diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5f1080e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+node_modules
+*.lcov
+.nyc_output
+*.log
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
similarity index 57%
rename from packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/.travis.yml
rename to .travis.yml
index be3ad283..ee63401d 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ stages:
 
 node_js:
   - '12'
+  - '13'
 
 os:
   - linux
@@ -21,20 +22,32 @@ jobs:
     - stage: check
       script:
         - npx aegir commitlint --travis
-        - npx aegir dep-check
+        - npm run depcheck
         - npm run lint
 
     - stage: test
       name: chrome
       addons:
         chrome: stable
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser -t webworker
+      script: npm run test:browser
+
+    - stage: test
+      name: chrome webworker
+      addons:
+        chrome: stable
+      script: npm run test:webworker
+
+    - stage: test
+      name: firefox
+      addons:
+        firefox: latest
+      script: npm run test:browser -- --browsers FirefoxHeadless
 
     - stage: test
       name: firefox
       addons:
         firefox: latest
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser -t webworker -- --browsers FirefoxHeadless
+      script: npm run test:webworker -- --browsers FirefoxHeadless
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b45fee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# ipfs-unixfs JavaScript Implementation <!-- omit in toc -->
+
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-IPFS-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipfs.io/)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs)
+[![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs)
+[![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs)
+[![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs)
+[![Style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/feross/standard)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/npm-%3E%3D3.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)
+![](https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-%3E%3D8.0.0-orange.svg?style=flat-square)
+
+> JavaScript implementation of IPFS' UnixFS (a Unix FileSystem files representation on top of a MerkleDAG)
+
+The UnixFS spec can be found inside the [ipfs/specs repository](http://github.com/ipfs/specs)
+
+## Lead Maintainer <!-- omit in toc -->
+
+[Alex Potsides](https://github.com/achingbrain)
+
+## Table of Contents <!-- omit in toc -->
+
+- [Install](#install)
+  - [npm](#npm)
+  - [Use in Node.js](#use-in-nodejs)
+  - [Use in a browser with browserify, webpack or any other bundler](#use-in-a-browser-with-browserify-webpack-or-any-other-bundler)
+  - [Use in a browser Using a script tag](#use-in-a-browser-using-a-script-tag)
+- [Usage](#usage)
+  - [Examples](#examples)
+    - [Create a file composed by several blocks](#create-a-file-composed-by-several-blocks)
+    - [Create a directory that contains several files](#create-a-directory-that-contains-several-files)
+- [API](#api)
+    - [UnixFS Data Structure](#unixfs-data-structure)
+    - [create an unixfs Data element](#create-an-unixfs-data-element)
+    - [add and remove a block size to the block size list](#add-and-remove-a-block-size-to-the-block-size-list)
+    - [get total fileSize](#get-total-filesize)
+    - [marshal and unmarshal](#marshal-and-unmarshal)
+    - [is this UnixFS entry a directory?](#is-this-unixfs-entry-a-directory)
+    - [has an mtime been set?](#has-an-mtime-been-set)
+- [Contribute](#contribute)
+- [License](#license)
+
+## Structure
+
+* `/packages/ipfs-unixfs` Serialization/deserialization of UnixFS objects to protocol buffers
+* `/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer` Builds DAGs from files and directories
+* `/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter` Exports DAGs
+
+## Contribute
+
+Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/issues)!
+
+This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
+
+[![](https://cdn.rawgit.com/jbenet/contribute-ipfs-gif/master/img/contribute.gif)](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/contributing.md)
+
+## License
+
+[MIT](LICENSE)
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5f6cd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "lerna": "3.20.2",
+  "packages": [
+    "packages/*"
+  ],
+  "version": "independent",
+  "command": {
+    "bootstrap": {
+      "hoist": true
+    },
+    "run": {
+      "stream": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef28c415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "js-ipfs-unixfs",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "JS implementation of the IPFS UnixFS",
+  "scripts": {
+    "postinstall": "lerna bootstrap",
