diff --git a/quetz/_version.py b/quetz/_version.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/quetz/_version.py
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+version_info = (0, 0, 1)
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+import os
+import setuptools
+
+
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+version_ns = {}
+with open(os.path.join(here, 'quetz', '_version.py')) as f:
+    exec(f.read(), {}, version_ns)
+
+
+setuptools.setup(
+    name="quetz",
+    version=version_ns['__version__'],
+    author="The Quetz Development Team",
+    description="The Mamba package server",
+    long_description="The Mamba package server",
+    url="https://github.com/thesnakepit/quetz",
+    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
+    python_requires='>=3.6',
+)