diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/releases/components/release_block.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/releases/components/release_block.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd65a225d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/releases/components/release_block.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+<script>
+import { GlTooltipDirective, GlLink } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import Icon from '~/vue_shared/components/icon.vue';
+import UserAvatarLink from '~/vue_shared/components/user_avatar/user_avatar_link.vue';
+import timeagoMixin from '~/vue_shared/mixins/timeago';
+import { sprintf } from '../../locale';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'ReleaseBlock',
+  components: {
+    GlLink,
+    Icon,
+    UserAvatarLink,
+  },
+  directives: {
+    GlTooltip: GlTooltipDirective,
+  },
+  mixins: [timeagoMixin],
+  props: {
+    name: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    tag: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    commit: {
+      type: Object,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    description: {
+      type: String,
+      required: false,
+      default: '',
+    },
+    author: {
+      type: Object,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    createdAt: {
+      type: String,
+      required: false,
+      default: '',
+    },
+    assetsCount: {
+      type: Number,
+      required: false,
+      default: 0,
+    },
+    sources: {
+      type: Array,
+      required: false,
+      default: () => [],
+    },
+    links: {
+      type: Array,
+      required: false,
+      default: () => [],
+    },
+  },
+  computed: {
+    releasedTimeAgo() {
+      return sprintf('released %{time}', {
+        time: this.timeFormated(this.createdAt),
+      });
+    },
+    userImageAltDescription() {
+      return this.author && this.author.username
+        ? sprintf("%{username}'s avatar", { username: this.author.username })
+        : null;
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+<template>
+  <div class="card">
+    <div class="card-body">
+      <h2 class="card-title mt-0">{{ name }}</h2>
+
+      <div class="card-subtitle d-flex flex-wrap text-secondary">
+        <div class="append-right-8">
+          <icon name="commit" class="align-middle" />
+          <span v-gl-tooltip.bottom :title="commit.title">{{ commit.short_id }}</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="append-right-8">
+          <icon name="tag" class="align-middle" />
+          <span v-gl-tooltip.bottom :title="__('Tag')">{{ tag }}</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="append-right-4">
+          &bull;
+          <span v-gl-tooltip.bottom :title="tooltipTitle(createdAt)">{{ releasedTimeAgo }}</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="d-flex">
+          by
+          <user-avatar-link
+            class="prepend-left-4"
+            :link-href="author.path"
+            :img-src="author.avatar_url"
+            :img-alt="userImageAltDescription"
+            :tooltip-text="author.username"
+          />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="card-text prepend-top-default">
+        <b>
+          {{ __('Assets') }} <span class="js-assets-count badge badge-pill">{{ assetsCount }}</span>
+        </b>
+
+        <ul class="pl-0 mb-0 prepend-top-8 list-unstyled js-assets-list">
+          <li v-for="link in links" :key="link.name" class="append-bottom-8">
+            <gl-link v-gl-tooltip.bottom :title="__('Download asset')" :href="link.url">
+              <icon name="package" class="align-middle append-right-4" /> {{ link.name }}
+            </gl-link>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+
+        <div class="dropdown">
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            class="btn btn-link"
+            data-toggle="dropdown"
+            aria-haspopup="true"
+            aria-expanded="false"
+          >
+            <icon name="doc-code" class="align-top append-right-4" /> {{ __('Source code') }}
+            <icon name="arrow-down" />
+          </button>
+
+          <div class="js-sources-dropdown dropdown-menu">
+            <li v-for="asset in sources" :key="asset.url">
+              <gl-link :href="asset.url">{{ __('Download') }} {{ asset.format }}</gl-link>
+            </li>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="card-text prepend-top-default"><div v-html="description"></div></div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/41766-vue-component.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/41766-vue-component.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12343c8ce84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/41766-vue-component.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Creates component for release block
+merge_request: 23697
+author:
+type: added
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index b85eb6bdc88..e47f1433b8a 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -711,6 +711,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Ask your group maintainer to set up a group Runner."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Assets"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Assign custom color like #FF0000"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2587,6 +2590,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Download"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Download asset"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Download tar"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -6377,6 +6383,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "System metrics (Kubernetes)"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "Tag"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "Tags"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/releases/components/release_block_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/releases/components/release_block_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0cd15b7507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/releases/components/release_block_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import Vue from 'vue';
