diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a59d8cf..42e69c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ install-programs:
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autodist $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/autodist
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autodist-tool $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/autodist-tool
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autoport $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/autoport
+	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) automaint $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/automaint
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autoport-chroot $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/autoport-chroot
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autodist-upstream-updates $(DESTDIR)$(sbindir)/autodist-upstream-updates
 	@$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) autoport-fix-environment $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/autoport-fix-environment
diff --git a/automaint b/automaint
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..98c309c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automaint
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# automaint -- batch automatic maintainance tool of the autodist suite
+# Copyright (C) 2013 by Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
+#
+# Released under the terms of the GNU GPL release 3 license
+#
+VERSION=0.9.7
+# First in vector is base arch
+ARCHS=(i586 arm x86_64)
+
+. /etc/autodist/config
+
+me=(${0##*/} $VERSION "Sat Mar 20 2011")
+
+function usage() {
+   echo "\
+${me[0]} ${me[1]}
+"$"Copyright (C) 2013 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>""
+"$"Released under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 license"
+   echo "
+"$"Batch automatic maintainance tool of the autodist suite.""
+
+"$"Usage"":
+   $me [-s repository -d repository ] [-p repository] [-h]
+
+   -s repository      "$"Automatic/Staging builds source repository
+   -d repository      "$"Main destination repository
+   -p repository      "$"Port repository
+   -h                 "$"Show this help and exit
+"
+
+}
+
+# for webbuild message
+function cgi_encodevar() {
+  local string="${1}"
+  local strlen=${#string}
+  local encoded=""
+
+  for (( pos=0 ; pos<strlen ; pos++ )); do
+     c=${string:$pos:1}
+     case "$c" in
+        [-_.~a-zA-Z0-9] ) o="${c}" ;;
+        * )               printf -v o '%%%02x' "'$c"
+     esac
+     encoded+="${o}"
+  done
+  echo "${encoded}"    # You can either set a return variable (FASTER) 
+#  REPLY="${encoded}"   #+or echo the result (EASIER)... or both... :p
+}
+
+# get_pkg_buildinfo - uses distromatic generated build file for
+#                     getting information on the repository
+# 
+# $1: distromatic files base url for repository
+# $2: architecture
+# $3: pkg name
+function get_pkg_buildinfo() {
+
+   local pkg i a local_arch local_distromatic
+
+   [ $1 ] && local_distromatic=$1 || exit 1
+   [ $2 ] && local_arch=$2 || exit 1
+   [ $3 ] && pkg=$3
+
+   if [ ! "$pkg" ]; then
+      [ -e $local_distromatic/builds-${local_arch}.sh ] && . $local_distromatic/builds-${local_arch}.sh
+      return 0
+   fi
+
+   pkg_archs=();
+   for a in ${archs[*]}; do
+      [ "$a" = "${local_arch}" ] && continue
+      pkg_header=();
+      DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE=$local_distromatic/builds-$a.sh
+      [ -e $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE ] && . $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE
+      [ ${pkg_header[0]} ] && pkg_archs=(${pkg_archs[*]} $a)
+   done
+
+   pkg_header=();
+   pkg_builds=();
+   pkg_obsoletes=();
+   pkg_list=();
+
+   DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE=$local_distromatic/builds-${local_arch}.sh
+   [ -e $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE ] && . $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE
+   [ ${pkg_header[0]} ] && pkg_archs=(${pkg_archs[*]} ${local_arch})
+
+#    {
+#      echo "Error: missing distromatic generated file $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE; aborting."
+#      return;
+#   }
+#  . $DISTROMATIC_BUILD_FILE
+
+   for i in ${pkg_list[*]}; do
+      if [ "$i" == "${pkg_header[0]}" ]; then
+         pkg_name=${pkg_header[0]};
+         # Note: pkg_arch reported in builds file is just last arch source was
+         # built for, so we use repository arch instead
+         pkg_arch=${pkg_header[1]};
+         [ "$pkg_arch" = "noarch" ] || pkg_arch=${local_arch}
+         pkg_version=${pkg_header[2]};
+         pkg_release=${pkg_header[3]};
+         pkg_group=${pkg_header[4]};
+         pkg_license=${pkg_header[5]};
+         pkg_size=${pkg_header[6]};
+         pkg_buildtime=${pkg_header[7]};
+         pkg_altrep=${pkg_header[8]};
+         pkg_repository=${pkg_header[9]};
+         return 0
+      fi
+   done
+   unset pkg_name pkg_arch pkg_version pkg_release \
+         pkg_group pkg_license pkg_size pkg_buildtime pkg_altrep pkg_repository
+
+   return 1
+}
+
+[ $# -gt 0 ] || { usage ; exit 1; }
+
+for ((i=1; i<=$#; i++)); do
+   case ${!i} in
+      -s) shift
+          SOURCE_REPOSITORY="${!i}"
+          ;;
+      -d) shift
+          DEST_REPOSITORY="${!i}"
+          ;;
+      -p) shift
+          PORT_REPOSITORY="${!i}"
+          ;;
+      -h|--help)
+          usage
+          exit 0
+          ;;
+   esac
+done
+
+[ "$SOURCE_REPOSITORY" -a "$DEST_REPOSITORY" ] || { usage; exit 1; }
+
+[ "$SOURCE_REPOSITORY" = "$DEST_REPOSITORY" ] && {
+   echo "ERROR: source and destination repository cannot be the same; aborting."
