diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe132e0..c09d55f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *.log
 *.log.*
-jitsi-stats.db
 jilo.db
+packaging/deb-package/
+packaging/rpm-package/
diff --git a/packaging/build-deb b/packaging/build-deb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e02e4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/build-deb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=$1
+
+mkdir -p deb-package
+cd deb-package
+mkdir -p "jilo-$VERSION/DEBIAN" "jilo-$VERSION/etc" "jilo-$VERSION/usr/bin" "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo" "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/man/man8"
+
+cp ../deb-control "jilo-$VERSION/DEBIAN/control"
+cp ../../jilo.conf "jilo-$VERSION/etc/jilo.conf"
+cp ../../jilo "jilo-$VERSION/usr/bin/"
+cp ../../jilo-cli "jilo-$VERSION/usr/bin/"
+cp ../../CHANGELOG.md "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo/"
+cp ../../LICENSE "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo/"
+cp ../../README.md "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo/"
+cp ../../TODO.md "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo/"
+cp ../../log-regexps.md "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/doc/jilo/"
+cp ../man-jilo.8 "jilo-$VERSION/usr/share/man/man8/jilo.8"
+
+dpkg-deb --build "jilo-$VERSION"
+
+rm -rf "jilo-$VERSION/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packaging/build-rpm b/packaging/build-rpm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a77c611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/build-rpm
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+VERSION=$1
+RELEASE=1
+
+mkdir -p rpm-package/SOURCES rpm-package/SPECS
+cd rpm-package
+
+PACKAGE_DIR="jilo-$VERSION"
+
+mkdir -p "$PACKAGE_DIR"
+
+cp ../../jilo.conf "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../jilo "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../jilo-cli "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../CHANGELOG.md "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../LICENSE "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../README.md "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../TODO.md "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../../log-regexps.md "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../man-jilo.8 "$PACKAGE_DIR/"
+cp ../rpm-jilo.spec SPECS/
+
+tar -czf "jilo-$VERSION.tar.gz" "$PACKAGE_DIR"
+mv "jilo-$VERSION.tar.gz" SOURCES/
+rm -rf "$PACKAGE_DIR"
+
+rpmbuild --define "_topdir $(pwd)" --define "VERSION $VERSION" --define "RELEASE $RELEASE" -ba SPECS/jilo.spec
+
diff --git a/packaging/deb-control b/packaging/deb-control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d1190f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/deb-control
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Package: jilo
+Version: 0.1
+Section: utils
+Priority: optional
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: Yasen Pramatarov <yasen@lindeas.com>
+Description: Jitsi logs observer
+ Bash scripts for collecting and displaying information about conference events from Jitsi Meet logs.
+ This package contains the 'jilo' logs collecting tool and 'jilo-cli' command line events searching tool.
+Homepage: https://lindeas.com/jilo
+Depends: bash, sqlite3 | mysql-client | mariadb-client, coreutils, util-linux
diff --git a/packaging/man-jilo.8 b/packaging/man-jilo.8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bde7d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/man-jilo.8
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+.TH JILO "8" "June 2024" "jilo 0.1"
+.SH NAME
+jilo \- Bash scripts for collecting and displaying information about conference events from Jitsi Meet logs.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B jilo
+[\fIoptions\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B jilo
+is a bash scripts for collecting and displaying information about conference events from Jitsi Meet logs.
+
+This is the logs collecting tool ('jilo'). If you want to search through an already populated databae, use the command line tool 'jilo-cli'.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-create\-db
+Create (or recreate) the database.
+.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-flush
+Flush an existing database.
+.TP
+.B \-c, \-\-check
+Check the consistency of the database and the status of the log files.
+.TP
+.B \-p, \-\-parse
+Parse the log file(s) and enter the data found in the database.
+.TP
+.B \-v, \-\-verbose
+Verbose mode with more details shown. Can be used together with \-c, \-p
+.TP
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+Display help message.
+.TP
+.B \-V, \-\-version
+Display version information.
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+Create the database, as configured in jilo.conf (or use the defaults). If the database already exists, it drops it and recreates it:
+.B jilo -d
+
+Check the consistency of the database and show detils about the logs:
+.B jilo -c -v
+
+Parse the logs in verbose mode, with progress indication:
+.B jilo -p -v
+
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+The configuration file is /etc/jilo.conf.
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written and maintained by Yasen Pramatarov <yasen@lindeas.com>
+
+.SH HOMEPAGE
+https://lindeas.com/jilo
+
+.SH VERSION
+0.1
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+jilo-cli(8)
diff --git a/packaging/rpm-jilo.spec b/packaging/rpm-jilo.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5625dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/rpm-jilo.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+Name: jilo
+Version: 0.1.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Summary: Jitsi logs observer
+License: GPLv2
+URL: https://lindeas.com/jilo
+Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRequires: bash
+Requires: bash, sqlite3 | mysql-client | mariadb-client, coreutils, util-linux
+
+%description
+Bash scripts for collecting and displaying information about conference events from Jitsi Meet logs.
+This package contains the 'jilo' logs collecting tool and 'jilo-cli' command line events searching tool.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%install
+# directories
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/etc
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/bin
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}/usr/share/man/man8
+
+# then copy the files
+cp %{sourcedir}/jilo.conf %{buildroot}/etc/jilo.conf
+cp %{sourcedir}/jilo %{buildroot}/usr/bin/
+cp %{sourcedir}/jilo-cli %{buildroot}/usr/bin/
+cp %{sourcedir}/CHANGELOG.md %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}/
+cp %{sourcedir}/LICENSE %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}/
+cp %{sourcedir}/README.md %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}/
+cp %{sourcedir}/TODO.md %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}/
+cp %{sourcedir}/log-regexps.md %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/%{name}/
+cp %{sourcedir}/man-jilo.8 %{buildroot}/usr/share/man/man8/jilo.8
+
+%files
+/etc/jilo.conf
+/usr/bin/jilo
+/usr/bin/jilo-cli
+/usr/share/doc/%{name}/CHANGELOG.md
+/usr/share/doc/%{name}/LICENSE
+/usr/share/doc/%{name}/README.md
+/usr/share/doc/%{name}/TODO.md
+/usr/share/doc/%{name}/log-regexps.md
+/usr/share/man/man8/jilo.8
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Jun 12 2024  Yasen Pramatarov <yasen@lindeas.com> 0.1.1
+- Initial build