diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4ed9ea7dc9a2..f5e150bf738f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ tasks.register("publishAllToMavenTempLocal") {
       ":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishAllPublicationsToMavenTempLocalRepository")
 }
 
+// Added to allow us to publish patched Android JARs to Gitlab. This is part
+// of the "Patching React Native" process at:
+// https://www.notion.so/wanderlog/Patching-React-Native-17b4797ed24d481eb2155c9daec1ba98?source=copy_link
+tasks.register("publishAllToGitLab") {
+  description = "Publish all the release artifacts to a GitLab Maven Repository."
+
+  val gitlabKey = project.property("gitlabPrivateToken") as? String
+  if (gitlabKey == null) {
+    throw IllegalStateException("gitlabPrivateToken property is not set. Set it in your ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file to a full-access token")
+  }
+
+  // The Release pubName is derived by searching for MavenPublication in the codebase
+  dependsOn(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:publishAllPublicationsToGitLabRepository")
+  dependsOn(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishAllPublicationsToGitLabRepository")
+}
+
 tasks.register("publishAndroidToSonatype") {
   description = "Publish the Android artifacts to Sonatype (Maven Central or Snapshot repository)"
   dependsOn(":packages:react-native:ReactAndroid:publishToSonatype")
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
index 32287a7c8139..99c190415f72 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
@@ -68,6 +68,27 @@ publishing {
             name = "mavenTempLocal"
             url = mavenTempLocalUrl
         }
+
+        // Added to allow us to publish patched Android JARs to Gitlab. This
+        // is part of the "Patching React Native" process at:
+        // https://www.notion.so/wanderlog/Patching-React-Native-17b4797ed24d481eb2155c9daec1ba98?source=copy_link
+        //
+        // Added based on https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/gradle_repository/#authenticate-with-a-personal-access-token-or-deploy-token-in-gradle
+        // to publish our forked package to Maven
+        maven {
+            // URL modified based on https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/packages/maven.html#upload-a-package-file
+            // Project ID is obtained from the itineraries project on Gitlab
+            url = "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/9347980/packages/maven"
+            name = "GitLab"
+            // Modified based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/61339469
+            credentials(HttpHeaderCredentials) {
+                name = "Private-Token"
+                value = project.property("gitlabPrivateToken")
+            }
+            authentication {
+                header(HttpHeaderAuthentication)
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     if (signingKey && signingPwd) {
diff --git a/scripts/build-package.js b/scripts/build-package.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ad557f2f0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-package.js
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// @flow
+const {
+  downloadHermesSourceTarball,
+  expandHermesSourceTarball,
+} = require('../packages/react-native/scripts/hermes/hermes-utils');
+const { REPO_ROOT } = require('./consts');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { rm } = require('fs/promises');
+const {cp, exec} = require('shelljs');
+
+/**
+ * This script is used as a part of Patching React Native. See:
+ * https://www.notion.so/wanderlog/Patching-React-Native-17b4797ed24d481eb2155c9daec1ba98?source=copy_link
+ * 
+ * This section goes over how we created it:
+ * ["How did we figure out the steps for Create scripts for building patched React Native](https://www.notion.so/wanderlog/Patching-React-Native-17b4797ed24d481eb2155c9daec1ba98?source=copy_link#2aef9a6861f68016a0def8edec2d3d5a)
+ * 
+ * This code is largely copied from other files per the comments below.
+ * 
+ * If this script fails, we can debug it by running it with `CI=true` to see
+ * all the intermediate commands the Shell scripts run, since the scripts
+ * enable `set -x` when `CI` is set.
+ */
+async function buildPackage() {
+  const reactNativePackagePath = `${REPO_ROOT}/packages/react-native`;
+
+  // This part of the code downloads the Hermes source code and expands it.
+  // Start copied from scripts/release-testing/utils/testing-utils.js
+  const hermesCoreSourceFolder = `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes`;
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(hermesCoreSourceFolder)) {
+    console.info('The Hermes source folder is missing. Downloading...');
+    downloadHermesSourceTarball();
+    expandHermesSourceTarball();
+  }
+
+  // need to move the scripts inside the local hermes cloned folder
+  // cp sdks/hermes-engine/utils/*.sh <your_hermes_checkout>/utils/.
