diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ace460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4a2cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  pull_request:
+name: Build and release to pypi
+jobs:
+  release-build:
+    name: Build and upload distributions
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+      - name: Build dist
+        run: uv tool run --with build[uv] --from build python -m build --installer uv
+      - name: Upload release distributions
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-dists
+          path: dist/
+  pypi-publish:
+    name: Release to pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi_publish
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/python-template
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    needs:
+      - release-build
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieve release distributions
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-dists
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Publish release distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72ba3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Test Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON: 1
+  # Configure a constant location for the uv cache
+  UV_CACHE_DIR: /tmp/.uv-cache
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up uv
+        run: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+      - name: Restore uv cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.UV_CACHE_DIR }}
+          key: uv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            uv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('pyproject.toml') }}
+            uv-${{ runner.os }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv pip install nox[uv]
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: nox -db uv
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          use_oidc: true
+      - name: Minimize uv cache
+        run: uv cache prune --ci
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c9139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/latest/usage/project/#working-with-version-control
+.pdm.toml
+.pdm-python
+.pdm-build/
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
+.ruff_cache/
+node_modules/
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded8f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+  # Python
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.5.7
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: ["--fix"]
+      - id: ruff-format
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+    rev: "v1.11.1"
+    hooks:
+      - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies: []
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: v4.0.0-alpha.8
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        types_or: [javascript, css, html, markdown, json, yaml]
+  - repo: https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject
+    rev: v0.19
+    hooks:
+      - id: validate-pyproject
+        additional_dependencies: ["validate-pyproject-schema-store[all]"]
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a04128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+                   GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52e1501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Python template
+
+<!-- [![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/python-template)](https://pypi.org/p/python-template) -->
+
+`python-template` is a template to start a new Python project quickly.
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3350e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Nox configuration file."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import nox
+
+
+@nox.session
+def tests(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+    """Run test suite with pytest."""
+    session.install("-e.[test]")
+    session.run(
+        "pytest",
+        "--cov",
+        "--cov-config",
+        "pyproject.toml",
+        "--cov-report",
+        "term",
+        "--cov-report",
+        "xml",
+    )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb1a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=61",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=7",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "python-template"  # Please revise this line.
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "A Python template."  # Please revise this line.
+authors = [
+    { name = "Jinzhe Zeng", email = "jinzhe.zeng@rutgers.edu"},
+]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X",
+    "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)",
+]
+dependencies = [
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = [
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+
+[project.urls]
+repository = "https://github.com/njzjz/python-template"  # Please revise this line.
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    'pytest',
+    'pytest-cov',
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["python_template*"]  # Please revise this line.
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "python_template/_version.py"  # Please revise this line.
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = [
+    "ALL",
+]
+ignore = [
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
+convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.isort]
+required-imports = [
+    "from __future__ import annotations",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.extend-per-file-ignores]
+"tests/**/*.py" = [
+    "S101", # asserts allowed in tests...
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+include = ["python_template/*"]  # Please revise this line.
diff --git a/python_template/__init__.py b/python_template/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12b1796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_template/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"""A Python template (please revise this docstring)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from ._version import __version__
+
+__email__ = "jinzhe.zeng@rutgers.edu"
+
+__all__ = [
+    "__version__",
+]
diff --git a/python_template/__main__.py b/python_template/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcad6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_template/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"""Main entry point for the command line interface."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    msg = "This module is not meant to be executed directly."
+    raise NotImplementedError(msg)
diff --git a/python_template/py.typed b/python_template/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bf8589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "extends": ["local>njzjz/renovate-config"]
+}
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d420712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests."""
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d94de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""Test version."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+from python_template import __version__
+
+
+def test_version() -> None:
+    """Test version."""
+    assert version("python-template") == __version__