+    "reset": "lerna run --parallel clean && rm -rf packages/*/node_modules packages/*/package-lock.json node_modules",
+    "test": "lerna run --parallel test",
+    "test:node": "lerna run --parallel test:node",
+    "test:browser": "lerna run --parallel test:browser",
+    "test:webworker": "lerna run --parallel test:webworker",
+    "coverage": "lerna run --parallel coverage",
+    "build": "lerna run --parallel build",
+    "deploy": "lerna run --parallel deploy",
+    "start": "NODE_ENV=development lerna run --parallel start",
+    "clean": "lerna run --parallel clean",
+    "lint": "lerna run --parallel lint",
+    "depcheck": "lerna run --parallel depcheck",
+    "publish": "lerna publish"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "lerna": "^3.20.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
index 6e09717b..f051f447 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-exporter/package.json
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
     "test:webworker": "aegir test -t webworker",
     "build": "aegir build",
     "lint": "aegir lint",
-    "release": "aegir release",
-    "release-minor": "aegir release --type minor",
-    "release-major": "aegir release --type major",
+    "prepublishOnly": "aegir release --test=false --lint=false --bump=false --publish=false",
     "coverage": "nyc -s npm run test:node && nyc report --reporter=html",
-    "dep-check": "aegir dep-check"
+    "depcheck": "aegir dep-check"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/.travis.yml b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index be3ad283..00000000
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-language: node_js
-cache: npm
-stages:
-  - check
-  - test
-  - cov
-
-node_js:
-  - '12'
-
-os:
-  - linux
-  - osx
-  - windows
-
-script: npx nyc -s npm run test:node -- --bail
-after_success: npx nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && npx codecov
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - stage: check
-      script:
-        - npx aegir commitlint --travis
-        - npx aegir dep-check
-        - npm run lint
-
-    - stage: test
-      name: chrome
-      addons:
-        chrome: stable
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser -t webworker
-
-    - stage: test
-      name: firefox
-      addons:
-        firefox: latest
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser -t webworker -- --browsers FirefoxHeadless
-
-notifications:
-  email: false
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
index 48524778..ebd37c7e 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs-importer/package.json
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@
     "test:webworker": "aegir test -t webworker",
     "build": "aegir build",
     "lint": "aegir lint",
-    "release": "aegir release",
-    "release-minor": "aegir release --type minor",
-    "release-major": "aegir release --type major",
+    "prepublishOnly": "aegir release --test=false --lint=false --bump=false --publish=false",
     "coverage": "nyc -s npm run test:node && nyc report --reporter=html",
-    "dep-check": "aegir dep-check"
+    "depcheck": "aegir dep-check"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/.travis.yml b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 133e1cfb..00000000
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-language: node_js
-cache: npm
-stages:
-  - check
-  - test
-  - cov
-
-node_js:
-  - '10'
-
-os:
-  - linux
-  - osx
-  - windows
-
-script: npx nyc -s npm run test:node -- --bail
-after_success: npx nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && npx codecov
-
-jobs:
-  include:
-    - stage: check
-      script:
-        - npx aegir commitlint --travis
-        - npx aegir dep-check
-        - npm run lint
-
-    - stage: test
-      name: chrome
-      addons:
-        chrome: stable
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser
-
-    - stage: test
-      name: firefox
-      addons:
-        firefox: latest
-      script: npx aegir test -t browser -- --browsers FirefoxHeadless
-
-notifications:
-  email: false
diff --git a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
index 99588241..2aa8c07b 100644
--- a/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
+++ b/packages/ipfs-unixfs/package.json
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
     "test:webworker": "aegir test -t webworker",
     "build": "aegir build",
     "lint": "aegir lint",
-    "release": "aegir release",
-    "release-minor": "aegir release --type minor",
-    "release-major": "aegir release --type major",
-    "coverage": "nyc -s aegir test -t node && nyc report --reporter=html"
+    "prepublishOnly": "aegir release --test=false --lint=false --bump=false --publish=false",
+    "coverage": "nyc -s aegir test -t node && nyc report --reporter=html",
+    "depcheck": "aegir dep-check"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",