diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d3254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+charset = utf-8
+
+[*.lua]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 3
+
+[*.rockspec]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 3
+
+[*.md]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 2
+
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
+indent_size = 4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b54968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Lint
+
+concurrency:
+  # for PR's cancel the running task, if another commit is pushed
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }} ${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+on:
+  # build on PR and push-to-main. This works for short-lived branches, and saves
+  # CPU cycles on duplicated tests.
+  # For long-lived branches that diverge, you'll want to run on all pushes, not
+  # just on push-to-main.
+  pull_request: {}
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: leafo/gh-actions-lua@v10
+        with:
+          luaVersion: "5.4"
+
+      - uses: leafo/gh-actions-luarocks@v4
+
+      - name: dependencies
+        run: |
+          luarocks install luacheck
+
+      - name: lint
+        run: |
+          luacheck .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unix_build.yml b/.github/workflows/unix_build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b9ba13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unix_build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: "Unix build"
+
+concurrency:
+  # for PR's cancel the running task, if another commit is pushed
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }} ${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+on:
+  # build on PR and push-to-main. This works for short-lived branches, and saves
+  # CPU cycles on duplicated tests.
+  # For long-lived branches that diverge, you'll want to run on all pushes, not
+  # just on push-to-main.
+  pull_request: {}
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        luaVersion: ["5.1", "5.2", "5.3", "5.4", "luajit-2.1.0-beta3", "luajit-openresty"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: leafo/gh-actions-lua@v10
+        with:
+          luaVersion: ${{ matrix.luaVersion }}
+
+      - uses: leafo/gh-actions-luarocks@v4
+
+      - name: dependencies
+        run: |
+          luarocks install busted
+          luarocks install cluacov --deps-mode=none
+
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          luarocks make
+  
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          busted --Xoutput "--color"
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eae1ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Compiled Lua sources
+luac.out
+
+# LuaCov files
+*.report.out
+*.stats.out
+
+# luarocks build files
+*.rock
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+
+# Object files
+*.o
+*.os
+*.ko
+*.obj
+*.elf
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+*.gch
+*.pch
+
+# Libraries
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.def
+*.exp
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+*.i*86
+*.x86_64
+*.hex
+
diff --git a/.luacheckrc b/.luacheckrc
index 1b2b2fd..a3cb57e 100644
--- a/.luacheckrc
+++ b/.luacheckrc
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 std = "min"
-include_files = {"src", "spec"}
+
+not_globals = {
+   -- deprecated Lua 5.0 functions
+   "string.len",
+   "table.getn",
+}
+
+include_files = {
+   "**/*.lua",
+   "**/*.rockspec",
+   ".busted",
+   ".luacheckrc",
+}
+
 exclude_files = {
    "spec/*/*",
    "src/luacov/reporter/html/static/*.js",
    "src/luacov/reporter/html/static/*.css",
+
+   -- The Github Actions Lua Environment
+    ".lua",
+    ".luarocks",
+    ".install",
+}
+
+files["spec/**/*.lua"] = {
+   std = "+busted",
 }
-files.spec.std = "+busted"