diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3ab4796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: deploy
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+env:
+  SRC_DIR: zxlive
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_deploy:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+        python-version: [ 3.11 ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install base package
+        run: pip install cx_freeze
+      - name: Deploy
+        run: |
+          python deploy.py build
+      - name: Publish
+        run: |
+          ls build
+          echo "TODO: publish build/zxlive and the related files"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81de81bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: test
+
+on:
+  push:
+
+env:
+  SRC_DIR: zxlive
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [ 3.9 ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependecies
+      run:
+        python -m pip install ".[test]"
+    - name: Flake8
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run:
+        pflake8 zxlive
+    - name: Pylint
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run:
+        pylint zxlive
+    - name: mypy
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run:
+        mypy zxlive
diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8936e5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import sys
+from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
+
+# base="Win32GUI" should be used only for Windows GUI app
+base = "Win32GUI" if sys.platform == "win32" else None
+
+setup(executables=[Executable("zxlive/__main__.py", base=base, target_name="zxlive")])
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 423e9eeb..b5cc7557 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ test = [
     "PySide6-stubs",
     "shapely-stubs @ git+https://github.com/ciscorn/shapely-stubs.git",
     "mypy",
+    "pyproject-flake8",
+    "pylint",
 ]
+deploy = ["cx_Freeze"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/Quantomatic/zxlive"
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ zxlive = "zxlive.app:main"
 [tool.pyright]
 reportWildcardImportFromLibrary = "none"
 
+[tool.flake8]
+extend-ignore = [
+    "E501",
+]
+
 [tool.mypy]
 python_version = "3.9"
 warn_return_any = true
@@ -71,3 +79,16 @@ disallow_untyped_defs = true
 disable_error_code = [
     "import",
 ]
+
+[tool.distutils.build_exe]
+excludes = [
+    "IPython",
+    "jupyter",
+    "pytest",
+    "mypy",
+]
+zip_include_packages = [
+    "encodings",
+    "zxlive",
+    "pyzx",
+]
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