
-                    password findProperty("ossrhPassword") ?: System.getenv("OSSRH_PASSWORD")
-                }
-                if (!isReleaseVersion) {
-                    url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
-                } else {
-                    url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-    signing {
-        required { isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") }
-        sign publishing.publications
-    }
-}
-
 group = "org.openrndr.extra"
 
 nexusPublishing {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
index 5ad53d39..b0a915a7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 package org.openrndr.extra.convention
 
+import gradle.kotlin.dsl.accessors._e1ec756838cb41004a28483270a62877.publishing
 import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+import java.net.URI
 
 val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
 
+val shouldPublish = project.name !in setOf("openrndr-demos")
+
 plugins {
     java
     kotlin("jvm")
-    id("maven-publish")
+    `maven-publish` apply false
     id("org.openrndr.extra.convention.component-metadata-rule")
     id("org.openrndr.extra.convention.dokka")
+    signing
 }
+if (shouldPublish) {
+    apply(plugin = "maven-publish")
+}
+
+//apply(plugin = "nebula.release")
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -59,4 +69,55 @@ tasks {
         kotlinOptions.apiVersion = libs.versions.kotlinApi.get()
         kotlinOptions.languageVersion = libs.versions.kotlinLanguage.get()
     }
+}
+
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
+val isReleaseVersion = !(version.toString()).endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
+
+if (shouldPublish) {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+                from(components["java"])
+                groupId = "org.openrndr.extra"
+                artifactId = project.name
+                description = project.name
+                pom {
+                    name.set("$project.name")
+                    description.set("$project.name")
+                    url.set("https://openrndr.org")
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id.set("edwinjakobs")
+                            name.set("Edwin Jakobs")
+                            email.set("edwin@openrndr.org")
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name.set("BSD-2-Clause")
+                            url.set("https://github.com/openrndr/orx/blob/master/LICENSE")
+                            distribution.set("repo")
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    scm {
+                        connection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:openrndr/orx.git")
+                        developerConnection.set("scm:git:ssh://github.com/openrndr/orx.git")
+                        url.set("https://github.com/openrndr/orx")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    signing {
+        setRequired({ isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") })
+        sign(publishing.publications)
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
index 62602d9b..e448a44c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/extra/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
@@ -4,14 +4,21 @@ import CollectScreenshotsTask
 import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+import java.net.URI
 
 val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
 
+val shouldPublish = project.name !in setOf("openrndr-demos")
+
 plugins {
     kotlin("multiplatform")
-    id("maven-publish")
+    `maven-publish` apply false
     id("org.openrndr.extra.convention.component-metadata-rule")
     id("org.openrndr.extra.convention.dokka")
+    signing
+}
+if (shouldPublish) {
+    apply(plugin = "maven-publish")
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -87,4 +94,59 @@ kotlin {
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+val isReleaseVersion = !(version.toString()).endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
+
+if (shouldPublish) {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            val fjdj = tasks.create("fakeJavaDocJar", Jar::class) {
+                archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
+            }
+            matching { it.name == "jvm" }.forEach { p ->
+                p as MavenPublication
+                p.artifact(fjdj)
+            }
+            all {
+                this as MavenPublication
+                versionMapping {
+                    allVariants {
+                        fromResolutionOf("allSourceSetsRuntimeDependenciesMetadata")
+                    }
+                }
+                pom {
+                    name.set("$project.name")
+                    description.set("$project.name")
+                    url.set("https://openrndr.org")
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id.set("edwinjakobs")
+                            name.set("Edwin Jakobs")
+                            email.set("edwin@openrndr.org")
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name.set("BSD-2-Clause")
+                            url.set("https://github.com/openrndr/orx/blob/master/LICENSE")
+                            distribution.set("repo")
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    scm {
+                        connection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:openrndr/orx.git")
+                        developerConnection.set("scm:git:ssh://github.com/openrndr/orx.git")
+                        url.set("https://github.com/openrndr/orx")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    signing {
+        setRequired({ isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") })
+        sign(publishing.publications)
+    }
 }
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