diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 85bd71944f..0e95442eea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1387,6 +1387,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const_fn"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbdcdcb6d86f71c5e97409ad45898af11cbc995b4ee8112d59095a28d376c935"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format"
+version = "0.2.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3a214c7af3d04997541b18d432afaff4c455e79e2029079647e72fc2bd27673"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format_proc_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format_proc_macros"
+version = "0.2.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7f6ff08fd20f4f299298a28e2dfa8a8ba1036e6cd2460ac1de7b425d76f2500"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const_panic"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1632,6 +1658,15 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e962a19be5cfc3f3bf6dd8f61eb50107f356ad6270fbb3ed41476571db78be5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eb30d70a07a3b04884d2677f06bec33509dc67ca60d92949e5535352d3191dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -2233,23 +2268,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "git-version"
-version = "0.3.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ad568aa3db0fcbc81f2f116137f263d7304f512a1209b35b85150d3ef88ad19"
-dependencies = [
- "git-version-macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "git-version-macro"
-version = "0.3.9"
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53010ccb100b96a67bc32c0175f0ed1426b31b655d562898e57325f81c023ac0"
+checksum = "fbf97ba92db08df386e10c8ede66a2a0369bd277090afd8710e19e38de9ec0cd"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.42",
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2422,6 +2450,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8326b86b6cff230b97d0d312a6c40a60726df3332e721f72a1b035f451663b20"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core 0.51.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -2540,6 +2591,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "mach2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is_debug"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06d198e9919d9822d5f7083ba8530e04de87841eaf21ead9af8f2304efd57c89"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -2639,7 +2696,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bones_bevy_renderer",
  "bones_framework",
  "egui_extras",
- "git-version",
  "humantime-serde",
  "indexmap 2.1.0",
  "nalgebra",
@@ -2651,6 +2707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rapier2d",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
+ "shadow-rs",
  "shiftnanigans",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
@@ -2720,6 +2777,18 @@ version = "0.2.151"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "302d7ab3130588088d277783b1e2d2e10c9e9e4a16dd9050e6ec93fb3e7048f4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.16.1+1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2a2bb3680b094add03bb3732ec520ece34da31a8cd2d633d1389d0f0fb60d0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -2778,6 +2847,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litrs"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -3247,6 +3328,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.42",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -3606,6 +3696,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pp-rs"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -4084,6 +4180,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "shadow-rs"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "615d846f7174a0850dca101bca72f6913e3376a64c5fda2b965d7fc3d1ff60cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format",
+ "git2",
+ "is_debug",
+ "time",
+ "tzdb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -4425,6 +4534,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f657ba42c3f86e7680e53c8cd3af8abbe56b5491790b46e22e19c0d57463583e"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26197e33420244aeb70c3e8c78376ca46571bc4e701e4791c2cd9f57dcb3a43f"
+dependencies = [
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.7.5"
@@ -4580,6 +4720,25 @@ version = "1.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tz-rs"
+version = "0.6.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33851b15c848fad2cf4b105c6bb66eb9512b6f6c44a4b13f57c53c73c707e2b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_fn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tzdb"
+version = "0.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec758958f2fb5069cd7fae385be95cc8eceb8cdfd270c7d14de6034f0108d99e"
+dependencies = [
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "tz-rs",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ulid"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -4710,6 +4869,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vec_map"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -5067,10 +5232,19 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
  "windows-targets 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.51.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1f8cf84f35d2db49a46868f947758c7a1138116f7fac3bc844f43ade1292e64"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 11c6419c32..b300425e6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ serde_yaml          = "0.9.25"
 thiserror           = "1.0.48"
 peg                 = "0.8.1"
 egui_extras         = { version = "0.23.0", default-features = false }
-git-version         = "0.3.9"
+shadow-rs           = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 bevy_dylib = "0.11"
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ opt-level = 3
 codegen-units = 1    # Improved rapier physics perf, so it might help other stuff, too
 lto           = true
 
+[build-dependencies]
+shadow-rs = "0.25.0"
+
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 ignored = [
   "tracing",   # Needed to add `release_max_level_debug` feature
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a0dfc4591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() -> shadow_rs::SdResult<()> {
+    shadow_rs::new()
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/main_menu.rs b/src/ui/main_menu.rs
index b0d05f1acb..32cfe06141 100644
--- a/src/ui/main_menu.rs
+++ b/src/ui/main_menu.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ mod credits;
 mod map_select;
 mod player_select;
 mod settings;
+use shadow_rs::shadow;
+
+// Generate build info.
+shadow!(build_info);
 
 #[derive(HasSchema, Debug, Default, Clone)]
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -75,6 +79,26 @@ pub enum MenuPage {
     NetworkGame,
 }
 
+static VERSION_STRING: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    format!(
+        "{}{}",
+        build_info::PKG_VERSION,
+        if !build_info::SHORT_COMMIT.is_empty() {
+            format!(
+                "-{}{}",
+                build_info::SHORT_COMMIT,
+                if build_info::GIT_CLEAN {
+                    ""
+                } else {
+                    " (dirty)"
+                }
+            )
+        } else {
+            String::default()
+        }
+    )
+});
+
 fn main_menu_system(world: &World) {
     let ctx = (*world.resource::<EguiCtx>()).clone();
 
@@ -96,8 +120,9 @@ fn main_menu_system(world: &World) {
                 ui.add_space(5.0);
                 ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Max), |ui| {
                     ui.add_space(5.0);
+
                     ui.add(
-                        egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut git_version::git_version!())
+                        egui::TextEdit::singleline(&mut VERSION_STRING.as_str())
                             .text_color(egui::Color32::WHITE)
                             .horizontal_align(egui::Align::Max),
                     );