diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d82fa6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: GH Actions
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+
+  original-travis-ci-job:
+    name: Linux ${{ matrix.install_variant }} with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DISPLAY: ':99.0'
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        install_variant: ["pip"]
+        include:
+        - python-version: 3.7
+          install_variant: "rpm.fedora.31"
+        - python-version: 3.8
+          install_variant: "rpm.fedora.32"
+        - python-version: 3.6
+          install_variant: "deb.ubuntu.bionic"
+        - python-version: 3.7
+          install_variant: "deb.ubuntu.focal"
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "Job triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event on branch is ${{ github.ref }} in repository is ${{ github.repository }}, runner on ${{ runner.os }}"
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Cache large ML models
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cache/torch/hub/checkpoints
+          key: fasterrcnn-258fb6c6+maskrcnn-bf2d0c1e
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'packaging/pip_requirements.txt'
+        if: matrix.install_variant == 'pip'
+      - name: Display Python version
+        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
+        if: matrix.install_variant == 'pip'
+      - name: Install non-python dependencies using system packager
+        run: |
+          # ocr
+          sudo apt-get -y install pkg-config tesseract-ocr libtesseract-dev
+          # xdotool
+          sudo apt-get -y install xdotool x11-apps imagemagick
+          # vncdotool
+          sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-base x11vnc
+          # pyautogui
+          sudo apt-get -y install scrot
+        if: matrix.install_variant == 'pip'
+      - name: Install any dependencies and build the package
+        run: pip --default-timeout=60 install -r packaging/pip_requirements.txt
+        if: matrix.install_variant == 'pip'
+      - run: sleep 3
+      - name: Prepare virtual screen (fake display)
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -y install libx11-dev libxtst-dev xvfb vim-common
+          sudo apt-get install -y x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-xfixes0
+          Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &> /tmp/xvfb.log  &
+          sudo touch ~/.Xauthority
+          sudo xauth -f ~/.Xauthority add ${HOST}:99 . $(xxd -l 16 -p /dev/urandom)
+          sudo chmod a+rxw ~/.Xauthority
+          # give xvfb some time to start
+          sleep 3
+      - name: Run current semi-isolation semi-integration tests (to be separated in the future)
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.python-version }} == '3.9' ]]; then export DISABLE_AUTOPY=1; fi
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.install_variant }} != "pip" ]]; then cd packaging && bash packager_docker.sh;
+          else cd tests && bash coverage_analysis.sh; fi
+        env:
+          INSTALL_VARIANT: ${{ matrix.install_variant }}
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          files: tests/coverage.xml
+          verbose: true
+        if: matrix.install_variant == 'pip'
+      - run: echo "🥑 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f5a4d4fb..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-os: linux
-dist: bionic
-language: python
-python:
-- 3.6
-- 3.7
-- 3.8
-- pypy3.5
-env:
-- INSTALL_VARIANT=pip
-jobs:
-  include:
-  - python: 3.7
-    env: INSTALL_VARIANT=rpm.fedora.31
-  - python: 3.8
-    env: INSTALL_VARIANT=rpm.fedora.32
-  - python: 3.6
-    env: INSTALL_VARIANT=deb.ubuntu.bionic
-  - python: 3.7
-    env: INSTALL_VARIANT=deb.ubuntu.focal
-  allow_failures:
-  # the pypi setup is limited in terms of Qt4 and Tesseract dependencies
-  - python: pypy3.5
-services:
-# docker images are not cached by travis due to vm recreation for each build
-- docker
-cache:
-  pip: true
-  directories:
-  # cache large DL models
-  - $HOME/.cache/torch/checkpoints
-addons:
-  apt:
-    sources:
-    - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
-    packages:
-    # ocr
-    - pkg-config
-    - tesseract-ocr
-    - libtesseract-dev
-    # virtual screen
-    - libx11-dev
-    - libxtst-dev
-    # xdotool
-    - xdotool
-    - x11-apps
-    - imagemagick
-    # vncdotool
-    - xfonts-base
-    - x11vnc
-    # pyautogui
-    - scrot
-# install any dependencies and build package
-install:
-- if [[ $INSTALL_VARIANT == "pip" ]]; then travis_retry pip --default-timeout=60 install -r packaging/pip_requirements.txt; fi
-before_script:
-- export DISPLAY=:99.0
-- "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile /tmp/custom_xvfb_99.pid --make-pidfile
-  --background --exec /usr/bin/Xvfb -- :99 -ac -screen 0 1024x768x24"
-- sleep 3  # give xvfb some time to start
-- if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 'pypy3.5' ]]; then export DISABLE_AUTOPY=1; fi
-- if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 'pypy3.5' ]]; then export DISABLE_PYQT=1; fi
-- if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 'pypy3.5' ]]; then export DISABLE_OPENCV=1; fi
-# run tests
-script:
-- if [[ $INSTALL_VARIANT != "pip" ]]; then cd packaging && bash packager_docker.sh;
-  else cd tests && bash coverage_analysis.sh; fi
-- if [[ $INSTALL_VARIANT == "pip" ]]; then codecov; fi
-# use this to disable email notifications (e.g. while testing configuration)
-#notifications:
-#email: false
-before_deploy: "cd .. && cd packaging"
-deploy:
-  provider: pypi
-  username: "__token__"
-  password:
-    secure: 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
-  distributions: "sdist bdist_wheel"
-  skip_existing: true
-  on:
-    tags: true
diff --git a/tests/coverage_analysis.sh b/tests/coverage_analysis.sh
index 947910b4..8f434f24 100755
--- a/tests/coverage_analysis.sh
+++ b/tests/coverage_analysis.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ readonly submit="${SUBMIT:-0}"
 $coverage run --source="$libpath" -m unittest discover -v -s ../tests/
 # use -i to ignore errors from pythong cache files and other traced dependencies
 $coverage report -m -i
+# codecov is poorly documented and even in verbose mode and various directory changes
+# won't tell us where it runs the xml command and why it ends up not finding it
+$coverage xml
 if [[ $submit == 1 ]]; then codecov; fi