diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..526b252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "build(deps): "
+    reviewers:
+      - "OLILHR"
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "build(deps): "
+    reviewers:
+      - "OLILHR"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/byte_order_marks.yml b/.github/workflows/byte_order_marks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f344615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/byte_order_marks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "Prevent byte order marks."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+
+jobs:
+  bom-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: arma-actions/bom-check@v1
+        name: Check for BOM
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..777b86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: "Coverage."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+jobs:
+  coverage:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+      - name: Run tests and determine coverage
+        run: |
+          tox -e coverage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a15719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot_automerge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: "Dependabot auto-approve/-merge."
+
+on: pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  dependabot:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+    if: ${{ github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Approve pull request
+        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+      - name: Enable auto-merge
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_environment.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3be228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: "Test dev environment."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+      - name: Create dev environment
+        run: |
+          tox -e dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/formatting.yml b/.github/workflows/formatting.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b81be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/formatting.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: "Formatting."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+jobs:
+  black:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        tool: ["black", "isort"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install .[formatting]
+      - name: ${{ matrix.tool }} Code Formatter
+        run: |
+          ${{ matrix.tool }} . --check
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b52731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: "Linting."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+jobs:
+  pylint:
+    name: Maintain code quality
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        linter-env: ["linting", "typechecking", "spellchecking"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+      - name: Run ${{ matrix.linter-env }} via tox
+        run: |
+          tox -e ${{ matrix.linter-env }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9690a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: "Packaging."
+
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  packaging:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+
+      - name: Create temporary version tag
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$(git tag)" ]; then
+            git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+            git config user.email "actions@github.com"
+            git tag -a v0.0.0 -m "temporary tag"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run packaging test
+        run: |
+          tox -e packaging
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishing.yml b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b354e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: "Publishing to PyPI."
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created, edited]
+
+jobs:
+  testing:
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install tox
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          tox
+
+  deploying:
+    name: Build and deploy package to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # GitHub repository settings/environments/create "release" environment
+    # set up trusted publishing on https://pypi.org/ @ settings/manage/publishing
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+        id-token: write
+    needs: testing
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install .[packaging]
+      - name: Build wheel and source distributions
+        run: |
+          pdm build
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6787bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: "Unittests."
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+jobs:
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install tox
+      - name: Run unittests via tox
+        run: |
+          tox -e testing
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e5a337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.env*
+!*.example
+
+.coverage
+.idea/
+.pdm-build/
+.pytest_cache/
+.tox/
+.venv
+
+__pycache__/
+dist/
+htmlcov/
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..399c9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This file is @generated by PDM.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+
+[metadata]
+groups = ["default"]
+strategy = ["inherit_metadata"]
+lock_version = "4.5.0"
+content_hash = "sha256:7e16fee10ffaf1bc79ab939d193afc7d266702675ac0230074435e77467871da"
+
+[[metadata.targets]]
+requires_python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c26d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+[project]
+name = "python-tox-template"
+description = "codebase consolidation tool"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+authors = [{ name = "OLILHR" }]
+keywords = []
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+]
+dynamic = ["readme", "version"]
+dependencies = []
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+coverage = [
+    "coverage==7.6.8"
+]
+dev = [
+    "pip-tools"
+]
+linting = [
+    "pylint==3.3.2"
+]
+
+formatting = [
+    "black==24.10.0",
+    "isort==5.13.2"
+]
+packaging = [
+    "pdm==2.21.0",
+    "twine==6.0.1"
+]
+spellchecking = [
+    "codespell==2.3.0"
+]
+testing = [
+    "pytest==8.3.4"
+]
+typechecking = [
+    "mypy==1.13.0"
+]
+[project.scripts]
+
+[project.urls]
+Changelog = "https://github.com/OLILHR/python-tox-template/releases"
+Homepage = "https://github.com/OLILHR/python-tox-template"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["pdm-backend"]
+build-backend = "pdm.backend"
+
+[tool.pdm.version]
+source = "scm"
+
+[tool.pdm.build]
+includes = ["src"]
+excludes = ["/unittests"]
+
+[tool.pdm.readme]
+content-type = "text/markdown"
+path = "README.md"
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 120
+target_version = ["py312", "py313"]
+
+[tool.isort]
+line_length = 120
+profile = "black"
+
+[mypy]
+truethy-bool = true
+
+[tool.mypy]
+disable_error_code = ["no-untyped-def", "no-untyped-call"]
+
+[tool.pylint.format]
+max-line-length = 120
+
+[tool.pylint."MESSAGES CONTROL"]
+disable = [
+    "too-few-public-methods",
+    "fixme",
+    ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdc6042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.13
+# by the following command:
+#
+#    pip-compile pyproject.toml
+#
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diff --git a/src/package/__init__.py b/src/package/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/package/module.py b/src/package/module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7108e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package/module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+Docstring for this module.
