diff --git a/_build/deploy-phpdoc-release.sh b/_build/deploy-phpdoc-release.sh
index 8188911..0ff50d1 100755
--- a/_build/deploy-phpdoc-release.sh
+++ b/_build/deploy-phpdoc-release.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ fi
 if [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" != "true" ]; then
     echo "Skipping version file deployment because it has been disabled"
 fi
-if [ "$DEPLOY_PHPDOC_RELEASES" != "true" ] || [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_BADGE" != "true" ] || [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" != "true" ]; then
-    [ "$DEPLOY_PHPDOC_RELEASES" != "true" ] && [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_BADGE" != "true" ] && [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" != "true" ] && exit 0 || echo
+if [ "$DEPLOY_PHPDOC_RELEASES" != "true" ] || [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_BADGE" != "true" ] || [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" != "true" ] || [ "$DEPLOY_CLOC_STATS" != "true" ]; then
+    [ "$DEPLOY_PHPDOC_RELEASES" != "true" ] && [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_BADGE" != "true" ] && [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" != "true" ] && [ "$DEPLOY_CLOC_STATS" != "true" ] && exit 0 || echo
 fi
 
 DEPLOYMENT_ID="${TRAVIS_BRANCH//\//_}"
@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ if [ "$DEPLOY_VERSION_FILE" == "true" ]; then
     echo
 fi
 
+# update cloc statistics
+if [ "$DEPLOY_CLOC_STATS" == "true" ]; then
+    update-cloc-stats.sh \
+        "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocCore.yml" \
+        "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocRelease.yml"
+    [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1
+
+    # commit cloc statistics
+    echo "Commiting cloc statistics..."
+    git add "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocCore.yml" "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocRelease.yml"
+    git commit \
+        --message="Update cloc statistics for $TRAVIS_TAG" \
+        "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocCore.yml" "$DEPLOYMENT_DIR/_data/clocRelease.yml"
+    [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1
+    echo
+fi
+
 # deploy
 github-deploy.sh "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" "tags/$TRAVIS_TAG" "$TRAVIS_COMMIT"
 [ $? -eq 0 ] || exit 1
diff --git a/_build/update-cloc-stats.sh b/_build/update-cloc-stats.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..04a133c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_build/update-cloc-stats.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##
+# Updates the cloc statistics files
+#
+# @author  Daniel Rudolf
+# @link    http://picocms.org
+# @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+#
+
+set -e
+
+# parameters
+CORE_TARGET_FILE="$1"     # target file path for core statistics
+RELEASE_TARGET_FILE="$2"  # target file path for release package statistics
+
+# print parameters
+echo "Updating cloc statistics..."
+printf 'CORE_TARGET_FILE="%s"\n' "$CORE_TARGET_FILE"
+printf 'RELEASE_TARGET_FILE="%s"\n' "$RELEASE_TARGET_FILE"
+echo
+
+# create cloc statistics
+create_cloc_stats() {
+    local CLOC_FILE="$1"
+    shift
+
+    cloc --yaml --report-file "$CLOC_FILE" \
+        --progress-rate 0 \
+        --read-lang-def <(
+            echo "JSON"
+            echo "    filter remove_matches ^\s*$"
+            echo "    extension json"
+            echo "    3rd_gen_scale 2.50"
+            echo "Twig"
+            echo "    filter remove_between_general {# #}"
+            echo "    extension twig"
+            echo "    3rd_gen_scale 2.00"
+            echo "Markdown"
+            echo "    filter remove_html_comments"
+            echo "    extension md"
+            echo "    3rd_gen_scale 1.00"
+            echo "Apache config"
+            echo "    filter remove_matches ^\s*#"
+            echo "    filter remove_inline #.*$"
+            echo "    extension htaccess"
+            echo "    3rd_gen_scale 1.90"
+        ) \
+        --force-lang PHP,php.dist \
+        --force-lang YAML,yml.template \
+        "$@"
+}
+
+# remove header from cloc statistics
+clean_cloc_stats() {
+    local LINE=""
+    local IS_HEADER="no"
+    while IFS='' read -r LINE || [[ -n "$LINE" ]]; do
+        if [ "$IS_HEADER" == "yes" ]; then
+            # skip lines until next entry is reached
+            [ "${LINE:0:2}" != "  " ] || continue
+            IS_HEADER="no"
+        elif [ "$LINE" == "header :" ]; then
+            # header detected
+            IS_HEADER="yes"
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        echo "$LINE"
+    done < <(tail -n +3 "$1")
+}
+
+# create temporary files
+printf 'Creating temporary files...\n'
+CORE_TMP_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+RELEASE_TMP_FILE="$(mktemp)"
+[ -n "$CORE_TMP_FILE" ] && [ -n "$RELEASE_TMP_FILE" ] || exit 1
+echo
+
+# create core statistics
+printf 'Creating core statistics...\n'
+create_cloc_stats "$CORE_TMP_FILE" \
+    lib index.php
+echo
+
+printf 'Creating release package statistics...\n'
+create_cloc_stats "$RELEASE_TMP_FILE" \
+    README.md LICENSE.md CONTRIBUTING.md CHANGELOG.md \
+    assets config content content-sample lib plugins themes \
+    .htaccess index.php.dist composer.json
+echo
+
+# remove headers from cloc statistics
+printf 'Writing core statistics file without header...\n'
+clean_cloc_stats "$CORE_TMP_FILE" > "$CORE_TARGET_FILE"
+
+printf 'Writing release package statistics file without header...\n'
+clean_cloc_stats "$RELEASE_TMP_FILE" > "$RELEASE_TARGET_FILE"
+echo
+
+# remove temporary files
+printf 'Removing temporary files...\n'
+rm "$CORE_TMP_FILE" "$RELEASE_TMP_FILE"
+echo