diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
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+# These are supported funding model platforms
+
+github: # Replace with up to 4 GitHub Sponsors-enabled usernames e.g., [user1, user2]
+# paypal: http://paypal.me/ahmedfgad # Replace with a single Patreon username
+open_collective: pygad
+ko_fi: # Replace with a single Ko-fi username
+tidelift: # Replace with a single Tidelift platform-name/package-name e.g., npm/babel
+community_bridge: # Replace with a single Community Bridge project-name e.g., cloud-foundry
+liberapay: # Replace with a single Liberapay username
+issuehunt: # Replace with a single IssueHunt username
+otechie: # Replace with a single Otechie username
+custom: ['https://donate.stripe.com/eVa5kO866elKgM0144', 'http://paypal.me/ahmedfgad'] # Replace with up to 4 custom sponsorship URLs e.g., ['link1', 'link2']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name='ArithmeticEncodingPython',
+    version='1.0.0',
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    description='Data Compression using Arithmetic Encoding in Python',
+    long_description=open('README.md').read(),
+    long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
+    author='Ahmed Fawzy Gad',
+    author_email='ahmed.f.gad@gmail.com',
+    url='https://github.com/ahmedfgad/ArithmeticEncodingPython',
+    py_modules=['pyae'],
+    install_requires=[
+    ],
+    classifiers=[
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+    ],
+)