diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index dc836ba95..d33c060f9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ var argv = require('yargs').argv,
     mainBowerFiles = require('main-bower-files'),
     minifyCSS = require('gulp-minify-css'),
     path = require('path'),
-    uglify = require('gulp-uglify');
+    through = require('through2'),
+    uglify = require('gulp-uglify'),
+    vsprintf = require('sprintf-js').vsprintf;
 
-// Directory where the results go
+// Directory where the results go to
 var output_directory = path.join('openslides', 'static');
 
 
@@ -67,13 +69,22 @@ gulp.task('ckeditor', function () {
         .pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(output_directory, 'ckeditor')));
 });
 
+// Compiles translation files (*.po) to *.json and saves them in the directory
+// openslides/static/i18n/.
+gulp.task('translations', function () {
+    return gulp.src(path.join('openslides', 'locale', 'angular-gettext', '*.po'))
+        .pipe(gettext.compile({
+            format: 'json'
+        }))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(output_directory, 'i18n')));
+});
+
 // Gulp default task. Runs all other tasks before.
-gulp.task('default', ['js-libs', 'css-libs', 'fonts-libs', 'ckeditor'], function () {});
+gulp.task('default', ['js-libs', 'css-libs', 'fonts-libs', 'ckeditor', 'translations'], function () {});
 
 
 /**
- * Extra tasks that have to be called manually. Useful for development and
- * packageing.
+ * Extra tasks that have to be called manually. Useful for development.
  */
 
 // Extracts translatable strings using angular-gettext and saves them in file
@@ -85,19 +96,50 @@ gulp.task('pot', function () {
         .pipe(gulp.dest('openslides/locale/angular-gettext/'));
 });
 
-// Compiles translation files (*.po) to *.json and saves them in the directory
-// openslides/static/i18n/.
-gulp.task('translations', function () {
-    return gulp.src('openslides/locale/angular-gettext/*.po')
-        .pipe(gettext.compile({
-            format: 'json'
-        }))
-        .pipe(gulp.dest(path.join(output_directory, 'i18n')));
-});
-
 // Checks JavaScript using JSHint
-gulp.task( 'jshint', function () {
+gulp.task('jshint', function () {
     return gulp.src([ 'gulpfile.js', path.join( 'openslides', '*', 'static', '**', '*.js' ) ])
         .pipe(jshint())
         .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'));
 });
+
+// Extracts names, URLs and licensed of all uses bower components and prints
+// it to the console. This is useful to update the README.rst during release
+// process.
+gulp.task('bower-components-for-readme', function () {
+    var files = [];
+    return gulp.src([
+            path.join('bower_components', '*', 'bower.json'),
+            path.join('bower_components', '*', 'component.json'),
+        ])
+        .pipe(
+            through.obj(
+                function (chunk, encoding, callback) {
+                    files.push(chunk);
+                    callback();
+                },
+                function (callback) {
+                    // Extract JSON from bower.json or components.json file.
+                    var extracted = [];
+                    for (var index = 0; index < files.length; index++) {
+                        extracted.push(JSON.parse(files[index].contents.toString()));
+                    }
+                    // Sort files.
+                    extracted.sort(function (a, b) {
+                        return a.name < b.name ? -1 : 1;
+                    });
+                    // Print out line for README.rst.
+                    for (var index2 = 0; index2 < extracted.length; index2++) {
+                        var data = [
+                            extracted[index2].name,
+                            extracted[index2].homepage,
+                            extracted[index2].license,
+                        ];
+                        console.log(vsprintf('  * `%s <%s>`_, License: %s', data));
+                    }
+                    // End stream without further file processing.
+                    callback();
+                }
+            )
+        );
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01954f55b..069883e7d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     "main-bower-files": "~2.4.1",
     "yargs": "~1.3.3",
     "po2json": "~0.3.2",
-    "gulp-jshint": "~1.11.2"
+    "gulp-jshint": "~1.11.2",
+    "through2": "~2.0.0",
+    "sprintf-js": "~1.0.3"
   }
 }