diff --git a/ci/.gitlab-ci.yml b/ci/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.
+# To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at:
+# https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/cicd/templates.html
+# This specific template is located at:
+# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml
+
+# This is a sample GitLab CI/CD configuration file that should run without any modifications.
+# It demonstrates a basic 3 stage CI/CD pipeline. Instead of real tests or scripts,
+# it uses echo commands to simulate the pipeline execution.
+#
+# A pipeline is composed of independent jobs that run scripts, grouped into stages.
+# Stages run in sequential order, but jobs within stages run in parallel.
+#
+# For more information, see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html#stages
+
+# this image is on dockerhub. Dockerfile is here: https://gitlab.com/PrzemoF/FreeCAD/-/blob/gitlab-v1/ci/Dockerfile
+image: freecadci/runner
+
+stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
+  - build
+  - test
+
+before_script:
+  - apt-get update -yqq
+  # CCache Config
+  - mkdir -p ccache
+  - export CCACHE_BASEDIR=${PWD}
+  - export CCACHE_DIR=${PWD}/ccache
+
+cache:
+  paths:
+    - ccache/
+
+build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
+  stage: build
+
+  script:
+    - echo "Compiling the code..."
+    - mkdir build
+    - cd build
+    - ccache cmake ../
+    - ccache cmake --build ./ -j$(nproc)
+    - echo "Compile complete."
+
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+     - build/
+
+test-job:   # This job runs in the test stage.
+  stage: test    # It only starts when the job in the build stage completes successfully.
+  script:
+    - echo "Running unit tests... "
+    - cd build/bin/
+    # Testing currently doesn't work due to problems with libraries ot being visible by the binary.
+    - ./FreeCADCmd -t 0
+
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+MAINTAINER Przemo Firszt
+# This is the docker image definition used to build FreeCAD. It's currently accessible on:
+# https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/freecadci/runner
+# on under name freecadci/runner when using docker
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+RUN apt-get update -y
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y gnupg2
+RUN echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/freecad-maintainers/freecad-daily/ubuntu focal main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/freecad-daily.list
+RUN apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 83193AA3B52FF6FCF10A1BBF005EAE8119BB5BCA
+RUN apt-get update -y
+
+# those 3 are for debugging purposes only. Not required to build FreeCAD
+RUN apt-get install -y 			\
+	vim				\
+	nano				\
+	bash
+
+# Main set of FreeCAD dependencies. To be verified.
+RUN apt-get install -y				\
+	ccache					\
+	cmake					\
+	debhelper				\
+	dh-exec					\
+	dh-python				\
+	doxygen					\
+	git					\
+	graphviz				\
+	libboost-date-time-dev			\
+	libboost-dev				\
+	libboost-filesystem-dev			\
+	libboost-filesystem1.71-dev		\
+	libboost-graph-dev			\
+	libboost-iostreams-dev			\
+	libboost-program-options-dev		\
+	libboost-program-options1.71-dev	\
+	libboost-python1.71-dev			\
+	libboost-regex-dev			\
+	libboost-regex1.71-dev			\
+	libboost-serialization-dev		\
+	libboost-system1.71-dev			\
+	libboost-thread-dev			\
+	libboost-thread1.71-dev			\
+	libboost1.71-dev			\
+	libcoin-dev				\
+	libdouble-conversion-dev		\
+	libeigen3-dev				\
+	libglew-dev				\
+	libgts-bin				\
+	libgts-dev				\
+	libkdtree++-dev				\
+	liblz4-dev				\
+	libmedc-dev				\
+	libmetis-dev				\
+	libnglib-dev				\
+	libocct-data-exchange-dev		\
+	libocct-ocaf-dev			\
+	libocct-visualization-dev		\
+	libopencv-dev				\
+	libproj-dev				\
+	libpyside2-dev				\
+	libqt5opengl5				\
+	libqt5opengl5-dev			\
+	libqt5svg5-dev				\
+	libqt5webkit5				\
+	libqt5webkit5-dev			\
+	libqt5x11extras5-dev			\
+	libqt5xmlpatterns5-dev			\
+	libshiboken2-dev			\
+	libspnav-dev				\
+	libvtk7-dev				\
+	libvtk7.1p				\
+	libvtk7.1p-qt				\
+	libx11-dev				\
+	libxerces-c-dev				\
+	libzipios++-dev				\
+	lsb-release				\
+	nastran					\
+	netgen					\
+	netgen-headers				\
+	occt-draw				\
+	pybind11-dev				\
+	pyqt5-dev-tools				\
+	pyside2-tools				\
+	python3-dev				\
+	python3-matplotlib			\
+	python3-pivy				\
+	python3-ply				\
+	python3-pyqt5				\
+	python3-pyside2.*			\
+	python3-pyside2.qtcore			\
+	python3-pyside2.qtgui			\
+	python3-pyside2.qtsvg			\
+	python3-pyside2.qtuitools		\
+	python3-pyside2.qtwidgets		\
+	python3-pyside2.qtxml			\
+	python3-requests			\
+	python3-yaml				\
+	qt5-default				\
+	qt5-qmake				\
+	qtbase5-dev				\
+	qttools5-dev				\
+	qtwebengine5-dev			\
+	swig
+
+RUN apt-get update -y --fix-missing
+
+# Clean
+RUN apt-get clean \
+    && rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+          /usr/share/doc/* \
+          /usr/share/locale/* \
+          /usr/share/man/* \
+          /usr/share/info/* -fR
+
+