diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da36ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: linux
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[ci skip]')"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+        
+    - name: configure
+      run: cd test && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+
+    - name: build
+      run: cd test/build && make
+
+    - name: run test
+      run: cd test/build && ./bin/ply-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macOS.yml b/.github/workflows/macOS.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c288eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/macOS.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: macOS
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[ci skip]')"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+
+    - name: configure
+      run: cd test && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+
+    - name: build
+      run: cd test/build && make
+
+    - name: run test
+      run: cd test/build && ./bin/ply-test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67dd3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: windows
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[ci skip]')"
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+
+    - name: configure
+      run: cd test && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
+
+    - name: build
+      run: cd test/build && cmake --build "."
+
+    - name: run test
+      run: cd test/build && ./bin/Debug/ply-test.exe
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4035b14..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-branches:
-  only:
-  - master
-
-language: cpp
-
-os:
- - linux
- - osx
-
-compiler:
-  - gcc
-  - clang
-
-jobs:
-  # do this here rather than in matrix since we don't need multiple compilers
-  include:
-    - os: windows
-
-before_script:
-  - cd test
-  - mkdir build
-  - cd build
-  - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug ..
-
-script: 
-  - |
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then 
-      make 
-      ./bin/ply-test
-    fi
-  - |
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then 
-      make 
-      ./bin/ply-test
-    fi
-  - |
-    if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "windows" ]; then 
-      cmake --build "."
-      ls
-      ./bin/Debug/ply-test.exe
-    fi