diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65bb353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:python3.14-trixie
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: ./hooks/test.sh
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 626ee0f..0000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-tests:
-    script: "./bin/gitlabci.sh"
diff --git a/hooks/test.sh b/hooks/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..32962f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxvo pipefail
+
+TEMPLATE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT
+
+cd "$TMP_DIR"
+uvx cookiecutter "$TEMPLATE_DIR" --no-input
+
+PROJECT_DIR="$TMP_DIR/my_project"
+cd "$PROJECT_DIR"
+
+uv venv .venv
+uv pip install --python .venv/bin/python -r requirements/dev.in
+
+DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///db.sqlite3" .venv/bin/python manage.py check
+
+echo "Cookiecutter generated project in $TMP_DIR passed Django checks"