diff --git a/.github/workflows/offline-package-argocd-installer.yaml b/.github/workflows/offline-package-argocd-installer.yaml
index b1c823b..c47a615 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/offline-package-argocd-installer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/offline-package-argocd-installer.yaml
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare directories
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          rm -rf offline-installer
-          mkdir -p offline-installer/{images,charts,scripts,metadata}
+          rm -rf argocd-offline-package
+          mkdir -p argocd-offline-package/{images,charts,scripts,metadata}
 
       - name: Stage installer script
         env:
           CHART_VERSION: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.chart_version }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          cat <<'SCRIPT' > offline-installer/scripts/install-argocd.sh
+          cat <<'SCRIPT' > argocd-offline-package/scripts/install-argocd.sh
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ helm upgrade --install "${RELEASE_NAME}" "${CHART_DIR}" \
   --create-namespace \
   "$@"
 SCRIPT
-          chmod +x offline-installer/scripts/install-argocd.sh
-          cat <<EOFMETA > offline-installer/metadata/INFO
+          chmod +x argocd-offline-package/scripts/install-argocd.sh
+          cat <<EOFMETA > argocd-offline-package/metadata/INFO
 chart: argo/argo-cd
 chart_version: ${CHART_VERSION}
 created_at: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ EOFMETA
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           wget https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v${NERDCTL_VERSION}/nerdctl-${NERDCTL_VERSION}-linux-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz \
-            -O offline-installer/nerdctl.tar.gz
+            -O argocd-offline-package/nerdctl.tar.gz
 
       - name: Pull & export required images
         env:
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ EOFMETA
               continue
             fi
             safe=$(echo "$img" | tr '/:' '-_')
-            docker save "$img" -o "offline-installer/images/${safe}.tar"
+            docker save "$img" -o "argocd-offline-package/images/${safe}.tar"
           done
 
       - name: Download Helm chart
@@ -145,19 +145,19 @@ EOFMETA
           CHART_VERSION: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.chart_version }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          helm pull argo/argo-cd --version "${CHART_VERSION}" --untar --untardir offline-installer/charts
+          helm pull argo/argo-cd --version "${CHART_VERSION}" --untar --untardir argocd-offline-package/charts
 
       - name: Package offline installer
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          tar -czf offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz -C offline-installer .
-          ls -lh offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          tar -czf offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz -C . argocd-offline-package
+          ls -lh offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}
-          path: offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          name: offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
 
   test-offline-installer:
     needs: build-offline-installer
@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@ EOFMETA
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          name: offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}
           path: offline-test
 
       - name: Verify offline package integrity
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           cd offline-test
-          tar -tzf offline-setup-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz > /dev/null
+          tar -tzf offline-package-argocd-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz > /dev/null
 
   publish-release:
     needs: test-offline-installer
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ EOFMETA
       - name: Download amd64 artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: offline-setup-argocd-amd64
+          name: offline-package-argocd-amd64
           path: release-artifacts/amd64
 
       - name: Download arm64 artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: offline-setup-argocd-arm64
+          name: offline-package-argocd-arm64
           path: release-artifacts/arm64
 
       - name: Upload offline installers to GitHub Release
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ EOFMETA
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
           files: |
-            release-artifacts/amd64/offline-setup-argocd-amd64.tar.gz
-            release-artifacts/arm64/offline-setup-argocd-arm64.tar.gz
+            release-artifacts/amd64/offline-package-argocd-amd64.tar.gz
+            release-artifacts/arm64/offline-package-argocd-arm64.tar.gz
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ EOFMETA
           ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa "${RSYNC_SSH_USER}@${VPS_HOST}" "mkdir -p '${REMOTE_DIR}'"
           echo "Rsync -> ${VPS_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}/"
           rsync -av -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa" \
-            release-artifacts/amd64/offline-setup-argocd-amd64.tar.gz \
-            release-artifacts/arm64/offline-setup-argocd-arm64.tar.gz \
+            release-artifacts/amd64/offline-package-argocd-amd64.tar.gz \
+            release-artifacts/arm64/offline-package-argocd-arm64.tar.gz \
             "${RSYNC_SSH_USER}@${VPS_HOST}:${REMOTE_DIR}/"
 
   retention:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/offline-package-gitea-installer.yaml b/.github/workflows/offline-package-gitea-installer.yaml
index 3af3948..1ac32e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/offline-package-gitea-installer.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/offline-package-gitea-installer.yaml
@@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           rm -rf "${OFFLINE_DIR}"
-          mkdir -p "${OFFLINE_DIR}"/{images,charts,scripts,metadata}
+          mkdir -p "${OFFLINE_DIR}"/{images,charts,metadata}
 
