diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 58d0ae92..f5015ea8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git clone --depth=1 --branch=main https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-latest
           git clone --depth=1 --branch=release/v1.18 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-18
+          git clone --depth=1 --branch=release/v1.19 https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git .tmp/upstream-docs-19
 
       - name: build nightly docs
         run: |
@@ -29,7 +30,15 @@ jobs:
           bash loop_docs.sh
           rm docs/help/search.en-us.md
           rm -rf .tmp/upstream-docs-latest
-
+      - name: 1.19 docs
+        run: |
+          cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-19/docs/static/* static/
+          rsync -avz --prune-empty-dirs --include '*/' --include='*.en-us.md' --exclude '*' .tmp/upstream-docs-19/docs/content/doc/ versioned_docs/version-1.19/
+          cp .tmp/upstream-docs-19/docs/content/page/index.en-us.md versioned_docs/version-1.19/intro.md
+          cp .tmp/upstream-docs-19/templates/swagger/v1_json.tmpl static/19-swagger.json
+          bash loop_docs-19.sh
+          rm versioned_docs/version-1.19/help/search.en-us.md
+          rm -rf .tmp/upstream-docs-19
       - name: 1.18 docs
         run: |
           cp -r .tmp/upstream-docs-18/docs/static/* static/
diff --git a/loop_docs-19.sh b/loop_docs-19.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abb269e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loop_docs-19.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+sed -i 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.18/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
+#sed -i 's/<empty/<&#8288;empty/' versioned_docs/version-1.18/developers/guidelines-backend.en-us.md
+sed -i 's/^url:.*//' versioned_docs/version-1.18/intro.md
+sed -i 's/^title:.*/displayed_sidebar: mySidebar/' versioned_docs/version-1.18/intro.md
+sed -i 's/^slug:.*/slug: \//' versioned_docs/version-1.18/intro.md
+sed -i 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' versioned_docs/version-1.18/developers/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md
+
+sed -i 's/"version":.*/"version":"1.18.5"/' static/18-swagger.json
+
+for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.18/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    sed -i 's/{{< toc >}}//' $file
+    sed -i 's/{{< version >}}/1.18.5/g' $file
+    sed -i 's/{{< relref "doc/\/docs/g' $file
+    sed -i 's/" >}}//g' $file
+    sed -i 's/\*\*Table of Contents\*\*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.18/usage/ -name "*.md"`; do
+    # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
+    # hide hugo toc
+    sed -i 's/title:.*//' $file
+done
+
+for file in versioned_docs/version-1.18/*; do
+    if [ -d $file ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ "$file" == "versioned_docs/version-1.18/intro.md" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    rm $file
+done
+
+# for file in `find ./versioned_docs/version-1.18/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-tw/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.18/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/fr-fr/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.18/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
+# for file in `find ./i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/version-1.18/ -name "*.md"`; do
+#     trimmed=$(echo $file | cut -f 2 -d '.')
+#     mv $file .$trimmed.md
+# done
diff --git a/loop_docs.sh b/loop_docs.sh
index cb14b48a..30599f21 100644
--- a/loop_docs.sh
+++ b/loop_docs.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sed -i 's/^title:.*/displayed_sidebar: mySidebar/' docs/intro.md
 sed -i 's/^slug:.*/slug: \//' docs/intro.md
 sed -i 's/.\/guidelines-frontend.md/.\/guidelines-frontend/' docs/developers/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md
 
-sed -i 's/"version":.*/"version":"1.19-dev"/' static/latest-swagger.json
+sed -i 's/"version":.*/"version":"1.20-dev"/' static/latest-swagger.json
 
 for file in `find ./docs/ -name "*.md"`; do
     # note only works on linux, forget about it when attempting to run on macos
diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-1.18-sidebars.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-1.18-sidebars.json
index 8f5298e8..81128445 100644
--- a/versioned_sidebars/version-1.18-sidebars.json
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-1.18-sidebars.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     {
       "type": "link",
       "label": "What is Gitea?",
-      "href": "/"
+      "href": "/1.18/"
     },
     {
       "type": "category",
diff --git a/versioned_sidebars/version-1.19-sidebars.json b/versioned_sidebars/version-1.19-sidebars.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f5298e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioned_sidebars/version-1.19-sidebars.json
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{
+  "mySidebar": [
+    {
+      "type": "link",
+      "label": "What is Gitea?",
+      "href": "/"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Help",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "help"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Installation",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "installation"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Upgrade",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "upgrade"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Features",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "features"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Usage",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "usage"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Advanced",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "advanced"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Packages",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "packages"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Translation",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "translation"
+          }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "category",
+      "label": "Developers",
+      "items": [
+          {
+          "type": "autogenerated",
+          "dirName": "developers"
+          }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 1ce858cf..0fadb2a5 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [
+    "1.19",
     "1.18"
 ]