diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8459f200f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - next-minor
+      - main
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ruby:
+          - 2.6
+          - 2.5
+        db:
+          - mysql
+          - postgresql
+        kind:
+          - cucumber
+          - other
+    env:
+      DB: ${{ matrix.db }}
+      RAILS_ENV: test
+    services:
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 5432:5432
+    steps:
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libidn11-dev
+      - name: Start MySQL
+        run: sudo systemctl start mysql.service
+        if: matrix.db == 'mysql'
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby }}
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: script/ci/prepare.sh
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: vendor/bundle
+          key: bundler-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.ruby }}-${{ matrix.db }}-${{ hashFiles('Gemfile.lock') }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bundle
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: bin/rake --trace ci:${{ matrix.kind }}
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b0fd484..000000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-language: ruby
-
-rvm:
-  - 2.6.6
-  - 2.5.8
-
-env:
-  - DB=postgresql BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
-  - DB=mysql BUILD_TYPE=cucumber
-  - DB=postgresql BUILD_TYPE=other
-  - DB=mysql BUILD_TYPE=other
-
-sudo: false
-cache:
-  bundler: true
-  directories:
-    - app/assets/images
-    - tmp/cache/assets
-
-addons:
-  apt:
-    packages: 
-      - libidn11-dev
-      - ghostscript
-
-services:
-  - postgresql
-  - mysql
-
-branches:
-  only:
-    - 'master'
-    - 'next-minor'
-    - 'develop'
-
-before_install:
-  - script/ci/prepare.sh
-  - mkdir travis-phantomjs
-  - wget http://cifiles.diasporafoundation.org/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -O $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
-  - tar -xvf $PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 -C $PWD/travis-phantomjs
-  - export PATH=$PWD/travis-phantomjs/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
-
-script: "bin/rake --trace ci:travis:${BUILD_TYPE}"
-
-notifications:
-  irc:
-    channels:
-      - secure: YvYkeTAw+5oOl/RaXVwu7JkKGNWPoFosNQRmLvJkBFbWzZ1s5LZD1u3+Qj819bT3lGzJu9pxmJg765IRYrGWmBi4mcAV3dpO6qowVdFTcorf0JsnLw3Kvkga9rrDunsRNr21KTAQqHOO5mKUzw9DtMzd52BiWuZwIj3xcl72gQI=
-    template:
-      - "%{repository_slug}#%{commit} (%{branch} - %{commit_subject}): %{message} %{build_url}"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7346700b7..8d7ef8029 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # diaspora\*
 ### A privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network
 
-**master:** [![Build Status master](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora)
-**next-minor:** [![Build Status next-minor](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora.svg?branch=next-minor)](http://travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora)
 [![Coverage Status next-minor](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/diaspora/diaspora/badge.svg?branch=next-minor)](https://coveralls.io/github/diaspora/diaspora?branch=next-minor)|
 **develop:** [![Build Status develop](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora.svg?branch=develop)](http://travis-ci.org/diaspora/diaspora)
 [![Coverage Status develop](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/diaspora/diaspora/badge.svg?branch=develop)](https://coveralls.io/github/diaspora/diaspora?branch=develop) |
diff --git a/config/database.yml.example b/config/database.yml.example
index 31d608332..f71f860ab 100644
--- a/config/database.yml.example
+++ b/config/database.yml.example
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ postgresql: &postgresql
   host: "localhost"
   port: 5432
   username: "postgres"
-  password: ""
+  password: "postgres"
   encoding: unicode
 
 mysql: &mysql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ mysql: &mysql
   host: "localhost"
   port: 3306
   username: "root"
-  password: ""
+  password: "root"
 #  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
   encoding: utf8mb4
   collation: utf8mb4_bin
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ common: &common
 #### CONFIGURE ABOVE #############################
 ##################################################
 
+
 # Normally you don't need to touch anything here
 
 combined: &combined
diff --git a/lib/tasks/tests.rake b/lib/tasks/tests.rake
index 30c0eec48..666c9e52d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/tests.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/tests.rake
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 namespace :ci do
-  namespace :travis do
-    task prepare_db: %w[db:create db:migrate]
-    task prepare: %w[prepare_db assets:generate_error_pages]
+  task prepare_db: %w[db:create db:migrate]
+  task prepare: %w[prepare_db assets:generate_error_pages]
 
-    desc "Run everyhting except cucumber"
-    task other: %w[prepare tests:generate_fixtures spec jasmine:ci]
+  desc "Run everyhting except cucumber"
+  task other: %w[prepare tests:generate_fixtures spec jasmine:ci]
 
-    desc "Run cucumber"
-    task cucumber: %w[prepare rake:cucumber]
-  end
+  desc "Run cucumber"
+  task cucumber: %w[prepare rake:cucumber]
 end
 
 if defined?(RSpec)