diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 54393ad..187849c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 src/__pycache__/*
 *.pyc
 src/*.db
+build/*
+datalite.egg-info/*
+dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e69de29..f71818c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import setuptools
+
+with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
+    long_description = fh.read()
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="datalite", # Replace with your own username
+    version="0.1",
+    author="Ege Ozkan",
+    author_email="egeemirozkan24@gmail.com",
+    description="A small package that binds dataclasses to an sqlite database",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+    url="https://github.com/ambertide/datalite",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    ],
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
+)
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