diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7bbc71c..ad39bf0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,3 +99,9 @@ ENV/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+
+# Editor temporary files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a189f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+## CHANGELOG: pent - Pent Extracts Numerical Text
+
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+### [Unreleased]
+
+#### Features
+
+ * ...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae496ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include LICENSE.txt README.rst CHANGELOG.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index adfe456..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# pent
-Pent Extracts Numerical Text
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86b1d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+pent
+====
+
+*Pent Extracts Numerical Text*
+
+Mini-language driven parser for structured numerical data.
+
+*Development impending...*
+
diff --git a/pent/__init__.py b/pent/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1946a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pent/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Name:        __init__
+# Purpose:     Package definition module for pent
+#
+# Author:      Brian Skinn
+#                bskinn@alum.mit.edu
+#
+# Created:     14 Nov 2017
+# Copyright:   (c) Brian Skinn 2017
+# License:     The MIT License; see "LICENSE.txt" for full license terms
+#                   and contributor agreement.
+#
+#       This file is part of 'pent', a package for parsing of structured
+#       numerical text.
+#
+#       http://www.github.com/bskinn/pent
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+"""Definition file for root of pent."""
+
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+__all__ = []
+
+__version__ = '0.0'
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8697953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+attrs<18
+sphinx==1.6.5
+sphinx_rtd_theme==0.2.4
+ipython
+flake8
+flake8-docstrings
+coverage
+tox
+wget
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f76e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+
+def readme():
+    with open('README.rst', 'r') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+setup(
+    name='pent',
+    version='0.0',
+    packages=['pent'],
+    url='https://www.github.com/bskinn/pent',
+    license='MIT License',
+    author='Brian Skinn',
+    author_email='bskinn@alum.mit.edu',
+    description='Pent Extracts Numerical Text',
+    long_description=readme(),
+    classifiers=['License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+                 'Natural Language :: English',
+                 'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+                 'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+		 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
+		 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics',
+                 'Topic :: Utilities',
+                 'Development Status :: 1 - Planning'],
+)