diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
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+include README.rst
+include MANIFEST.in
+recursive-include colab/static *
+recursive-include colab *.html *.txt
+recursive-exclude * __pycache__
+recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+from pip.req import parse_requirements
+ 
+reqs = [str(req.req) for req in parse_requirements('requirements.txt') if req]
+
+
+EXCLUDE_FROM_PACKAGES = []
+
+
+setup(
+    name='colab',
+    version='2.0a1',
+    url='https://github.com/colab-community/colab',
+    author='Sergio Oliveira',
+    author_email='sergio@tracy.com.br',
+    description='Collaboration platform for communities',
+    license='LICENSE.txt',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=EXCLUDE_FROM_PACKAGES),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    long_description=open('README.rst').read(),
+    install_requires=reqs,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Development Status :: 3 - Alpha',
+        'Environment :: Web Environment',
+        'Framework :: Django',
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
+        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
+        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content',
+        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: WSGI',
+    ],
+)
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