diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_package_to_npmjs.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish_package_to_npmjs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a21be6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_package_to_npmjs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Publish Metascript to npmjs
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish_env:
+        description: Select the environment to publish to (production or alpha)
+        type: choice
+        required: true
+        options:
+          - production
+          - alpha
+
+jobs:
+  publish_metascript:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: Checkout repository
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Step 2: Setup Node.js environment
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+
+      # Step 3: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      # Step 4: Publish Metascript Package
+      - name: Publish Metascript
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ inputs.publish_env }}" == "alpha" ]; then
+            PUBLISH_TAG="--tag alpha"
+          else
+            PUBLISH_TAG=""
+          fi
+
+          echo "Publishing metascript to ${{ inputs.publish_env }} environment"
+          npm publish $PUBLISH_TAG
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e3d604..c7f6098 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# MetaScript Fork
+
+This is a **fork of MetaScript**, originally created by [dcodeIO](https://github.com/dcodeIO).  
+This fork includes **updated dependencies** and ongoing **maintenance improvements** to ensure compatibility with modern environments.  
+
+Feel free to contribute, report issues, or suggest improvements! 🚀  
+
 ![MetaScript](https://raw.github.com/dcodeIO/MetaScript/master/MetaScript.png)
 ==============================================================================
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ede8f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+{
+  "name": "@uniformdev/metascript",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
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+        "glob": "^5"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "metac": "bin/metac",
+        "metascript": "bin/metascript"
+      },
+      "devDependencies": {
+        "jsdoc": "~3.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrench/-/wrench-1.5.9.tgz",
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+      "deprecated": "wrench.js is deprecated! You should check out fs-extra (https://github.com/jprichardson/node-fs-extra) for any operations you were using wrench for. Thanks for all the usage over the years.",
+      "dev": true,
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.1.97"
+      }
+    }
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+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 84b058c..dea6355 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,36 +1,22 @@
 {
-  "name": "metascript",
+  "name": "@uniformdev/metascript",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "author": "Daniel Wirtz <dcode@dcode.io>",
-  "description": "Sophisticated meta programming in JavaScript, e.g. to build different versions of a library from a single source tree.",
+  "author": "@uniformdev/metascript",
+  "description": "A fork of MetaScript, originally created by dcodeIO. Maintained and updated dependencies.",
   "main": "./MetaScript.js",
   "bin": {
     "metascript": "./bin/metascript",
     "metac": "./bin/metac"
   },
-  "repository": {
-    "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/dcodeIO/MetaScript.git"
-  },
-  "bugs": {
-    "url": "https://github.com/dcodeIO/MetaScript/issues"
-  },
-  "keywords": [
-    "JavaScript",
-    "meta programming",
-    "meta",
-    "build",
-    "preprocessor",
-    "utility"
-  ],
+  "keywords": [],
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "ascli": "~0.3",
-    "glob": "~3.2"
+    "glob": "^5"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "jsdoc": "~3.3"
   },
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.8"
   },
@@ -39,5 +25,8 @@
     "test": "node tests/test.js",
     "make": "npm test && npm run-script jsdoc",
     "jsdoc": "node node_modules/jsdoc/jsdoc.js -c jsdoc.json"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
-}
+}
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