diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 42eb03e..0000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-jobs:
-  misc-doxygen:
-    docker:
-      - image: dunst/ci:misc-doxygen
-    environment:
-      SYSTEMD: 0
-      SERVICEDIR_DBUS: /tmp/none
-      SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD: /tmp/none
-      PKG_CONFIG: echo
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: make -j doc-doxygen
-
-  compileandtest:
-    environment:
-      CFLAGS: -Werror
-    parameters:
-      distro:
-        type: string
-    docker:
-      - image: dunst/ci:<<parameters.distro>>
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - run: make CC=clang -j all dunstify test/test
-      - run: make CC=clang -j test-valgrind
-      - run: ./test/test-install.sh
-      - run: make             clean
-      - run: make CC=gcc   -j all dunstify test/test
-      - run: make CC=gcc   -j test-valgrind
-      - run: make             clean
-      - run: make          -j test-coverage
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2
-  build-in-docker:
-    jobs:
-      - misc-doxygen
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Alpine
-          distro: alpine
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Debian Stretch
-          distro: debian-stretch
-          requires:
-            - misc-doxygen
-            - Alpine
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Arch Linux
-          distro: archlinux
-          requires:
-            - misc-doxygen
-            - Alpine
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Fedora 30
-          distro: fedora30
-          requires:
-            - misc-doxygen
-            - Alpine
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Ubuntu 16.04
-          distro: ubuntu-xenial
-          requires:
-            - misc-doxygen
-            - Alpine
-      - compileandtest:
-          name: Ubuntu 18.04
-          distro: ubuntu-bionic
-          requires:
-            - misc-doxygen
-            - Alpine
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4f5493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: main
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        CC:
+          - clang
+          - gcc
+        distro:
+          - alpine
+          - archlinux
+          - debian-stretch
+          - fedora
+          - ubuntu-xenial
+          - ubuntu-bionic
+
+    env:
+      CC: ${{ matrix.CC }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # Clone the whole branch, we have to fetch tags later
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    # Fetch tags to determine proper version number inside git
+    - name: fetch tags
+      run: git fetch --tags
+      # We cannot pull tags with old distros, since there is no `.git`. See below.
+      if: "! (matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-bionic' || matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-xenial' || matrix.distro == 'debian-stretch')"
+
+    # The Github checkout Action doesn't support distros with git older than 2.18
+    # With git<2.18 it downloads the code via API and does not clone it via git :facepalm:
+    # To succeed the tests, we have to manually replace the VERSION macro
+    - name: fix version number for old distros
+      run: 'sed -i "s/1.4.1-non-git/1.4.1-ci-oldgit-$GITHUB_SHA/" Makefile'
+      if: "  (matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-bionic' || matrix.distro == 'ubuntu-xenial' || matrix.distro == 'debian-stretch')"
+
+    - name: build
+      run: make -j all dunstify test/test
+
+    - name: test
+      run: make -j test
+
+    - name: installation
+      run: ./test/test-install.sh
+
+    - name: valgrind memleaks
+      run: |
+        make clean
+        make -j test-valgrind
+
+    - name: coverage
+      run: |
+        make clean
+        make -j test-coverage
+
+    - name: Generate coverage report
+      run: lcov -c -d . -o lcov.info
+      if: "matrix.CC == 'gcc'"
+
+    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        flags: unittests
+        name: ${{ matrix.distro }}-${{ matrix.CC }}
+        fail_ci_if_error: true
+      if: "matrix.CC == 'gcc'"
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: dunst/ci:${{ matrix.distro }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc85941..4309990 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *.gcda
 *.gcno
 *.gcov
+/lcov.info
 
 core
 vgcore.*
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c24db..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-      - doxygen
-      - graphviz
-      - libdbus-1-dev
-      - libx11-dev
-      - libxrandr-dev
-      - libxinerama-dev
-      - libxss-dev
-      - libglib2.0-dev
-      - libpango1.0-dev
-      - libcairo2-dev
-      - libnotify-dev
-      - libgtk-3-dev
-      - valgrind
-dist: xenial
-sudo: false
-language: c
-
-git:
-  depth: false
-
-before_install:
-  - pip install --user cpp-coveralls
-
-script:
-  - CFLAGS="-Werror" make all dunstify test-valgrind doc-doxygen
-  - ./test/test-install.sh
-  - CFLAGS="-Werror" make clean
-  - CFLAGS="-Werror" make test-coverage
-
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - compiler: gcc
-      after_success:
-        - coveralls
-    - compiler: clang
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9102d5b..b2dc05e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/dunst-project/dunst/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/dunst-project/dunst/tree/master) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/dunst-project/dunst.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/dunst-project/dunst) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/dunst-project/dunst/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/dunst-project/dunst?branch=master)
+[![main](https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst/workflows/main/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst/actions?query=workflow%3Amain) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/dunst-project/dunst/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/dunst-project/dunst?branch=master)
 
 ## Dunst