diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.editorconfig
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+root = true
+
+[*]
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
+end_of_line = lf
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+
+[*.yaml]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[*.yml]
+indent_size = 2
+
+[Makefile]
+indent_style = tab
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
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+# daena configuration
+DAENA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/daena/daena.yaml
+DAENA_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/daena
+DAENA_LOG_DIR=/var/log/daena
+DAENA_PID_FILE=/run/daena/daena.pid
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg
+.venv/
+venv/
+
+# uv
+.lock
+uv.lock
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Project
+data/
+logs/
+*.pid
+*.sock
+
+# Env
+.env
+.env.local
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
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index 0000000..86f8c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.13.5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[project]
+name = "daena"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Collect, buffer, and forward logs and events from Linux to central observability backends"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+requires-python = ">=3.13"
+authors = [
+    { name = "Amir Husayn Panahifar", email = "ahp@panahifar.ir" },
+]
+keywords = ["logging", "observability", "linux", "daemon", "events"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
+    "Topic :: System :: Logging",
+    "Topic :: System :: Monitoring",
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.115",
+    "uvicorn[standard]>=0.30",
+    "pydantic>=2.0",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.0",
+    "PyYAML>=6.0",
+    "structlog>=24.0",
+    "typer>=0.12",
+    "httpx>=0.28",
+    "lmdb>=1.5",
+    "tenacity>=8.0",
+    "rich>=13.0",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=8.0",
+    "pytest-asyncio>=0.24",
+    "pytest-cov>=5.0",
+    "mypy>=1.10",
+    "ruff>=0.5",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+daena = "daena.cli.main:app"
+daena-serve = "daena.app:serve"
+
+[project.entry-points."daena.sources"]
+dummy = "daena.pipeline.sources.dummy:DummySource"
+
+[project.entry-points."daena.sinks"]
+dummy = "daena.pipeline.sinks.dummy:DummySink"
+http = "daena.pipeline.sinks.http:HTTPSink"
+
+[project.entry-points."daena.processors"]
+passthrough = "daena.pipeline.processors.passthrough:PassthroughProcessor"
+
+[tool.pyproject-fmt]
+max_blank_lines = 1
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py313"
+line-length = 100
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E", "F", "I", "N", "W", "UP", "B", "SIM", "ARG"]
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+quote-style = "double"
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.13"
+strict = true
+warn_unused_ignores = true
+exclude = [
+    "tests/",
+    ".venv/",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+asyncio_mode = "auto"
+filterwarnings = [
+    "ignore::DeprecationWarning",
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling>=1.25"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/src/daena/__init__.py b/src/daena/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4c88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daena/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from daena._version import __version__
diff --git a/src/daena/_version.py b/src/daena/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dc1f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daena/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.0"