diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+name: vis5-ci-build
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+
+jobs:
+
+  lint-code:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.9
+
+    - name: Install linters
+      run: pip install black pylint flake8
+
+    - name: Check code with black
+      run: black --check .
+
+    - name: Run flake8
+      run: flake8 --show-source --ignore=E501,E741,E203,W503,E266 vis5
+
+    - name: Run pylint
+      run: >
+        pylint -d
+        line-too-long,invalid-name,import-outside-toplevel,logging-fstring-interpolation,unnecessary-pass,no-else-return
+        vis5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ['setuptools', 'wheel', 'dunamai']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+from vis5 import __version__
+
+
+# Don't install requirements if on ReadTheDocs build system.
+# Load the PEP508 formatted requirements from the requirements.txt file. Needs
+# pip version > 19.0
+with open("requirements.txt", "r") as fh:
+    requires = fh.readlines()
+
+setup(
+    name="vis5",
+    version=__version__,
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    install_requires=requires,
+    # metadata for upload to PyPI
+    author="Kiyo Masui, J. Richard Shaw",
+    author_email="richard@phas.ubc.ca",
+    description="vis5 data reader",
+    license="MIT",
+    url="http://github.com/radiocosmology/vis5",
+)
diff --git a/vis5/__init__.py b/vis5/__init__.py
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+++ b/vis5/__init__.py
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+"""vis5 data format"""
+
+import dunamai as _dunamai
+
+__version__ = _dunamai.get_version("vis5", third_choice=_dunamai.Version.from_any_vcs)