+  cp(
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-engine.podspec`,
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes/hermes-engine.podspec`,
+  );
+  cp(
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes-engine/hermes-utils.rb`,
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes/hermes-utils.rb`,
+  );
+  cp(
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes-engine/utils/*.sh`,
+    `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes/utils/.`,
+  );
+  // End copied from scripts/release-testing/utils/testing-utils.js
+
+  // Builds the types_generated. We figured this out by asking:
+  // "What code in this project creates the types_generated directory?"
+  exec('yarn build-types', {cwd: REPO_ROOT});
+
+  // Builds the FBReactNativeSpec. We figured this out by asking:
+  // "What code in this project creates the FBReactNativeSpec directory?"
+  exec('yarn install && yarn prepack', {cwd: reactNativePackagePath});
+  // We don't need the README.md file
+  await rm(`${reactNativePackagePath}/README.md`);
+
+  // build-mac-framework.sh builds hermes and hermesc binaries for MacOS.
+  // I figured this out by:
+  //
+  // 1. Running the code in `buildAllArtifacts` below (uncomment the line)
+  //    below
+  // 2. Running `find . -name hermes` and seeing that the file was in
+  //    `./packages/react-native/sdks/hermes/build_macosx/bin/hermes`
+  // 3. Finding references to build_macosx and seeing it was likely created
+  //    by the build_apple_framework function
+  // 4. Finding callers of the build_apple_framework function
+
+  // MAC_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is used by get_mac_deployment_target in
+  // build-mac-framework.sh. The value to set is taken from
+  // publish-release.yml
+  process.env.MAC_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = "10.15";
+  exec(
+    'bash ./utils/build-mac-framework.sh',
+    {cwd: `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes`},
+  );
+
+  // Uncomment this to build all the artifacts for Hermes, including ones that we
+  // don't need.
+  // buildAllArtifacts(hermesCoreSourceFolder);
+
+  // We figured out the files to copy by running:
+  // `find . -name hermesc` and and `find . -name hermes | grep bin`
+  //
+  // We figured out the destination directory by looking at the the paths in
+  // the official React Native NPM package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native/v/0.81.5?activeTab=code
+  const hermesDir = `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes/build_macosx/bin`;
+  const hermescDir = `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermes/build_host_hermesc/bin`;
+  const destinationDir = `${reactNativePackagePath}/sdks/hermesc/osx-bin`;
+  console.info(`Copying files from ${hermesDir} to ${destinationDir}`);
+  console.info(`Copying files from ${hermescDir} to ${destinationDir}`);
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(destinationDir, { recursive: true });
+  cp('-r', `${hermesDir}/*`, `${destinationDir}/`);
+  cp('-r', `${hermescDir}/*`, `${destinationDir}/`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * This function builds all the artifacts for Hermes, including ones that we
+ * don't need. We used it initially to figure out which subtasks built the hermes
+ * and hermesc binaries.
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+function buildAllArtifacts(hermesCoreSourceFolder) {
+  // These versions were copied from publish-release.yml
+  process.env.IOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = '15.1';
+  process.env.MAC_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = '10.15';
+  process.env.XROS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = '1.0';
+
+  // Start copied from scripts/release-testing/utils/testing-utils.js
+  const jsiFolder = `${reactNativePackagePath}/ReactCommon/jsi`;
+
+  const buildTypeiOSArtifacts = 'Debug';
+
+  // the android ones get set into /private/tmp/maven-local
+  const localMavenPath = '/private/tmp/maven-local';
+
+  // Generate native files for iOS
+  generateiOSArtifacts(
+    jsiFolder,
+    hermesCoreSourceFolder,
+    buildTypeiOSArtifacts,
+    localMavenPath,
+  );
+  // End copied from scripts/release-testing/utils/testing-utils.js
+}
+
+buildPackage();
diff --git a/scripts/move-react-native-package.sh b/scripts/move-react-native-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..fb9537decfb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/move-react-native-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME="saved-root-files"
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+help_text_and_exit() {
+  cat <<END
+Usage:   bash move-react-native-package.sh [--reverse] [--help]
+Example:
+bash move-react-native-package.sh --reverse
+bash move-react-native-package.sh --help
+
+This script is used as a part of Patching React Native. See:
+https://www.notion.so/wanderlog/Patching-React-Native-17b4797ed24d481eb2155c9daec1ba98?source=copy_link
+
+We need to do this because the installed NPM package consists of files within
+the /packages/react-native directory. Since we install from Github, we need to
+create a tag with those files at the root.