+import component from '~/releases/components/release_block.vue';
+import timeagoMixin from '~/vue_shared/mixins/timeago';
+
+import mountComponent from '../../helpers/vue_mount_component_helper';
+
+describe('Release block', () => {
+  const Component = Vue.extend(component);
+
+  const release = {
+    name: 'Bionic Beaver',
+    tag_name: '18.04',
+    description: '## changelog\n\n* line 1\n* line2',
+    description_html: '<div><h2>changelog</h2><ul><li>line1</li<li>line 2</li></ul></div>',
+    author_name: 'Release bot',
+    author_email: 'release-bot@example.com',
+    created_at: '2012-05-28T05:00:00-07:00',
+    commit: {
+      id: '2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7',
+      short_id: '2695effb',
+      title: 'Initial commit',
+      created_at: '2017-07-26T11:08:53.000+02:00',
+      parent_ids: ['2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe'],
+      message: 'Initial commit',
+      author_name: 'John Smith',
+      author_email: 'john@example.com',
+      authored_date: '2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00',
+      committer_name: 'Jack Smith',
+      committer_email: 'jack@example.com',
+      committed_date: '2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00',
+    },
+    assets: {
+      count: 6,
+      sources: [
+        {
+          format: 'zip',
+          url: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/archive/v11.3.12/gitlab-ce-v11.3.12.zip',
+        },
+        {
+          format: 'tar.gz',
+          url:
+            'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/archive/v11.3.12/gitlab-ce-v11.3.12.tar.gz',
+        },
+        {
+          format: 'tar.bz2',
+          url:
+            'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/archive/v11.3.12/gitlab-ce-v11.3.12.tar.bz2',
+        },
+        {
+          format: 'tar',
+          url: 'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/archive/v11.3.12/gitlab-ce-v11.3.12.tar',
+        },
+      ],
+      links: [
+        {
+          name: 'release-18.04.dmg',
+          url: 'https://my-external-hosting.example.com/scrambled-url/',
+          external: true,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'binary-linux-amd64',
+          url:
+            'https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/-/jobs/artifacts/v11.6.0-rc4/download?job=rspec-mysql+41%2F50',
+          external: false,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  };
+
+  const props = {
+    name: release.name,
+    tag: release.tag_name,
+    commit: release.commit,
+    description: release.description_html,
+    author: {
+      avatar_url: 'uploads/-/system/user/avatar/johndoe/avatar.png',
+      id: 482476,
+      name: 'John Doe',
+      path: '/johndoe',
+      state: 'active',
+      status_tooltip_html: null,
+      username: 'johndoe',
+      web_url: 'https://gitlab.com/johndoe',
+    },
+    createdAt: release.created_at,
+    assetsCount: release.assets.count,
+    sources: release.assets.sources,
+    links: release.assets.links,
+  };
+
+  let vm;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vm = mountComponent(Component, props);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vm.$destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('renders release name', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.textContent).toContain(release.name);
+  });
+
+  it('renders commit sha', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.textContent).toContain(release.commit.short_id);
+  });
+
+  it('renders tag name', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.textContent).toContain(release.tag_name);
+  });
+
+  it('renders release date', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.textContent).toContain(timeagoMixin.methods.timeFormated(release.created_at));
+  });
+
+  it('renders number of assets provided', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-assets-count').textContent).toContain(release.assets.count);
+  });
+
+  it('renders dropdown with the sources', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelectorAll('.js-sources-dropdown li').length).toEqual(
+      release.assets.sources.length,
+    );
+
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-sources-dropdown li a').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(
+      release.assets.sources[0].url,
+    );
+
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-sources-dropdown li a').textContent).toContain(
+      release.assets.sources[0].format,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('renders list with the links provided', () => {
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelectorAll('.js-assets-list li').length).toEqual(
+      release.assets.links.length,
+    );
+
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-assets-list li a').getAttribute('href')).toEqual(
+      release.assets.links[0].url,
+    );
+
+    expect(vm.$el.querySelector('.js-assets-list li a').textContent).toContain(
+      release.assets.links[0].name,
+    );
+  });
+});