diff --git a/models/migrations/migrations.go b/models/migrations/migrations.go
index 0efcce30a92..ee3dac36210 100644
--- a/models/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/models/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("add timestamps to Star, Label, Follow, Watch and Collaboration", addTimeStamps),
 	// v155 -> v156
 	NewMigration("add changed_protected_files column for pull_request table", addChangedProtectedFilesPullRequestColumn),
+	// v156 -> v157
+	NewMigration("fix publisher ID for tag releases", fixPublisherIDforTagReleases),
 }
 
 // GetCurrentDBVersion returns the current db version
diff --git a/models/migrations/v156.go b/models/migrations/v156.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc9c20188dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/migrations/v156.go
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package migrations
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+// Copy paste from models/repo.go because we cannot import models package
+func repoPath(userName, repoName string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(userPath(userName), strings.ToLower(repoName)+".git")
+}
+
+func userPath(userName string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(setting.RepoRootPath, strings.ToLower(userName))
+}
+
+func fixPublisherIDforTagReleases(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+
+	type Release struct {
+		ID          int64
+		RepoID      int64
+		Sha1        string
+		TagName     string
+		PublisherID int64
+	}
+
+	type Repository struct {
+		ID      int64
+		OwnerID int64
+		Name    string
+	}
+
+	type User struct {
+		ID    int64
+		Name  string
+		Email string
+	}
+
+	const batchSize = 100
+	sess := x.NewSession()
+	defer sess.Close()
+
+	if err := sess.Begin(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var (
+		gitRepoCache = make(map[int64]*git.Repository)
+		gitRepo      *git.Repository
+		repoCache    = make(map[int64]*Repository)
+		userCache    = make(map[int64]*User)
+		ok           bool
+		err          error
+	)
+	defer func() {
+		for i := range gitRepoCache {
+			gitRepoCache[i].Close()
+		}
+	}()
+	for start := 0; ; start += batchSize {
+		releases := make([]*Release, 0, batchSize)
+
+		if err := sess.Limit(batchSize, start).Asc("id").Where("is_tag=?", true).Find(&releases); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if len(releases) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		for _, release := range releases {
+			gitRepo, ok = gitRepoCache[release.RepoID]
+			if !ok {
+				repo, ok := repoCache[release.RepoID]
+				if !ok {
+					repo = new(Repository)
+					has, err := sess.ID(release.RepoID).Get(repo)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					} else if !has {
+						return fmt.Errorf("Repository %d is not exist", release.RepoID)
+					}
+
+					repoCache[release.RepoID] = repo
+				}
+
+				user, ok := userCache[repo.OwnerID]
+				if !ok {
+					user = new(User)
+					has, err := sess.ID(repo.OwnerID).Get(user)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					} else if !has {
+						return fmt.Errorf("User %d is not exist", repo.OwnerID)
+					}
+
+					userCache[repo.OwnerID] = user
+				}
+
+				gitRepo, err = git.OpenRepository(repoPath(user.Name, repo.Name))
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				gitRepoCache[release.RepoID] = gitRepo
+			}
+
+			commit, err := gitRepo.GetTagCommit(release.TagName)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("GetTagCommit: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			u := new(User)
+			exists, err := sess.Where("email=?", commit.Author.Email).Get(u)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if !exists {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			release.PublisherID = u.ID
+			if _, err := sess.ID(release.ID).Cols("publisher_id").Update(release); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return sess.Commit()
+}
diff --git a/routers/repo/release.go b/routers/repo/release.go
index ab251ec755c..73c42ec7c46 100644
--- a/routers/repo/release.go
+++ b/routers/repo/release.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func calReleaseNumCommitsBehind(repoCtx *context.Repository, release *models.Rel
 func Releases(ctx *context.Context) {
 	ctx.Data["Title"] = ctx.Tr("repo.release.releases")
 	ctx.Data["PageIsReleaseList"] = true
+	ctx.Data["DefaultBranch"] = ctx.Repo.Repository.DefaultBranch
 
 	writeAccess := ctx.Repo.CanWrite(models.UnitTypeReleases)
 	ctx.Data["CanCreateRelease"] = writeAccess && !ctx.Repo.Repository.IsArchived
diff --git a/services/release/release.go b/services/release/release.go
index c36e2126ed7..af97987a270 100644
--- a/services/release/release.go
+++ b/services/release/release.go
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ func createTag(gitRepo *git.Repository, rel *models.Release) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("CommitsCount: %v", err)
 		}
+
+		u, err := models.GetUserByEmail(commit.Author.Email)
+		if err == nil {
+			rel.PublisherID = u.ID
+		}
+
 	} else {
 		rel.CreatedUnix = timeutil.TimeStampNow()
 	}
diff --git a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
index bba6f91e7b8..6ab2e4283fa 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release/list.tmpl
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
 							<h4>
 								<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/tag/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}" rel="nofollow"><i class="tag icon"></i> {{.TagName}}</a>
 							</h4>
+							<p class="text grey">
+								{{ if gt .Publisher.ID 0 }}
+								<span class="author">
+									<img class="img-10" src="{{.Publisher.RelAvatarLink}}">
+									<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{.Publisher.Name}}">{{.Publisher.Name}}</a>
+								</span>
+								{{ end }}
+								<span class="ahead"><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/compare/{{.TagName | EscapePound}}...{{.Target}}">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.commits" .NumCommitsBehind | Str2html}}</a> {{$.i18n.Tr "repo.release.ahead.target" $.DefaultBranch}}</span>
+							</p>
 							<div class="download">
 							{{if $.Permission.CanRead $.UnitTypeCode}}
 								<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/commit/{{.Sha1}}" rel="nofollow"><i class="code icon"></i> {{ShortSha .Sha1}}</a>