diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Qibotn is the tensor-network tranlation module for Qibo to support large-scale simulation of quantum circuits and acceleration.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+# Installation script for python
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+import os
+import re
+
+PACKAGE = "qibotn"
+
+# load long description from README
+this_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+with open(os.path.join(this_directory, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    long_description = f.read()
+
+setup(
+    name="qibotn",
+    version="0.1",
+    description="A tensor-network translation module for quantum computing",
+    author="The Qibo team",
+    author_email="",
+    url="https://github.com/qiboteam/qibotn",
+    packages=find_packages("src"),
+    package_dir={"": "src"},
+    package_data={"": ["*.out", "*.yml"]},
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    classifiers=[
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
+    ],
+    install_requires=[
+        "scipy"
+    ],
+    extras_require={
+        "docs": ["sphinx", "sphinx_rtd_theme", "recommonmark", "sphinxcontrib-bibtex", "sphinx_markdown_tables", "nbsphinx", "IPython"],
+        "tests": ["pytest", "cirq", "ply", "sklearn", "dill"],
+    },
+    python_requires=">=3.7.0",
+    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+)
diff --git a/src/qibotn/__init__.py b/src/qibotn/__init__.py
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+__version__ = "0.1"