diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51c933ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+name: build-linux
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      artifact-name:
+        type: string
+      append-date-and-hash:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      cache-id:
+        type: string
+        default: ''
+      platform-files:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      common-files:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      docs:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      stonesense:
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      extras:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+      gcc-ver:
+        type: string
+        default: "11"
+
+jobs:
+  build-linux64:
+    name: Linux package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Install basic build dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install ninja-build
+      - name: Install binary build dependencies
+        if: inputs.platform-files
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install \
+              ccache \
+              gcc-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }} \
+              g++-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }} \
+              libxml-libxslt-perl
+      - name: Install stonesense dependencies
+        if: inputs.stonesense
+        run: sudo apt-get install libgl-dev
+      - name: Install doc dependencies
+        if: inputs.docs
+        run: pip install 'sphinx<4.4.0'
+      - name: Clone DFHack
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: ${{ !inputs.platform-files && 1 || 0 }}
+      - name: Fetch ccache
+        if: inputs.platform-files
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.ccache
+          key: linux-gcc-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }}-${{ inputs.cache-id }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            linux-gcc-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }}-${{ inputs.cache-id }}
+            linux-gcc-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }}
+      - name: Configure DFHack
+        env:
+          CC: gcc-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }}
+          CXX: g++-${{ inputs.gcc-ver }}
+        run: |
+          cmake \
+            -S . \
+            -B build \
+            -G Ninja \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=build/image \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DBUILD_LIBRARY:BOOL=${{ inputs.platform-files }} \
+            -DBUILD_PLUGINS:BOOL=${{ inputs.platform-files }} \
+            -DBUILD_STONESENSE:BOOL=${{ inputs.platform-files }} \
+            -DBUILD_DEV_PLUGINS:BOOL=${{ inputs.extras }} \
+            -DBUILD_SIZECHECK:BOOL=${{ inputs.extras }} \
+            -DBUILD_SKELETON:BOOL=${{ inputs.extras }} \
+            -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=${{ inputs.docs }} \
+            -DINSTALL_DATA_FILES:BOOL=${{ inputs.common-files }} \
+            -DINSTALL_SCRIPTS:BOOL=${{ inputs.common-files }}
+      - name: Build DFHack
+        run: ninja -C build install
+      - name: Run cpp tests
+        run: ninja -C build test
+      - name: Trim cache
+        if: inputs.platform-files
+        run: |
+          ccache --max-size 50M
+          ccache --cleanup
+          ccache --show-stats
+      - name: Format artifact name
+        if: ${{ inputs.append-date-and-hash }}
+        id: artifactname
+        run: |
+          echo name=${{ inputs.artifact-name }}-$(date +%Y%m%d)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        if: inputs.artifact-name
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.append-date-and-hash && inputs.artifact-name || steps.artifactname.outputs.name}}
+          path: build/image/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7875466b9..73038b649 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,98 +3,62 @@ name: Build
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  build-test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+  build-linux:
+    name: Build (Linux ${{ matrix.type }}, GCC ${{ matrix.gcc }})
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+    with:
+      artifact-name: ${{ matrix.artifact-name != 0 && matrix.artifact-name || format('{0}-gcc-{1}', matrix.type, matrix.gcc) }}
+      append-date-and-hash: ${{ matrix.append-date-and-hash }}
+      cache-id: ${{ matrix.type }}
+      stonesense: ${{ matrix.stonesense }}
+      docs: ${{ matrix.type == 'release' }}
+      extras: ${{ matrix.extras }}
+      gcc-ver: ${{ matrix.gcc }}
+    secrets: inherit
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - type: release
+          gcc: "10"
+          artifact-name: dfhack-linux64
+          append-date-and-hash: true
+          stonesense: true
+          extras: false
+        - type: test
+          gcc: "10"
+          stonesense: false
+          extras: false
+        - type: test
+          gcc: "12"
+          stonesense: true
+          extras: true
+
+  test-linux:
     name: Test (Linux, GCC ${{ matrix.gcc }}, ${{ matrix.plugins }} plugins)
+    needs: build-linux
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os:
-        - ubuntu-22.04
-        gcc:
-        - 10
-        plugins:
-        - default
+        gcc: [10]
+        plugins: [default]
         include:
-        - os: ubuntu-22.04
-          gcc: 12
+        - gcc: 12
           plugins: all
     steps:
-    - name: Set up Python 3
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    - name: Download artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
-        python-version: 3
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install \
-            ccache \
-            libgl-dev \
-            libxml-libxslt-perl \
-            ninja-build
-        pip install 'sphinx<4.4.0'
-    - name: Install GCC
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get install gcc-${{ matrix.gcc }} g++-${{ matrix.gcc }}
-    - name: Clone DFHack
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up environment
-      id: env_setup
-      run: |
-        DF_VERSION="$(sh ci/get-df-version.sh)"
-        echo "df_version=${DF_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "DF_VERSION=${DF_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "DF_FOLDER=${HOME}/DF/${DF_VERSION}/df_linux" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "CCACHE_DIR=${HOME}/.ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Fetch ccache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: ~/.ccache
-        key: ccache-${{ matrix.os }}-gcc-${{ matrix.gcc }}-test-${{ github.sha }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ccache-${{ matrix.os }}-gcc-${{ matrix.gcc }}-test
-          ccache-${{ matrix.os }}-gcc-${{ matrix.gcc }}
+        name: test-${{ matrix.gcc }}
     # - name: Fetch DF cache
     #   uses: actions/cache@v3
     #   with:
     #     path: ~/DF
-    #     key: df-${{ steps.env_setup.outputs.df_version }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/download-df.sh') }}
+    #     key: df-${{ hashFiles('ci/download-df.sh') }}
     # - name: Download DF
     #   run: |
     #     sh ci/download-df.sh
-    - name: Configure DFHack
-      env:
-        CC: gcc-${{ matrix.gcc }}
-        CXX: g++-${{ matrix.gcc }}
-      run: |
-        cmake \
-          -S . \
-          -B build-ci \
-          -G Ninja \
-          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$DF_FOLDER" \
-          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-          -DDFHACK_BUILD_ARCH=64 \
-          -DBUILD_DEV_PLUGINS:BOOL=${{ matrix.plugins == 'all' }} \
-          -DBUILD_SIZECHECK:BOOL=${{ matrix.plugins == 'all' }} \
-          -DBUILD_SKELETON:BOOL=${{ matrix.plugins == 'all' }} \
-          -DBUILD_STONESENSE:BOOL=${{ matrix.plugins == 'all' }} \
-          -DBUILD_TESTS:BOOL=ON
-    - name: Build DFHack
-      run: |
-        ninja -C build-ci install
-        ccache --max-size 50M
-        ccache --cleanup
-        ccache --show-stats
-    - name: Run cpp unit tests
-      id: run_tests_cpp
-      run: |
-        ninja -C build-ci test
-        exit $?
     # - name: Run lua tests
     #   id: run_tests_lua
     #   run: |
@@ -119,81 +83,16 @@ jobs:
     #   run: |
     #     rm -rf "$DF_FOLDER"
 
