diff --git a/.github/workflows/boxes.yml b/.github/workflows/boxes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51e6c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/boxes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: build
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: add-packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update -y
+        sudo apt-get install -y git flex bison libunistring-dev libpcre2-dev diffutils vim-common
+    - name: make
+      run: make
+    - name: make test
+      run: make test
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 512c7ad..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Travis CI Build Configuration file for boxes
-
-language: c
-
-script: make && make test
-
-sudo: false
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages:
-    - flex
-    - bison
-    - libunistring-dev
-    - libpcre2-dev
-    - diffutils
-    - vim-common
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c465ca2..02e463e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ascii-boxes/boxes.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/ascii-boxes/boxes)
+[![Build Status](https://github.com/ascii-boxes/boxes/actions/workflows/boxes.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ascii-boxes/boxes/actions/workflows/boxes.yml)
 
 # boxes