diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.sh b/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.sh
index 112f85fd..a539019e 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-3rd-party.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ for line in `sed -ne 's/[[:space:]-]*uses:[[:space:]]*//p' $1 | sed -e 's/\s*#.*
   # - .: local workflows
   # "actions": workflows authored by GitHub
   # "protocol": workflows published in the protocol org
-  if [[ $author == "." || $author == "actions" || $author == "protocol" ]]; then continue; fi
+  # "ipfs": workflows published in the ipfs org
+  if [[ $author == "." || $author == "actions" || $author == "protocol" || $author == "ipfs" ]]; then continue; fi
   version=`echo $line | awk -F@ '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
   if ! [[ "$version" =~ ^[a-f0-9]{40}$ ]]; then
     status=1
     echo "$FILE includes $line and doesn't use commit hash"
   fi
-done 
+done
 
 exit $status
diff --git a/configs/README.md b/configs/README.md
index 9d51d514..4dbb08af 100644
--- a/configs/README.md
+++ b/configs/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ This directory contains config files used for workflow dispatch.
 | name | description |
 | --- | --- |
 | go | repositories containing Go code |
+| js | repositories containing JS code |
 | testing | repositories used for testing unified CI workflows |
 
 ## Adding new repository to existing config file
diff --git a/configs/js.json b/configs/js.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..352f948b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/js.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "defaults": {
+    "files": [
+      ".github/workflows/automerge.yml",
+      ".github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml"
+    ]
+  },
+  "repositories": [
+    { "target": "ipfs/js-blockstore-core" },
+    { "target": "libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto" },
+    { "target": "libp2p/js-libp2p-interfaces" },
+    { "target": "libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml b/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b543119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+name: test & maybe release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - $default-branch # with #262 - ${{{ github.default_branch }}}
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - $default-branch # with #262 - ${{{ github.default_branch }}}
+
+jobs:
+
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+      with:
+        node-version: lts/*
+    - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+    - run: npm run --if-present lint
+    - run: npm run --if-present dep-check
+
+  test-node:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest, ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        node: [16]
+      fail-fast: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npm run --if-present test:node
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: node
+
+  test-chrome:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npm run --if-present test:chrome
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: chrome
+
+  test-chrome-webworker:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npm run --if-present test:chrome-webworker
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: chrome-webworker
+
+  test-firefox:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npm run --if-present test:firefox
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: firefox
+
+  test-firefox-webworker:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: firefox-webworker
+
+  test-electron-main:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-main
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: electron-main
+
+  test-electron-renderer:
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - run: npx xvfb-maybe npm run --if-present test:electron-renderer
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@f32b3a3741e1053eb607407145bc9619351dc93b # v2.1.0
+        with:
+          directory: ./.nyc_output
+          flags: electron-renderer
+
+  release:
+    needs: [test-node, test-chrome, test-chrome-webworker, test-firefox, test-firefox-webworker, test-electron-main, test-electron-renderer]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/$default-branch' # with #262 - 'refs/heads/${{{ github.default_branch }}}'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/cache-node-modules@master
+      - uses: ipfs/aegir/actions/docker-login@master
+        with:
+          docker-token: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          docker-username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+      - run: npm run --if-present release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}