+
+This script moves the react-native package to the root directory and updates
+the .gitignore. It saves the moved files in a directory called
+$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME.
+
+If --reverse is passed, all operations are reversed.
+
+END
+  exit 1
+}
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+  case $1 in
+    --reverse) REVERSE=true; shift 1;;
+    --help) help_text_and_exit;
+  esac
+done
+
+echo "Starting react-native package move script..."
+
+
+# Get the repository root directory
+# We want this directory to be correct even if the script has been moved by
+# itself.
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+PARENT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+PARENT_BASENAME=$(basename "$PARENT_DIR")
+
+if [ "$PARENT_BASENAME" = "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME" ]; then
+  REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/../.." && pwd)"
+else
+  REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+fi
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH="$REPO_ROOT/$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME"
+
+# Forward moves
+if [ "$REVERSE" != true ]; then
+  # Check if we've already moved the package
+  if [ -d "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME directory already exists. Nothing to do."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/packages"
+
+  echo "Saving existing .gitignore to saved-root-files/.gitignore"
+  cp -f "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore" "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/.gitignore"
+
+  echo "Updating .gitignore to add, modify, and delete lines"
+  # On macOS, sed -i requires an extension argument (use empty string for in-place)
+  # Remove /packages/react-native from paths
+  sed -i '' 's|/packages/react-native/|/|g' "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+
+  # Remove any lines that remove things we want to keep
+  # We determined these by doing these steps, and then repeating them until we
+  # didn't miss any files:
+  #
+  # 1. Doing `yarn add react-native@^0.81.5`
+  # 2. Listing the files by doing `find node_modules/react-native > originalFiles.txt`
+  # 3. Installing our fork of react-native
+  # 4. Running the same command to list the files again
+  # 5. Diffing the two files to see what was missed
+  sed -E -i '' '/^\/?vendor/d' "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+  sed -E -i '' '/^\/?sdks\/hermesc/d' "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+  sed -i '' '/types_generated/d' "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+  sed -i '' '/FBReactNativeSpec/d' "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+  echo "/saved-root-files/" >> "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+
+  echo "Moving all files to $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH"
+  for item in "$REPO_ROOT"/*; do
+    item_name=$(basename "$item")
+    # Skip the directory itself
+    if [ "$item_name" != "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME" ]; then
+      echo "- Moving $item_name to $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH"
+      mv -f "$item" "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/"
+    fi
+  done  
+
+  echo "Moving /packages/react-native contents to root..."
+    
+  mv -f "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/packages/react-native"/* "$REPO_ROOT/"
+
+  echo "Script completed successfully"
+
+# Reverse moves
+else
+  echo "Reversing operations: moving files from $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME back to root..."
+  
+  if [ ! -d "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME directory not found. Nothing to reverse."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  
+  echo "Moving react-native package contents to within saved-root-files/packages"    # Ensure the directory exists
+  mkdir -p "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/packages/react-native"
+
+  for item in "$REPO_ROOT"/*; do
+    item_name=$(basename "$item")
+    if [ "$item_name" != "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME" ]; then
+      echo "- Moving $item_name back to packages/react-native"
+      mv -f "$item" "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME/packages/react-native/"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "Moving .gitignore back to root"
+  mv -f "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH/.gitignore" "$REPO_ROOT/.gitignore"
+  
+  echo "Moving all files back to root"
+  mv -f "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH"/* "$REPO_ROOT/"
+
+  echo "Deleting $SAVED_ROOT_FILES_NAME"
+  rm -rf "$SAVED_ROOT_FILES_PATH"
+
+  echo "Reverse operation completed successfully"
+  exit 0
+fi