diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..266c3fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+template: |
+  ## What’s Changed
+  
+  $CHANGES
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..840f7b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - '**'
+  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  NUMBA_NUM_THREADS: 1
+  MPLBACKEND: Agg
+  PYTEST_ADDOPTS: --color=yes
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8]
+        ctapipe-version: [v0.12.0]
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set Python version
+        env:
+          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        run: |
+          sed -i -e "s/- python=.*/- python=$PYTHON_VERSION/g" environment.yml
+
+      - name: Create and activate env
+        uses: mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba@v15
+        with:
+          environment-name: "ci"
+          environment-file: environment.yml
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        env:
+          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          CTAPIPE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.ctapipe-version }}
+
+        run: |
+          python --version
+          echo "Installing additional pip packages"
+          # we install ctapipe using pip to be able to select any commit, e.g. the current master
+          pip install \
+             "git+https://github.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe@$CTAPIPE_VERSION" \
+              pytest-cov
+
+          echo "pip install -e ."
+          pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Tests
+        run: |
+          pytest --cov=nectarchain --cov-report=xml
+
+      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee16e6b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Deploy to PyPI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # make sure we have version info
+      - run: git fetch --tags
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python --version
+          pip install -U pip setuptools wheel setuptools_scm[toml]
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17fdb961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 84752161..dc5fa769 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+_version.py
 .pytest_cache
 
 # Compiled files
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 __pycache__
 
 # ignore version cache file (generated automatically when setup.py is run)
-nectarcam/_version_cache.py
+src/nectarchain/_version_cache.py
 
 # Ignore .c files by default to avoid including generated code. If you want to
 # add a non-generated .c extension, use `git add -f filename.c`.
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8570b26d..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-
-matrix:
-    include:
-        python: 3.6
-        os: linux
-        env:
-            - CTAPIPE_VERSION=master
-            - PROTOZFITS_VERSION=v1.5.0
-            - CTAPIPE_IO_NECTARCAM_VERSION=master
-
-
-before_install:
-
-    # Use utf8 encoding. Should be default, but this is insurance
-    # against future changes
-    - export PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF8
-    - export MPLBACKEND=Agg
-
-    - wget https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O miniconda.sh;
-    - bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
-    - . $HOME/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-    - hash -r
-    - conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
-    - conda update -q conda  # get latest conda version
-    - conda info -a # Useful for debugging any issues with conda
-
-install:
-    - conda env create --name cta --file environment.yml
-    - conda activate cta
-    - pip install https://github.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe/archive/$CTAPIPE_VERSION.tar.gz
-    - pip install https://github.com/cta-sst-1m/protozfitsreader/archive/$PROTOZFITS_VERSION.tar.gz
-    - pip install https://github.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe_io_nectarcam/archive/$CTAPIPE_IO_NECTARCAM_VERSION.tar.gz
-    - python setup.py install
-
-
-script:
-    - pytest
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6fac75e..848af61d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-# nectarchain
+# nectarchain [![Build Status](https://github.com/cta-observatory/nectarchain/workflows/CI/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/cta-observatory/nectarchain/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amaster)
 
 Repository for the high level analysis of the NectarCAM data.
 The analysis is heavily based on [ctapipe](https://github.com/cta-observatory/ctapipe), adding custom code for NectarCAM calibration.
 
