diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7b194c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.clang-format
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+BasedOnStyle: Mozilla
+IndentWidth: 4
+...
+# vim: set filetype=yaml:
diff --git a/.cmake-format.yaml b/.cmake-format.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60ae177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cmake-format.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+format:
+  tab_size: 4
+  use_tabchars: true
+  fractional_tab_policy: round-up
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0b69a4..3032325 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ tags
 *.exe
 *.out
 *.app
+/version.hpp
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ae4414..b5766bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,45 @@
 # CMake configuration for demo project
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY clang-tidy)
+set(BOOST_ENABLE_CMAKE ON)
+
+execute_process(
+	COMMAND git describe --tags --dirty --always
+	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+	OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION_STRING
+	OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+string(REGEX REPLACE "^v?([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*$" "\\1.\\2.\\3"
+						MODIFIED_VERSION_STRING "${VERSION_STRING}")
+project(
+	collector
+	VERSION ${MODIFIED_VERSION_STRING}
+	LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+include(FetchContent)
+set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE)
+
+FetchContent_Declare(
+	boostorg
+	GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/boostorg/boost.git
+	GIT_TAG boost-1.80.0
+	GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
+	GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+	FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE)
+
+FetchContent_MakeAvailable(boostorg)
+
+
+enable_testing()
+
+configure_file(version.hpp.in ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.hpp)
+
+add_executable(collector_test test.cpp)
+target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}_test PUBLIC -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow
+													-Wnon-virtual-dtor)
+add_test(NAME test1 COMMAND collector_test)
+
+target_link_libraries(collector_test PRIVATE Boost::filesystem Boost::system
+												Boost::unit_test_framework)
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd0b00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 Tobias Schmidl
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/collector.hpp b/collector.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ffc2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <deque>
+namespace collector
+{
+	class Event
+	{};
+	class Collector
+	{
+		private:
+			std::deque<Event> _event_queue;
+		public:
+			const auto get_length() const { return _event_queue.size(); }
+	};
+}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..855370c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cmakelang[yaml]~=0.6.13
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..173af0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "collector.hpp"
+#include "version.hpp"
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Collector test
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+using namespace collector;
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(collector_test)
+{
+    BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE( "Test version " << VERSION );
+    Collector foo;
+    BOOST_TEST(foo.get_length() == 0u);
+}
diff --git a/version.hpp.in b/version.hpp.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c206a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.hpp.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define VERSION_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define VERSION_TWEAK @PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK@
+#define VERSION "@PROJECT_VERSION@"