+   exit 1
+}
+
+for a in `seq 1 ${#ARCHS[*]}`; do
+   . $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$SOURCE_REPOSITORY/builds-${ARCHS[$a-1]}.sh
+   pkglist[$a-1]="${pkg_list[*]}"
+   warningslist[$a-1]="${warnings_list[*]}"
+   needportlist[$a-1]="${needport_list[*]}"
+done
+
+for p in ${pkglist[0]}; do
+   pkgcontinue=
+   needsport=
+   for w in ${warningslist[*]}; do
+      [ "$p" = "$w" ] && { pkgcontinue=1; break; }
+   done
+   [ "$pkgcontinue" ] && continue
+
+   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$SOURCE_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[0]} $p
+
+   for o in ${needportlist[*]}; do
+      [ "$p" = "$o" ] && { needsport=1; break; }
+   done
+   [ "$needsport" -a ! "$PORT_REPOSITORY" ] && continue
+
+   spkg_version=$pkg_version
+   spkg_release=$pkg_release
+   get_pkg_buildinfo $LOCAL_REPS_BASE_DIR/distromatic/$DEST_REPOSITORY ${ARCHS[0]} $p
+
+   if [ "$pkg_version" = "$spkg_version" ]; then
+      update_type="release"
+   else
+      OIFS=$IFS
+      IFS='.'
+      read -ra SVER <<< "$spkg_version"
+      read -ra VER <<< "$pkg_version"
+      IFS=$OIFS
+      for i in `seq 1 ${#SVER[*]}`; do
+         [ "${SVER[i-1]}" != "${VER[i-1]}" ] && break
+      done
+      if [ "$i" = "${#SVER[*]}" ]; then
+         if [[ 64#${SVER[i-1]} -gt 64#89 && 64#${VER[i-1]} -lt 64#80 ]]; then
+            echo "$p: dubious beta upgrade from ${VER[i-1]} to ${SVER[i-1]}"
+            continue
+         fi
+         update_type="minor"
+      else
+         #echo "$p: dubios not-minor version update $i/${#SVER[*]}: ${SVER[i-1]} != ${VER[i-1]}"
+         continue
+      fi
+   fi
+   if [ "$needsport" ]; then
+      echo "$p: importing from $SOURCE_REPOSITORY to $PORT_REPOSITORY ($spkg_version-$spkg_release -> $pkg_version-$pkg_release)"
+      openmamba-repository import $SOURCE_REPOSITORY $p -d $PORT_REPOSITORY -y >/dev/null
+      if [ $? -eq 0 -a "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ]; then
+         curl -s "$WEBBUILD_URL?REQUEST=message&USER=$WEBBUILD_USER&SECRET=${WEBBUILD_SECRET}&USER_EMAIL=$WEBBUILD_EMAIL&\
+MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"imported <b>$p</b> from <b>$SOURCE_REPOSITORY</b> to <b>$PORT_REPOSITORY</b> for porting\"`" >/dev/null
+      fi
+   else
+      echo "$p: importing from $SOURCE_REPOSITORY to $DEST_REPOSITORY ($spkg_version-$spkg_release -> $pkg_version-$pkg_release; update type: $update_type)"
+      openmamba-repository import $SOURCE_REPOSITORY $p -d $DEST_REPOSITORY -y >/dev/null
+      if [ $? -eq 0 -a "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ]; then
+         curl -s "$WEBBUILD_URL?REQUEST=message&USER=$WEBBUILD_USER&SECRET=${WEBBUILD_SECRET}&USER_EMAIL=$WEBBUILD_EMAIL&\
+MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"imported <b>$p</b> from <b>$SOURCE_REPOSITORY</b> to <b>$DEST_REPOSITORY</b>\"`" >/dev/null
+      fi
+   fi
+done
+
+exit 0