diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c745df0b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+name: Continuous Integration (CI)
+
+on:
+  push:
+  
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ develop ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        arch: [Esp8266, Host, Esp32, Rp2040]
+        variant: [""]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        include:
+        - arch: Esp32
+          variant: esp32s2
+          os: ubuntu-latest
+        - arch: Esp32
+          variant: esp32s2
+          os: windows-latest
+        - arch: Esp32
+          variant: esp32c3
+          os: ubuntu-latest
+        - arch: Esp32
+          variant: esp32c3
+          os: windows-latest
+        exclude:
+        - os: windows-latest
+          arch: Host
+          
+    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.arch == 'Host' && matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
+    
+    concurrency: 
+      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ toJson(matrix) }}
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+        
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Setup SMING_HOME for Ubuntu
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        echo "CI_BUILD_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SMING_HOME=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/Sming" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Setup SMING_HOME for Windows
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'windows-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        echo ("CI_BUILD_DIR=" + $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE) >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        $env:SMING_HOME = Join-Path $env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE "Sming"
+        echo ("SMING_HOME=" + $env:SMING_HOME) >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Install Sming Framework on Ubuntu
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      env: 
+        SMING_ARCH: ${{matrix.arch}}
+        SMING_SOC: ${{matrix.variant}}
+      run:  |
+        ./Tools/install.sh $(echo "$SMING_ARCH" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    - name: Install Sming Framework on Windows   
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'windows-latest' }}
+      env: 
+        SMING_ARCH: ${{matrix.arch}}
+        SMING_SOC: ${{matrix.variant}}
+      run: |
+         Tools/ci/setenv.ps1
+         Tools/install.cmd "$env:SMING_ARCH".ToLower()
+    - name: Install Ninja
+      uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
+    - name: Build and Test for ${{matrix.arch}} on Ubuntu
+      env: 
+        SMING_ARCH: ${{matrix.arch}}
+        SMING_SOC: ${{matrix.variant}}
+        CLANG_FORMAT: clang-format-8
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        source $SMING_HOME/../Tools/export.sh
+        $CLANG_FORMAT --version
+        ./Tools/ci/build.sh
+    - name: Build and Test for ${{matrix.arch}} on Windows
+      env: 
+        SMING_ARCH: ${{matrix.arch}}
+        SMING_SOC: ${{matrix.variant}}
+        PYTHON_PATH: C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.9.12\x64\
+      if: ${{ matrix.os ==  'windows-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        Tools/ci/setenv.ps1
+        Tools/ci/build.cmd
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d65dd2aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity-scan.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+name: Coverity Scan
+
+on:
+  # Push to master MUST be evaluated
+  # Pushing to develop only on condition
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, develop ]
+  # Pull requests to master MUST be evaluated
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  # Run the workflow once a month
+  schedule: 
+    - cron:  '30 1 1 * *'
+
+jobs:
+  scan:
+#    concurrency: 
+#      group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+#      cancel-in-progress: true
+        
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Check if we are allowed to scan
+      env:
+        BRANCH: ${{github.ref_name}}
+      run: |
+        CHECK_SCA=0
+        if [[ "$BRANCH" == "master" ]]; then
+          CHECK_SCA=1;
+        elif [[ $BRANCH == "develop" ]]; then
+           if [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "schedule" ]]; then
+            CHECK_SCA=1;
+           elif [[ "$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME" == "push" ]]; then
+             COMMIT_MSG=$(git log --format=%B -n 1)
+             if [[ "$COMMIT_MSG" == *"[scan:coverity]"* ]]; then
+                CHECK_SCA=1;
+             fi
+           fi
+        fi
+        
+        echo "CHECK_SCA=$CHECK_SCA" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Setup SMING_HOME for Ubuntu
+      if: ${{ env.CHECK_SCA == 1 }}
+      run: |
+        echo "CI_BUILD_DIR=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SMING_HOME=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/Sming" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SMING_ARCH=Host" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Install Sming Framework on Ubuntu
+      if: ${{ env.CHECK_SCA == 1 }}
+      run:  |
+        ./Tools/install.sh $(echo "$SMING_ARCH" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+    - name: Install Ninja
+      if: ${{ env.CHECK_SCA == 1 }}
+      uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
+    - name: Run Coverity Scan
+      if: ${{ env.CHECK_SCA == 1 }}
+      env: 
+          COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN: ${{secrets.COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN}}
+      run: |
+        source $SMING_HOME/../Tools/export.sh
+        export MAKE_PARALLEL="make -j$(nproc)"
+        export COVERITY_SCAN_BUILD_COMMAND_PREPEND="cd $SMING_HOME"
+        cat > /tmp/secrets.sh
+        $SMING_HOME/Arch/Host/Tools/ci/coverity-scan.sh
+    - name: Archive scan log
+      if: ${{ env.CHECK_SCA == 1 }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: coverity-scan-report
+        path: Sming/cov-int/scm_log.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d4abe542a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      
+# TODO: check if the tag is pointing to the tip of the master branch
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: trstringer/manual-approval@v1
+      if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+      with:
+         secret: ${{ github.TOKEN }}
+         approvers: slaff
+    - name: Install xmlstarlet
+      if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y xmlstarlet
+    - name: Build docs
+      if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+      run: |
+        Tools/install.sh doc
+        make -C docs html
+        zip -r sming-docs.zip docs/build/html
+    - name: Release New Version
+      if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
+      env: 
+        SMING_ARCH: Host
+        RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN}}
+        CI_REPO_NAME: ${{github.repository}}
+        CHOCO_TOKEN: ${{secrets.CHOKO_TOKEN}}
+      run: |
+        export CI_BUILD_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+        export SMING_HOME="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/Sming"
+        make -C $SMING_HOME submodules
+        cat > /tmp/secrets.sh
+        Tools/ci/deploy.sh ${{github.ref_name}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/spelling-check.yml
similarity index 89%
rename from .github/workflows/pull-request.yml
rename to .github/workflows/spelling-check.yml
index 2ab7d91ddf..0edeb0080e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spelling-check.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Run whenever a PR is generated or updated.
-
-name: Pull Request Checks
+name: Spelling Check
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-  
+    branches: [ develop ]
+
 jobs:
   
