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diff --git a/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/frontend.md b/docs/administration/CLI_tasks/frontend.md
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+# Managing frontends
+
+{! backend/administration/CLI_tasks/general_cli_task_info.include !}
+
+## Download the latest frontend
+
+This downloads a snapshot of the latest Pleroma-FE for a given reference and writes it to the `static_dir`. In a default setup, this means that this snapshot will be served as the frontend by the backend.
+
+```sh tab="OTP"
+ ./bin/pleroma_ctl pleroma.frontend download [<options>]
+```
+
+```sh tab="From Source"
+mix pleroma.frontend download [<options>]
+```
+
+### Options
+- `--reference <reference>` - Specify the reference that willl be downloaded. Defaults to `master`.
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/frontend.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/frontend.ex
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+# Pleroma: A lightweight social networking server
+# Copyright © 2017-2019 Pleroma Authors <https://pleroma.social/>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Frontend do
+  use Mix.Task
+  alias __MODULE__.Fetcher
+
+  @shortdoc "Manages the Pleroma frontends"
+  @moduledoc File.read!("docs/administration/CLI_tasks/frontend.md")
+
+  def run(["download" | rest]) do
+    {options, [], []} =
+      OptionParser.parse(
+        rest,
+        strict: [
+          reference: :string
+        ]
+      )
+
+    reference = options[:reference] || "master"
+
+    IO.puts("Downloading reference #{reference}")
+
+    url =
+      "https://git.pleroma.social/pleroma/pleroma-fe/-/jobs/artifacts/#{reference}/download?job=build"
+
+    sd = Pleroma.Config.get([:instance, :static_dir]) |> Path.expand()
+
+    with {_, {:ok, %{status: 200, body: body}}} <- {:fetch, Fetcher.get(url)},
+         {_, {:ok, results}} <- {:unzip, :zip.unzip(body, [:memory])} do
+      IO.puts("Writing to #{sd}")
+
+      results
+      |> Enum.each(fn {path, contents} ->
+        path = String.replace(to_string(path), ~r/^dist/, "")
+        path = Path.join(sd, path)
+        File.mkdir_p!(Path.dirname(path))
+        File.write!(path, contents)
+      end)
+
+      IO.puts("Succesfully downloaded and unpacked the frontend")
+    else
+      {error, _} -> IO.puts("Step failed: #{error}")
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Frontend.Fetcher do
+  use Tesla
+  plug(Tesla.Middleware.FollowRedirects)
+
+  adapter(Tesla.Adapter.Httpc)
+end