       - name: Stage installer script
         env:
           CHART_VERSION: ${{ steps.resolve.outputs.chart_version }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          cat <<'SCRIPT' > "${OFFLINE_DIR}/scripts/install-gitea.sh"
+          cat <<'SCRIPT' > "${OFFLINE_DIR}/install-gitea.sh"
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 CHART_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/charts/gitea"
 IMAGES_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/images"
 RELEASE_NAME="${RELEASE_NAME:-gitea}"
@@ -187,6 +187,13 @@ EOFMETA
           cd offline-test
           tar -tzf offline-package-gitea-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz > /dev/null
 
+      - name: Verify install script layout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          cd offline-test
+          tar -xvpf offline-package-gitea-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+          test -f gitea-offline-package/install-gitea.sh
+
   publish-release:
     needs: test-offline-installer
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/README.md b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6896491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# GitLab Single-Node Offline Installer Assets
+
+This directory contains helper files used to assemble the GitLab offline package:
+
+- `setup.sh` – main installer script invoked by `install-gitlab.sh`
+- `install-gitlab.sh` – wrapper that forwards to `setup.sh`
+- `gitlab-values.single-node.yaml` – values template optimised for single-node installations
+- `gitlab-offline.env.example` – sample configuration file consumed by the installer
+
+The offline package builder (`scripts/create-gitlab-offline-package.sh`) copies these
+artifacts into the final archive so that users can extract and run:
+
+```bash
+tar -xvpf offline-package-gitlab-amd64.tar.gz
+cd gitlab-offline-package/
+cp gitlab-offline.env.example gitlab-offline.env
+# Edit gitlab-offline.env and then execute:
+bash install-gitlab.sh --version <VERSION> --domain <DOMAIN> [--namespace <NAMESPACE>]
+```
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-offline.env.example b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-offline.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40f6af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-offline.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Copy this file to gitlab-offline.env and adjust the values before running install-gitlab.sh
+GITLAB_VERSION=7.8.0
+GITLAB_DOMAIN=gitlab.example.com
+GITLAB_NAMESPACE=gitlab
+# Set to 1 to skip loading bundled images
+# SKIP_IMAGE_LOAD=1
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eb0d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Rendered by install-gitlab.sh using envsubst. Variables:
+#   ${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+#   ${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}
+global:
+  edition: ce
+  hosts:
+    domain: ${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+    gitlab:
+      name: gitlab.${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+    registry:
+      name: registry.${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+    minio:
+      name: minio.${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+    smartcard:
+      name: smartcard.${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+    kas:
+      name: kas.${GITLAB_DOMAIN}
+  ingress:
+    class: nginx
+    configureCertmanager: false
+    enabled: true
+    tls:
+      enabled: false
+  minio:
+    enabled: true
+  gitaly:
+    persistence:
+      enabled: true
+      size: 40Gi
+  psql:
+    enabled: false
+  redis:
+    password:
+      enabled: false
+  appConfig:
+    enableUsagePing: false
+    omniauth:
+      enabled: false
+
+certmanager:
+  install: false
+  installCRDs: false
+
+nginx-ingress:
+  enabled: false
+
+prometheus:
+  install: false
+
+gitlab-runner:
+  install: false
+
+kas:
+  enabled: false
+
+registry:
+  hpa:
+    enabled: false
+
+upgradeCheck:
+  enabled: false
+
+gitlab:
+  gitaly:
+    persistence:
+      enabled: true
+      size: 40Gi
+  webservice:
+    minReplicas: 1
+    maxReplicas: 1
+    ingress:
+      path: /
+    hpa:
+      minReplicas: 1
+      maxReplicas: 1
+    resources:
+      limits:
+        cpu: 1000m
+        memory: 4Gi
+      requests:
+        cpu: 250m
+        memory: 2Gi
+  sidekiq:
+    replicas:
+      default: 1
+  gitlab-shell:
+    minReplicas: 1
+    maxReplicas: 1
+
+postgresql:
+  install: true