-  build-linux64:
-    name: Linux package
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up Python 3
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install \
-              ccache \
-              gcc-10 \
-              g++-10 \
-              libgl-dev \
-              libxml-libxslt-perl \
-              ninja-build
-          pip install 'sphinx<4.4.0'
-      - name: Clone DFHack
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Fetch ccache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.ccache
-          key: ccache-ubuntu-22.04-gcc-10-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ccache-ubuntu-22.04-gcc-10
-      - name: Set up environment
-        id: env_setup
-        run: |
-          echo "CCACHE_DIR=${HOME}/.ccache" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Configure DFHack
-        env:
-          CC: gcc-10
-          CXX: g++-10
-        run: |
-          cmake \
-            -S . \
-            -B build \
-            -G Ninja \
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=build/output \
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-            -DDFHACK_BUILD_ARCH=64 \
-            -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=1 \
-            -DBUILD_STONESENSE:BOOL=1
-      - name: Build DFHack
-        run: |
-          ninja -C build install
-          ccache --max-size 50M
-          ccache --cleanup
-          ccache --show-stats
-      - name: Format artifact name
-        id: artifactname
-        run: |
-          echo name=$(date +%Y%m%d)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: dfhack-linux64-build-${{ steps.artifactname.outputs.name }}
-          path: build/output/*
-
   package-win64:
     name: Win64 package (native)
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
+      - run: pip install clcache
+      - run: pip install 'sphinx<4.4.0'
       - name: Fetch cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
-          path: "%HOME%/clcache"
+          path: ~/clcache
           key: clcache-win64-${{ github.sha }}
           restore-keys: |
             clcache-win64
@@ -202,8 +101,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - run: pip install clcache
-      - run: pip install 'sphinx<4.4.0'
       - name: Configure DFHack
         run: cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=build/image -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=clcache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=clcache -DBUILD_DOCS:BOOL=1 -DBUILD_STONESENSE:BOOL=1
       - name: Build DFHack
@@ -257,30 +154,16 @@ jobs:
           path: build/win64-cross/output/*
 
   docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-    - name: Set up Python 3
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        pip install 'sphinx'
-    - name: Clone DFHack
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-    - name: Build docs
-      run: |
-        sphinx-build -W --keep-going -j auto --color . docs/html
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+    with:
+      platform-files: false
+      common-files: false
+      docs: true
+    secrets: inherit
 
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-    - name: Set up Python 3
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3
     - name: Install Lua
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
@@ -289,22 +172,17 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: true
-        # don't need tags here
     - name: Check whitespace
-      run: |
-        python ci/lint.py --git-only --github-actions
+      run: python ci/lint.py --git-only --github-actions
     - name: Check Authors.rst
-      if: success() || failure()
-      run: |
-        python ci/authors-rst.py
+      if: always()
+      run: python ci/authors-rst.py
     - name: Check for missing documentation
-      if: success() || failure()
-      run: |
-        python ci/script-docs.py
+      if: always()
+      run: python ci/script-docs.py
     - name: Check Lua syntax
-      if: success() || failure()
-      run: |
-        python ci/script-syntax.py --ext=lua --cmd="luac5.3 -p" --github-actions
+      if: always()
+      run: python ci/script-syntax.py --ext=lua --cmd="luac5.3 -p" --github-actions
 
   check-pr:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest