diff --git a/.ci-ignore b/.ci-ignore
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--- a/.ci-ignore
+++ b/.ci-ignore
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 docs
 setup.py
 .pre-commit-config.yaml
-.travis.yml
 readthedocs.yml
 tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
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index 00000000..eb6fff60
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@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+name: CI
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.experimental }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-latest, macOS-latest, ubuntu-latest]
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7]
+        experimental: [false]
+        include:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python-version: 3.8
+            experimental: true
+          - os: macOS-latest
+            python-version: 3.8
+            experimental: false
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: 3.8
+            experimental: false
+    env:
+      SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install openslide
+        id: system-dependencies
+        run: |
+          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
+            sudo apt install openslide-tools
+          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
+            brew install openslide
+          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
+            choco install wget
+            choco install 7zip-zstd
+            wget https://github.com/openslide/openslide-winbuild/releases/download/v20171122/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -P /c/downloads
+            7z e /c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -aoa
+            export "PATH=C:/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122/bin:$PATH"
+          else
+            echo "$RUNNER_OS not supported"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        id: python-dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e .[testing]
+          python -m pip install flake8
+          python -m pip install pooch
+      - name: Lint with flake8
+        id: flake8
+        run: |
+          flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=88 --statistics
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        id: tests
+        run: |
+          python -m pytest --ignore=tests/benchmarks
+      - name: Slack Notification
+        uses: act10ns/slack@v1
+        with:
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          steps: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
+        if: failure()
+
+  coveralls:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 3.7
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.7
+      - name: Install openslide
+        run: sudo apt install openslide-tools
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e .[testing]
+          python -m pip install flake8
+          python -m pip install pooch
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: python -m pytest --ignore=tests/benchmarks --cov=histolab
+      - name: Coveralls
+        run: coveralls
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92f3515a..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-# Wire up travis
-
-language: python            # this works for Linux but is an error on macOS or Windows
-env:
-  - CAN_FAIL=false
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - name: "Python 3.6 on Xenial Linux"
-      python: 3.6           # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
-    - name: "Python 3.7 on Xenial Linux"
-      python: 3.7          # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
-    - name: "Python 3.8 on Xenial Linux"
-      python: 3.8          # this works for Linux but is ignored on macOS or Windows
-    - name: "Python 3.6.8 on macOS"
-      os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode10.2
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI macOS
-      before_install:
-        - brew install openslide
-        - export PATH=/Users/travis/.pyenv/shims:$PATH PYENV_VERSION=3.6.8
-        - CFLAGS="-I$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)/usr/include" pyenv install $PYENV_VERSION
-      env: CAN_FAIL=true
-    - name: "Python 3.7.6 on macOS"
-      os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode10.2
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI macOS
-      before_install:
-        - brew install openslide
-        - export PATH=/Users/travis/.pyenv/shims:$PATH PYENV_VERSION=3.7.6
-        - travis_wait brew upgrade pyenv && pyenv install $PYENV_VERSION
-    - name: "Python 3.8.1 on macOS"
-      os: osx
-      osx_image: xcode10.2
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI macOS
-      before_install:
-        - brew install openslide
-        - export PATH=/Users/travis/.pyenv/shims:$PATH PYENV_VERSION=3.8.1
-        - travis_wait brew upgrade pyenv && pyenv install $PYENV_VERSION
-    - name: "Python 3.6.8 on Windows"
-      os: windows           # Windows 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI Windows
-      before_install:
-        - choco install python --version 3.6.8
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python36:$PATH"
-        - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        - wget https://github.com/openslide/openslide-winbuild/releases/download/v20171122/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -P /c/downloads
-        - 7z e /c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -aoa
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python36/Scripts:/c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122/bin:$PATH"
-    - name: "Python 3.7 on Windows"
-      os: windows           # Windows 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI Windows
-      before_install:
-        - choco install python --version 3.7
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python37:$PATH"
-        - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        - wget https://github.com/openslide/openslide-winbuild/releases/download/v20171122/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -P /c/downloads
-        - 7z e /c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -aoa
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python37/Scripts:/c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122/bin:$PATH"
-    - name: "Python 3.8.0 on Windows"
-      os: windows           # Windows 10.0.17134 N/A Build 17134
-      language: shell       # 'language: python' is an error on Travis CI Windows
-      before_install:
-        - choco install python --version 3.8.0
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python38:$PATH"
-        - python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        - wget https://github.com/openslide/openslide-winbuild/releases/download/v20171122/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -P /c/downloads
-        - 7z e /c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122.zip -aoa
-        - export "PATH=/c/Python38/Scripts:/c/downloads/openslide-win64-20171122/bin:$PATH"
-      env: CAN_FAIL=true
-  allow_failures:
-    - env: CAN_FAIL=true
-  fast_finish: true
-
-# command to install dependencies
-install:
-  - python -m pip install -e .[testing]
-  - python -m pip install flake8
-  - python -m pip install pooch
-
-services:
-  - xvfb
-
-before_script:
-  - export DISPLAY=:99.0
-  - sleep 3 # give xvfb some time to start
-
-# command to run tests
-script:
-  - python -m flake8 .
-  - python -m pytest --ignore=tests/benchmarks --cov=histolab # benchmarks must be in a separate pipeline - not on travis
-
-after_success:
-  - coveralls
-
-notifications:
-  slack: mpba:fBrjUWlUSa3XKeCA8zFsTFu2
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages: openslide-tools
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