+  global:
+    postgresql:
+      auth:
+        # Adjust these credentials before deploying to production environments.
+        postgresPassword: changeme
+        username: gitlab
+        password: changeme
+        database: gitlabhq_production
+  primary:
+    persistence:
+      enabled: true
+      size: 40Gi
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 250m
+        memory: 512Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 500m
+        memory: 2Gi
+
+redis:
+  install: true
+  master:
+    persistence:
+      enabled: true
+      size: 10Gi
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 256Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 200m
+        memory: 512Mi
+
+minio:
+  persistence:
+    size: 40Gi
+
+shared-secrets:
+  self-signed-cert:
+    generate: true
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/install-gitlab.sh b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/install-gitlab.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..61a2fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/install-gitlab.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+exec "${SCRIPT_DIR}/setup.sh" "$@"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/setup.sh b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..16c5703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Offline installer for GitLab Helm chart tailored for a single-node deployment.
+# This script is designed to be embedded in the GitLab offline package and invoked as
+#   bash install-gitlab.sh --version <VERSION> --domain <DOMAIN> [--namespace <NAMESPACE>]
+# It renders a single-node friendly values file from the bundled template and installs
+# the locally available GitLab Helm chart archive.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/gitlab-offline.env"
+DEFAULT_TEMPLATE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml"
+DEFAULT_CHART_DIR="${SCRIPT_DIR}/charts"
+
+log() { printf '[\033[32mINFO\033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
+warn() { printf '[\033[33mWARN\033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
+err() { printf '[\033[31mERROR\033[0m] %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+usage() {
+  cat <<'USAGE'
+Usage: install-gitlab.sh --version <version> --domain <domain> [options]
+
+Options:
+  --version, -v     GitLab chart version (required)
+  --domain, -d      External domain name for GitLab (required)
+  --namespace, -n   Kubernetes namespace to deploy into (default: gitlab)
+  --config FILE     Configuration file (default: ./gitlab-offline.env if present)
+  --values FILE     Values template to render (default: ./gitlab-values.single-node.yaml)
+  --chart FILE      Explicit GitLab chart archive (*.tgz). Overrides --charts-dir.
+  --charts-dir DIR  Directory that contains the GitLab chart archive (default: ./charts)
+  --skip-image-load Skip loading container images from ./images
+  --help, -h        Show this help and exit
+
+Environment variables (overridable via --config or CLI):
+  GITLAB_VERSION    Same as --version
+  GITLAB_DOMAIN     Same as --domain
+  GITLAB_NAMESPACE  Same as --namespace
+  GITLAB_CHART      Same as --chart
+  GITLAB_CHARTS_DIR Same as --charts-dir
+  GITLAB_VALUES     Same as --values
+  SKIP_IMAGE_LOAD   Same as --skip-image-load
+USAGE
+}
+
+load_config_file() {
+  local file="$1"
+  [[ -f "$file" ]] || return 0
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+  source "$file"
+}
+
+parse_args() {
+  local args=("$@")
+  local config_file="$DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE"
+
+  for ((i = 0; i < ${#args[@]}; i++)); do
+    if [[ "${args[i]}" == "--config" ]]; then
+      (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--config requires a value"
+      config_file="${args[i+1]}"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+
+  load_config_file "$config_file"
+
+  local i=0
+  while [[ $i -lt ${#args[@]} ]]; do
+    case "${args[i]}" in
+      --version|-v)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--version requires a value"
+        GITLAB_VERSION="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --domain|-d)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--domain requires a value"
+        GITLAB_DOMAIN="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --namespace|-n)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--namespace requires a value"
+        GITLAB_NAMESPACE="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --config)
