diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b056457e..75241cda 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-## version 1.0.0 (2018-08-xx)
+## dev branch / next version (1.x.x)
 
-- initial release
\ No newline at end of file
+## version 1.0.0 (2018-08-20)
+
+- initial release
diff --git a/gruntfile.js b/gruntfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14ebf0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gruntfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+module.exports = function(grunt) {
+    grunt.initConfig({
+        pkg: grunt.file.readJSON("package.json"),
+        shell: {
+            libs: {
+                command: "haxelib install haxeparser && " +
+					"haxelib install hxparse && " +
+					"haxelib install hxargs && " +
+					"haxelib install compiletime && " +
+					"haxelib install mcover && " +
+					"haxelib install munit && " +
+					"haxelib install tokentree && " +
+					"haxelib install json2object "
+            }
+        },
+        haxe: haxeOptions(),
+        zip: {
+            release: {
+                src: [
+					"src/**",
+					"run.n", "run.js",
+					"resources/formatter-schema.json",
+                    "haxelib.json", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md", "LICENSE"
+                ],
+                dest: "formatter.zip",
+                compression: "DEFLATE"
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-haxe");
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-zip");
+    grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-shell");
+    grunt.registerTask("default", ["shell", "haxe:build", "haxe:test"]);
+}
+
+function haxeOptions() {
+    return {
+        build: {
+            hxml: "buildAll.hxml"
+		},
+		test: {
+			hxml: "buildTest.hxml"
+		}
+    };
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34ab31d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+    "name": "haxe-formatter",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "description": "A code formatter for Haxe",
+    "repository": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-formatter"
+    },
+    "keywords": [
+        "haxe",
+        "formatter"
+    ],
+    "author": {
+        "name": "Alexander Blum",
+        "email": "Alexander.Blum@gmail.com"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "grunt": "latest",
+        "grunt-cli": "latest"
+    },
+    "bugs": "https://github.com/HaxeCheckstyle/haxe-formatter/issues",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "grunt": "^0.4.5",
+        "grunt-haxe": "^0.1.12",
+        "grunt-shell": "^1.1.1",
+        "grunt-zip": "^0.16.0"
+    }
+}