-master branch status: [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cta-observatory/nectarchain.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cta-observatory/nectarchain)
-
 ## Installation
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f0d8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 64.0.3", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "src/nectarchain/_version.py"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..492f08da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+[metadata]
+name = nectarchain
+description = Analysis chain for the CTA MSTN NectarCAM prototype
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown; charset=UTF-8
+author = NectarCAM collaboration
+license = BSD-3-Clause
+
+project_urls =
+    Bug Tracker = https://github.com/cta-observatory/nectarchain/issues
+    Source Code = https://github.com/cta-observatory/nectarchain
+
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+
+[options]
+packages = find:
+package_dir =
+    = src
+python_requires = ~=3.8
+zip_safe = False
+install_requires =
+    astropy~=4.2
+    ctapipe~=0.12
+    numpy~=1.22
+    protozfits~=2.0
+    tables>=3.7
+
+[options.packages.find]
+where = src
+exclude =
+    nectarchain._dev_version
+
+[options.extras_require]
+tests =
+    pytest
+dev =
+    setuptools_scm[toml]
+all =
+    %(tests)s
+    %(dev)s
+
+[tool:pytest]
+minversion = 3.0
+addopts = -v
+
+[aliases]
+test = pytest
+
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f22a216..8bf1ba93 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,32 +1,2 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
-
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-from os import path
-
-# read the contents of your README file
-this_directory = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-with open(path.join(this_directory, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-
-setup(
-    name='nectarchain',
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    version='0.1',
-    description='',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    install_requires=[
-        'astropy~=4.2',
-        'ctapipe~=0.12',
-        'numpy~=1.22.4',
-        'tables>=3.7',
-    ],
-    tests_require=['pytest'],
-    setup_requires=['pytest_runner'],
-    author='NectarCAM collaboration',
-    url='https://github.com/cta-observatory/nectarchain',
-    license=''
-)
-
+from setuptools import setup
+setup()
diff --git a/src/nectarchain/_dev_version/__init__.py b/src/nectarchain/_dev_version/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db418f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nectarchain/_dev_version/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Try to use setuptools_scm to get the current version; this is only used
+# in development installations from the git repository.
+# see nectarchain/version.py for details
+try:
+    from setuptools_scm import get_version
+
+    version = get_version(root="..", relative_to=__file__)
+except Exception as e:
+    raise ImportError(f"setuptools_scm broken or not installed: {e}")
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/Illuminated_pixels_charge_ped_first_post.csv b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/Illuminated_pixels_charge_ped_first_post.csv
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/Illuminated_pixels_charge_ped_first_post.csv
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/Illuminated_pixels_charge_ped_first_post.csv
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGAIN.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGAIN.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/NectarGAIN.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGAIN.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGainExample.ipynb b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGainExample.ipynb
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/NectarGainExample.ipynb
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/NectarGainExample.ipynb
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/README.md b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/README.md
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/README.md
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/__init__.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/__init__.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/__init__.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/container/__init__.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/container/__init__.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/__init__.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/container/charge.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge_extractor.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge_extractor.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/container/charge_extractor.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/charge_extractor.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/container/utils.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/utils.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/container/utils.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/utils.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/calibration/container/waveforms.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/waveforms.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/calibration/container/waveforms.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/calibration/container/waveforms.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/README b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/README
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/README
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/README
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/ReadPickleFiles.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/ReadPickleFiles.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/ReadPickleFiles.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/ReadPickleFiles.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/camera_monitoring.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/camera_monitoring.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/camera_monitoring.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/camera_monitoring.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/charge_integration.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/charge_integration.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/charge_integration.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/charge_integration.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/dqm_summary_processor.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/dqm_summary_processor.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/dqm_summary_processor.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/dqm_summary_processor.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/mean_camera_display.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/mean_camera_display.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/mean_camera_display.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/mean_camera_display.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/mean_waveforms.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/mean_waveforms.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/mean_waveforms.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/mean_waveforms.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/start_calib.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/start_calib.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/dqm/start_calib.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/start_calib.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/dqm/trigger_statistics.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/trigger_statistics.py
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rename from nectarchain/dqm/trigger_statistics.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/dqm/trigger_statistics.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/tools/__init__.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/tools/__init__.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/__init__.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration_param.json b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration_param.json
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration_param.json
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_camera_calibration_param.json
diff --git a/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals_param.json b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals_param.json
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rename from nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals_param.json
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/tools/write_pedestals_param.json
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbradascio/fbradascio b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbradascio/fbradascio
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/fbradascio/fbradascio
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbradascio/fbradascio
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/ComputeCalibCoefs.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/ComputeCalibCoefs.py
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/ComputeCalibCoefs.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/ComputeCalibCoefs.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/fbrun_scripts b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/fbrun_scripts
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/fbrun_scripts
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/fbrun/fbrun_scripts
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.py
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.sh b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.sh
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/load_wfs_compute_charge.sh
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/test.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/test.py
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/test.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/ggrolleron/test.py
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/Dark room temperature analysis.md b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/Dark room temperature analysis.md
similarity index 100%
rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/Dark room temperature analysis.md
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/Dark room temperature analysis.md
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/dqm_processor.sh b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/dqm_processor.sh
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/dqm_processor.sh
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/dqm_processor.sh
diff --git a/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/submit_dqm_processor.py b/src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/submit_dqm_processor.py
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rename from nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/submit_dqm_processor.py
rename to src/nectarchain/nectarchain/user_scripts/jlenain/dqm_job_submitter/submit_dqm_processor.py
diff --git a/src/nectarchain/version.py b/src/nectarchain/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5049bf22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nectarchain/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# this is adapted from https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/master/astropy/version.py
+# see https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/10774 for a discussion on why this needed.
+
+try:
+    try:
+        from ._dev_version import version
+    except ImportError:
+        from ._version import version
+except Exception:
+    import warnings
+
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Could not determine nectarchain version; this indicates a broken installation."
+        " Install nectarchain from PyPI, using conda or from a local git repository."
+        " Installing github's autogenerated source release tarballs "
+        " does not include version information and should be avoided."
+    )
+    del warnings
+    version = "0.0.0"
+
+__version__ = version