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --values)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--values requires a value"
+        GITLAB_VALUES="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --chart)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--chart requires a value"
+        GITLAB_CHART="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --charts-dir)
+        (( i + 1 < ${#args[@]} )) || err "--charts-dir requires a value"
+        GITLAB_CHARTS_DIR="${args[i+1]}"
+        ((i+=2))
+        ;;
+      --skip-image-load)
+        SKIP_IMAGE_LOAD="1"
+        ((i+=1))
+        ;;
+      --help|-h)
+        usage
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+      *)
+        err "Unknown argument: ${args[i]}"
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+check_prerequisites() {
+  command -v helm >/dev/null 2>&1 || err "helm is required"
+  command -v kubectl >/dev/null 2>&1 || err "kubectl is required"
+  command -v envsubst >/dev/null 2>&1 || err "envsubst (gettext) is required"
+}
+
+pick_loader() {
+  if command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if docker info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "docker"
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+  if command -v nerdctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if nerdctl info >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      echo "nerdctl"
+      return
+    fi
+  fi
+  if command -v ctr >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "ctr"
+    return
+  fi
+  echo ""
+}
+
+load_offline_images() {
+  local images_dir="$SCRIPT_DIR/images"
+  [[ "${SKIP_IMAGE_LOAD:-0}" == "1" ]] && { warn "Skipping image import as requested"; return 0; }
+  [[ -d "$images_dir" ]] || { warn "No images directory found (expected ${images_dir})"; return 0; }
+  shopt -s nullglob
+  local archives=("${images_dir}"/*.tar "${images_dir}"/*.tar.gz)
+  shopt -u nullglob
+  [[ ${#archives[@]} -gt 0 ]] || { warn "No container image archives found in ${images_dir}"; return 0; }
+
+  local loader; loader="$(pick_loader)"
+  [[ -n "$loader" ]] || err "Unable to locate docker, nerdctl, or ctr for loading images"
+
+  log "Loading offline container images using ${loader}"
+  for archive in "${archives[@]}"; do
+    case "$loader" in
+      docker) docker load -i "$archive" ;;
+      nerdctl) nerdctl load -i "$archive" ;;
+      ctr) ctr -n k8s.io images import "$archive" ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
+render_values_file() {
+  local template="$1" output="$2"
+  [[ -f "$template" ]] || err "Values template not found: $template"
+  export GITLAB_DOMAIN GITLAB_NAMESPACE
+  envsubst '${GITLAB_DOMAIN}${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}' < "$template" > "$output"
+}
+
+select_chart() {
+  if [[ -n "${GITLAB_CHART:-}" ]]; then
+    [[ -f "$GITLAB_CHART" ]] || err "Specified chart not found: $GITLAB_CHART"
+    echo "$GITLAB_CHART"
+    return
+  fi
+  local charts_dir="${GITLAB_CHARTS_DIR:-$DEFAULT_CHART_DIR}"
+  local chart_archive="${charts_dir}/gitlab-${GITLAB_VERSION}.tgz"
+  [[ -f "$chart_archive" ]] || err "GitLab chart archive not found: $chart_archive"
+  echo "$chart_archive"
+}
+
+ensure_namespace() {
+  if ! kubectl get namespace "$GITLAB_NAMESPACE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "Creating namespace ${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}"
+    kubectl create namespace "$GITLAB_NAMESPACE"
+  fi
+}
+
+main() {
+  parse_args "$@"
+  check_prerequisites
+
+  [[ -n "${GITLAB_VERSION:-}" ]] || err "GitLab chart version is required (--version)"
+  [[ -n "${GITLAB_DOMAIN:-}" ]] || err "Domain is required (--domain)"
+  GITLAB_NAMESPACE="${GITLAB_NAMESPACE:-gitlab}"
+
+  local values_template="${GITLAB_VALUES:-$DEFAULT_TEMPLATE}"
+  local tmp_values
+  tmp_values="$(mktemp)"
+  trap 'rm -f "$tmp_values"' EXIT
+
+  render_values_file "$values_template" "$tmp_values"
+  load_offline_images
+
+  ensure_namespace
+
+  local chart_archive
+  chart_archive="$(select_chart)"
+
+  log "Installing GitLab ${GITLAB_VERSION} into namespace ${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}"
+  helm upgrade --install gitlab "$chart_archive" \
+    --namespace "$GITLAB_NAMESPACE" \
+    --create-namespace \
+    --values "$tmp_values" \
+    --timeout 15m \
+    --wait \
+    --debug
+
+  log "GitLab installation triggered successfully"