+"""
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class ModuleClass:
+    """
+    Docstring for this class.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Initialize for the sake of initializing.
+        """
+        self.my_instance_var: str = "python-tox-template"
+
+    def function(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Docstring for this function.
+        """
+        return self.my_instance_var
diff --git a/src/package/py.typed b/src/package/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7bf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/package/py.typed
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file marks mypackage as PEP561 compatible.
+# Further reading: https://mypy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installed_packages.html#creating-pep-561-compatible-packages
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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22286bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+[tox]
+envlist =
+    coverage
+    linting
+    spellchecking
+    testing
+    typechecking
+skip_missing_interpreters = True
+skipsdist = True
+
+[testenv]
+commands = python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
+[testenv:coverage]
+changedir = unittests
+deps =
+    {[testenv:testing]deps}
+    .[coverage]
+setenv = PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}/src
+commands =
+    coverage run -m pytest --basetemp={envtmpdir} {posargs}
+    coverage html --omit .tox/*,unittests/*
+    coverage report --fail-under 80 --omit .tox/*,unittests/*
+
+[testenv:linting]
+deps =
+    {[testenv:testing]deps}
+    .[linting]
+setenv = PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}/src
+commands =
+    pylint package
+    pylint unittests --rcfile=unittests/.pylintrc
+
+[testenv:spellchecking]
+setenv = PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}/src
+deps =
+    -r requirements.txt
+    .[spellchecking]
+commands =
+    codespell src/
+    codespell README.md
+
+[testenv:testing]
+deps =
+    -r requirements.txt
+    .[testing]
+setenv = PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}/src
+commands = python -m pytest -x --basetemp={envtmpdir} {posargs}
+
+[testenv:typechecking]
+setenv = PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}/src
+deps =
+    {[testenv:testing]deps}
+    .[typechecking]
+commands =
+    mypy --show-error-codes src/package --strict
+    mypy --show-error-codes unittests --strict
+
+[testenv:dev]
+deps =
+    {[testenv:coverage]deps}
+    {[testenv:linting]deps}
+    {[testenv:packaging]deps}
+    {[testenv:spellchecking]deps}
+    {[testenv:testing]deps}
+    {[testenv:typechecking]deps}
+    .[formatting]
+    .[dev]
+commands =
+    python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+[testenv:packaging]
+skip_install = true
+deps =
+    .[packaging]
+commands =
+    pdm build
+    twine check dist/*
diff --git a/unittests/.pylintrc b/unittests/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc123a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[pylint]
+# for the unittests disable some pylint warnings, e.g. we don't want to force devs to write docstrings for every test
+disable =
+    C0114,  # disable missing-module-docstring
+    C0115,  # disable missing-class-docstring
+    C0116,  # disable missing-function-docstring
+    R0903,  # disable too-few-public-methods
+    W0621,  # disable redefined-outer-name (this is for the use of pytest fixtures)
+    R0801,  # disable duplicate-code (we prefer our test to be explicit rather than perfectly redundancy free)
+[pylint."MESSAGES CONTROL"]
+max-line-length = 120
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diff --git a/unittests/__init__.py b/unittests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/unittests/test_module.py b/unittests/test_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49f5ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/test_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from package.module import ModuleClass
+
+
+class TestMyClass:
+    """
+    Docstring for this test.
+    """
+
+    def test_something(self) -> None:
+        module_class = ModuleClass()
+        assert module_class.function() == "python-tox-template"