diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b071bd37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Backend CI workflow
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - chartlets.py/**
+      
+jobs:
+  backend:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - name: git-checkout chartlets
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          
+        - name: Set up Micromamba
+          uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+          with:
+            environment-file: chartlets.py/environment.yml
+            
+        - name: Run unit tests
+          shell: bash -l {0}
+          run: |
+            cd chartlets.py 
+            pytest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e062a271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Frontend CI workflow
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - chartlets.js/**
+
+jobs:       
+  frontend:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: git-checkout chartlets
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18.x'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          cd chartlets.js 
+          npm install 
+
+      - name: Linter
+        run: |
+          cd chartlets.js  
+          npm run lint
+
+      - name: Run frontend tests
+        run: |
+          cd chartlets.js  
+          npm run test
+
+      - name: Build frontend application
+        run: |
+          cd chartlets.js  
+          npm run build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..129ca370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+name: Package and Publish
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  python-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install .[dev]
+        
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        pytest --cov=chartlets
+        
+    - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      env:
+        CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
+  PyPi-Deploy:
+    name: Publish Python Package to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: python-tests
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+        
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install build
+        
+    - name: Build package
+      run: |
+        python -m build
+        
+    - name: Publish to PyPI
+      run: |
+        pip install twine
+        python -m twine upload --username __token__ --password ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }} dist/*
+
+  npm-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [16.x, 18.x, 20.x]
+        # See supported Node.js release schedule at
+        # https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run lint
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm run test
+  
+  npm-Deploy:
+    name: Publish TS-React Package to npmjs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: npm-tests
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm publish --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/chartlets.js/README.md b/chartlets.js/README.md
index 63461823..1a79e28d 100644
--- a/chartlets.js/README.md
+++ b/chartlets.js/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # chartlets 
 
+[![Frontend CI workflow](https://github.com/bcdev/chartlets/actions/workflows/frontend-ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/bcdev/chartlets/actions/workflows/frontend-ci.yml)
+[![NPM Version](https://badge.fury.io/js/chartlets.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/chartlets)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/Linting-TypeScript%20%26%20Prettier-blue?logo=typescript&logoColor=white)
+
+
+[![NPM Download Stats](https://nodei.co/npm/chartlets.png?downloads=true)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/chartlets)
+
 Chartlets is a software framework that allows websites developed with
 React to be extended by server-side widgets programmed in Python or other
 programming languages. 
diff --git a/chartlets.py/README.md b/chartlets.py/README.md
index 47fefaf1..08587e9a 100644
--- a/chartlets.py/README.md
+++ b/chartlets.py/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # chartlets 
 
+[![Backend CI workflow](https://github.com/bcdev/chartlets/actions/workflows/backend-ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/bcdev/chartlets/actions/workflows/backend-ci.yml)
+[![PyPI Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/chartlets)](https://pypi.org/project/chartlets/)
+[![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
+
 Chartlets is a software framework that allows websites developed with
 React to be extended by server-side widgets programmed in Python or other
 programming languages.