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/create-gitlab-offline-package.sh b/scripts/create-gitlab-offline-package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7ff72a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create-gitlab-offline-package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Build the GitLab offline package archive.
+# Usage: GITLAB_VERSION=<version> scripts/create-gitlab-offline-package.sh
+# Environment variables:
+#   GITLAB_VERSION   (required) GitLab Helm chart version, e.g. 7.8.0
+#   ARCH             Target architecture suffix for the archive name (default: amd64)
+#   INCLUDE_IMAGES   If set to 1, pull GitLab images and bundle them into the package (requires docker)
+#   WORKDIR          Working directory name (default: gitlab-offline-package)
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+log() { printf '[\033[32mINFO\033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
+warn() { printf '[\033[33mWARN\033[0m] %s\n' "$*"; }
+err() { printf '[\033[31mERROR\033[0m] %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+command -v helm >/dev/null 2>&1 || err "helm is required to build the offline package"
+
+GITLAB_VERSION="${GITLAB_VERSION:-}"
+[[ -n "$GITLAB_VERSION" ]] || err "GITLAB_VERSION is required"
+
+ARCH="${ARCH:-amd64}"
+WORKDIR="${WORKDIR:-gitlab-offline-package}"
+INCLUDE_IMAGES="${INCLUDE_IMAGES:-0}"
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+FILES_DIR="${ROOT_DIR}/playbooks/roles/charts/gitlab/files"
+VALUES_TEMPLATE="${FILES_DIR}/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml"
+INSTALLER_SCRIPT="${FILES_DIR}/setup.sh"
+WRAPPER_SCRIPT="${FILES_DIR}/install-gitlab.sh"
+ENV_EXAMPLE="${FILES_DIR}/gitlab-offline.env.example"
+
+[[ -f "$VALUES_TEMPLATE" ]] || err "Values template missing: $VALUES_TEMPLATE"
+[[ -f "$INSTALLER_SCRIPT" ]] || err "Installer script missing: $INSTALLER_SCRIPT"
+[[ -f "$WRAPPER_SCRIPT" ]] || err "Wrapper script missing: $WRAPPER_SCRIPT"
+
+rm -rf "$WORKDIR"
+mkdir -p "$WORKDIR/charts"
+
+log "Pulling GitLab Helm chart ${GITLAB_VERSION}"
+helm repo add gitlab https://charts.gitlab.io/ >/dev/null
+helm repo update >/dev/null
+helm pull gitlab/gitlab --version "$GITLAB_VERSION" --destination "$WORKDIR/charts"
+
+log "Copying installer assets"
+cp "$INSTALLER_SCRIPT" "$WORKDIR/setup.sh"
+cp "$WRAPPER_SCRIPT" "$WORKDIR/install-gitlab.sh"
+cp "$FILES_DIR/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml" "$WORKDIR/gitlab-values.single-node.yaml"
+cp "$ENV_EXAMPLE" "$WORKDIR/gitlab-offline.env.example"
+chmod +x "$WORKDIR/setup.sh" "$WORKDIR/install-gitlab.sh"
+
+cat > "$WORKDIR/README.md" <<'DOC'
+# GitLab Offline Package
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+tar -xvpf offline-package-gitlab-<arch>.tar.gz
+cd gitlab-offline-package/
+cp gitlab-offline.env.example gitlab-offline.env
+# Adjust gitlab-offline.env then run:
+bash install-gitlab.sh --version <VERSION> --domain <DOMAIN> [--namespace <NAMESPACE>]
+```
+
+If container images are bundled, they can be imported automatically. Set
+`SKIP_IMAGE_LOAD=1` in `gitlab-offline.env` to skip loading.
+DOC
+
+bundle_images() {
+  local chart_archive="$WORKDIR/charts/gitlab-${GITLAB_VERSION}.tgz"
+  local tmp_values tmp_manifest
+  tmp_values="$(mktemp)"
+  tmp_manifest="$(mktemp)"
+  trap 'rm -f "$tmp_values" "$tmp_manifest"' RETURN
+
+  export GITLAB_DOMAIN="gitlab.example.com" GITLAB_NAMESPACE="gitlab"
+  envsubst '${GITLAB_DOMAIN}${GITLAB_NAMESPACE}' < "$VALUES_TEMPLATE" > "$tmp_values"
+  helm template gitlab "$chart_archive" -f "$tmp_values" > "$tmp_manifest"
+
+  mapfile -t images < <(awk '/image:/{print $2}' "$tmp_manifest" | sed 's/"//g' | sort -u)
+  if [[ ${#images[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+    warn "No images detected; skipping image bundle"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || err "docker is required to bundle images"
+  mkdir -p "$WORKDIR/images"
+
+  for image in "${images[@]}"; do
+    log "Pulling $image"
+    docker pull --platform "linux/${ARCH}" "$image"
+  done
+
+  local image_tar="$WORKDIR/images/gitlab-images-${ARCH}.tar"
+  log "Saving images to ${image_tar}"
+  docker save -o "$image_tar" "${images[@]}"
+  printf '%s\n' "${images[@]}" > "$WORKDIR/images/images.txt"
+}
+
+if [[ "$INCLUDE_IMAGES" == "1" ]]; then
+  log "Bundling container images"
+  bundle_images
+else
+  warn "Images are not included. Set INCLUDE_IMAGES=1 to bundle them (requires docker)."
+fi
+
+tar_name="offline-package-gitlab-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
+rm -f "$tar_name"
+log "Creating archive ${tar_name}"
+tar -czpf "$tar_name" "$WORKDIR"
+log "Done"