diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d39b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Run tests
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Setup yt_experiments
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install -e .[test]
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: pytest
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68bc17f..2dc53ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
+.idea/
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b1af67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# pre-commit 1.1.0 is required for `exclude`
+# however `minimum_pre_commit_version` itself requires 1.15.0
+minimum_pre_commit_version: "1.15.0"
+
+
+ci:
+    autofix_prs: false
+    autoupdate_schedule: monthly
+
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: trailing-whitespace
+    - id: end-of-file-fixer
+    - id: no-commit-to-branch
+    - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
+    - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+    - id: check-yaml
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/psf/black-pre-commit-mirror
+    rev: 23.10.1
+    hooks:
+    - id: black-jupyter
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/adamchainz/blacken-docs
+    rev: 1.16.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: blacken-docs
+        additional_dependencies: [black==23.9.1]
+
+- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+  rev: v0.1.4
+  hooks:
+  - id: ruff
+    args: [--fix]
+
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
+    rev: v1.10.0
+    hooks:
+    -   id: rst-backticks
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f85dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "yt_experiments"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = [
+  { name="The yt project", email="yt-dev@python.org"},
+]
+description="A repository containing some experimental packages and enhancements "
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+]
+dependencies=['yt>4.2.0',]
+
+[project.readme]
+file = "README.md"
+content-type = "text/markdown"
+
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "https://github.com/yt-project/yt_experiments"
+"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/yt-project/yt_experiments/issues"
+
+[project.license]
+text = "BSD 3-Clause"
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+test = [
+    "pytest>=6.1",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = '''
+    -s
+    -v
+    -rsfE
+
+'''
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+target-version = ['py39']
+include = '\.pyi?$'
+exclude = '''
+/(
+    \.eggs
+  | \.git
+  | \.hg
+  | \.mypy_cache
+  | \.tox
+  | \.venv
+  | _build
+  | build
+  | dist
+)/
+'''
+
+[tool.ruff]
+extend-include = ["*.ipynb"]
+exclude = [
+    "doc",
+]
+select = [
+    "E",
+    "F",
+    "W",
+    "C4",   # flake8-comprehensions
+    "B",    # flake8-bugbear
+    "G",    # flake8-logging-format
+    "YTT",  # flake8-2020
+    "UP",   # pyupgrade
+    "I",    # isort
+    "NPY",  # numpy specific rules
+]
+ignore = [
+    "E501",  # line too long
+    "B018",  # Found useless expression. # disabled because ds.index is idiomatic
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.isort]
+combine-as-imports = true
diff --git a/yt_experiments/__init__.py b/yt_experiments/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19297b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_experiments/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from yt_experiments._version import __version__
+
+version = __version__
diff --git a/yt_experiments/_version.py b/yt_experiments/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dc1f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_experiments/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/yt_experiments/tests/test_yt_experiments.py b/yt_experiments/tests/test_yt_experiments.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74385b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yt_experiments/tests/test_yt_experiments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import yt_experiments
+
+
+def test_yt_experiments():
+    assert yt_experiments.version is not None