   code-spell:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83ab9aee4e..5cb54bc23b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Sming is [open source](LICENSE), modular and supports [multiple architectures](h
 [![Backers](https://opencollective.com/Sming/backers/badge.svg)](#financial-contributions)
 [![Sponsors](https://opencollective.com/Sming/sponsors/badge.svg)](#financial-contributions)
 [![Download](https://img.shields.io/badge/download-~1.7M-orange.svg)](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/releases/latest)
-[![Build](https://travis-ci.org/SmingHub/Sming.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/SmingHub/Sming)
+[![Build](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/SmingHub/Sming/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Codacy Badge](https://app.codacy.com/project/badge/Grade/23ff16f8d550440787125b0d25ba7ada)](https://www.codacy.com/gh/SmingHub/Sming/dashboard?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=SmingHub/Sming&utm_campaign=Badge_Grade)
 [![Coverity Badge](https://img.shields.io/coverity/scan/12007.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/sminghub-sming)
 
diff --git a/Sming/Components/crypto/include/Crypto/HashContext.h b/Sming/Components/crypto/include/Crypto/HashContext.h
index 6192c7b59c..512d6cf477 100644
--- a/Sming/Components/crypto/include/Crypto/HashContext.h
+++ b/Sming/Components/crypto/include/Crypto/HashContext.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ template <class Engine_> class HashContext
 	 */
 	Hash getHash()
 	{
-		Hash hash;
+		Hash hash{};
 		engine.final(hash.data());
 		return hash;
 	}
diff --git a/Tools/ci/build.cmd b/Tools/ci/build.cmd
index 098a127291..4efca9ff24 100644
--- a/Tools/ci/build.cmd
+++ b/Tools/ci/build.cmd
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ if "%BUILD_DOCS%"=="true" (
     goto :EOF
 )
 
-subst z: %CI_BUILD_DIR%
-set SMING_HOME=z:\Sming
-
 cd /d %SMING_HOME%
 call Arch\%SMING_ARCH%\Tools\ci\build.setup.cmd || goto :error
 
diff --git a/Tools/ci/setenv.ps1 b/Tools/ci/setenv.ps1
index 5e50e39b86..a2c69a3925 100644
--- a/Tools/ci/setenv.ps1
+++ b/Tools/ci/setenv.ps1
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ if (Test-Path "$env:PICO_TOOLCHAIN_PATH" ) {
 if ($IsWindows) {
     $env:PATH = "C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;$env:PATH"
 
-    $env:PYTHON_PATH = "C:\Python39-x64"
-    if ( -not (Test-Path "$env:PYTHON_PATH") ) {
-        $env:PYTHON_PATH = "C:\Python39"
+    if ($null -eq $env:PYTHON_PATH) {
+        $env:PYTHON_PATH = "C:\Python39-x64"
+        if ( -not (Test-Path "$env:PYTHON_PATH") ) {
+            $env:PYTHON_PATH = "C:\Python39"
+        }
     }
 
     $env:PATH = "$env:PYTHON_PATH;$env:PYTHON_PATH\Scripts;$env:PATH"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 972d188321..fb4c571ef5 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 image:
-- Ubuntu2004
 - Visual Studio 2019
 
 environment:
@@ -9,21 +8,6 @@ environment:
   matrix:
     - SMING_ARCH: Host
 
-    - SMING_ARCH: Esp8266
-
-    - SMING_ARCH: Esp32
-      SMING_SOC: esp32
-
-    - SMING_ARCH: Esp32
-      SMING_SOC: esp32s2
-
-    - SMING_ARCH: Esp32
-      SMING_SOC: esp32c3
-
-    - SMING_ARCH: Rp2040
-
-    - BUILD_DOCS: true
-
 install:
   - ps: |
       # Set up environment variables for all environments and build types