diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yaml b/.github/dependabot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f54fbcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: monthly 
diff --git a/.github/release.yaml b/.github/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f4884c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot 
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - semver-major
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - semver-minor
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - '*'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1d865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Build
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [windows-2022, macos-11, ubuntu-22.04]
+        addrsize: ["64"]
+        include:
+          - os: windows-2022
+            addrsize: "32"
+    continue-on-error: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: secondlife/action-autobuild@v3
+        with:
+          addrsize: ${{ matrix.addrsize }}
+
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: secondlife/action-autobuild-release@v2
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
diff --git a/BuildParams b/BuildParams
deleted file mode 100644
index 6523312..0000000
--- a/BuildParams
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# Use Public Upload Locations
-public_build = true
-
-# Incredibuild should not be used (so pdb information is good)
-USE_INCREDIBUILD=0
-
-# Need viewer-build-variables as well as other shared repositories
-# build_variables_repository_url set in TC project hierarchy
-buildscripts_shared_more_NAMEs="build_variables"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133a518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# 3p-libhunspell
+
+[Hunspell][] autobuild package
+
+[Hunspell]: http://hunspell.github.io/
diff --git a/build-cmd.sh b/build-cmd.sh
index 708629b..84f4379 100755
--- a/build-cmd.sh
+++ b/build-cmd.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,19 @@ fi
 
 stage="$(pwd)/stage"
 
+# IMPORTANT: (Effectively) removing the code signing step for macOS
+# builds with this declaration during the move to GHA. It will
+# need to be added back in once we have a strategy for doing so.
+build_secrets_checkout=""
+
 # load autobuild provided shell functions and variables
 source_environment_tempfile="$stage/source_environment.sh"
 "$autobuild" source_environment > "$source_environment_tempfile"
 . "$source_environment_tempfile"
 
+# remove_cxxstd
+source "$(dirname "$AUTOBUILD_VARIABLES_FILE")/functions"
+
 build=${AUTOBUILD_BUILD_ID:=0}
 echo "${HUNSPELL_VERSION}.${build}" > "${stage}/VERSION.txt"
 
@@ -45,7 +53,10 @@ pushd "$HUNSPELL_SOURCE_DIR"
         windows*)
             load_vsvars
 
-            build_sln "src/win_api/hunspell.sln" "Release_dll|$AUTOBUILD_WIN_VSPLATFORM"
+            msbuild.exe "$(cygpath -w src/win_api/hunspell.sln)" \
+                -p:Platform=$AUTOBUILD_WIN_VSPLATFORM \
+                -p:Configuration="Release_dll" \
+                -p:PlatformToolset=v143
 
             mkdir -p "$stage/lib/release"
 
@@ -58,14 +69,15 @@ pushd "$HUNSPELL_SOURCE_DIR"
         ;;
         darwin*)
             opts="-m$AUTOBUILD_ADDRSIZE -arch $AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_ARCH $LL_BUILD_RELEASE"
-            export CFLAGS="$opts"
+            plainopts="$(remove_cxxstd $opts)"
+            export CFLAGS="$plainopts"
             export CXXFLAGS="$opts"
-            export LDFLAGS="$opts"
+            export LDFLAGS="$plainopts"
             ./configure --prefix="$stage"
-            make
+            make -j$(nproc)
             make install
             mkdir -p "$stage/lib/release"
-            mv "$stage/lib/"{*.a,*.dylib,*.alias} "$stage/lib/release"
+            mv "$stage/lib/"{*.a,*.dylib} "$stage/lib/release"
             pushd "$stage/lib/release"
                 fix_dylib_id libhunspell-*.dylib
               
@@ -85,8 +97,8 @@ pushd "$HUNSPELL_SOURCE_DIR"
         ;;
         linux*)
             opts="-m$AUTOBUILD_ADDRSIZE $LL_BUILD_RELEASE"
-            CFLAGS="$opts" CXXFLAGS="$opts" ./configure --prefix="$stage"
-            make
+            CFLAGS="$(remove_cxxstd $opts)" CXXFLAGS="$opts" ./configure --prefix="$stage"
+            make -j$(nproc)
             make install
             mv "$stage/lib" "$stage/release"
             mkdir -p "$stage/lib"
diff --git a/hunspell/src/tools/hunspell.cxx b/hunspell/src/tools/hunspell.cxx
index 07ad6bb..51da63b 100644
--- a/hunspell/src/tools/hunspell.cxx
+++ b/hunspell/src/tools/hunspell.cxx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #define HUNSPELL_VERSION VERSION
 #define INPUTLEN 50
 
-#define HUNSPELL_PIPE_HEADING "@(#) International Ispell Version 3.2.06 (but really Hunspell "VERSION")\n"
+#define HUNSPELL_PIPE_HEADING "@(#) International Ispell Version 3.2.06 (but really Hunspell " VERSION ")\n"
 #define HUNSPELL_HEADING "Hunspell "
 
 //for debugging only