diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 54bf28a623b6d96947e922262ccc82598a9edab5..9d66e676db12b46203c4ac7ab3be8a2918477ea2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ run_unit_tests_coverage:
         path: my_awesome_app/coverage.xml
     paths:
       - my_awesome_app/htmlcov/*
+
+# Override artifact directories
+package_docs:
+  stage: package
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1w
+    paths:
+      - my_awesome_app/docs/build/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
index dd694bf7e5bbe6a53d8e82e8ca3e5b37164a7b58..36bb668ccb33470e35bf27a3e7ba9e6f216325e2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ htmlcov/*
 build
 dist
 
+# Documentation
+docs/source/source_documentation
+docs/build
+
 # Setuptools SCM
 {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/_version.py
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e7bea35a09b19b26a066e0074a35ed2ea2c8ab46..6e41df262ba9bd8bf503348f2bd4488f00444e3e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,14 +95,12 @@ package_files:
 
 package_docs:
   stage: package
-  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1w
     paths:
-      - docs/* # update path to match the dest dir for documentation
+      - docs/build/*
   script:
-    - echo "build and collect docs"
-    - exit 1
+    - tox -e docs
 
 run_integration_tests:
   stage: integration
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/.gitkeep b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/cleanup.sh b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/cleanup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aac4cef22a134a44b69e99369755a58507b3794f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/cleanup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+FILE_DIR=$(dirname -- "$(readlink -f -- "${0}")")
+
+echo "Cleaning.. ${FILE_DIR}/source/source_documentation/*"
+
+for f in "${FILE_DIR}"/source/source_documentation/*
+do
+
+  case $f in
+    */index.rst) true;;
+    *) echo "Removing.. ${f}"; rm "${f}";;
+  esac
+done
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c6e46c6db7ddaf65e47cfa22c9ec0b914f7fd38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+sphinx!=1.6.6,!=1.6.7,>=1.6.5 # BSD
+sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.4.3 #MIT
+sphinxcontrib-apidoc>=0.3.0 #BSD
+myst-parser>=2.0 # MIT
+docutils>=0.17 # BSD
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/conf.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c14432747f3fbb5409e54edb47eb8f80b41dc99a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#  Copyright (C) 2023 ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import os
+
+from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}} import __version__
+
+# -- General configuration ----------------------------------------------------
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be
+# extensions coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+extensions = [
+    "sphinx.ext.autodoc",
+    "sphinx.ext.viewcode",
+    "sphinxcontrib.apidoc",
+    "sphinx_rtd_theme",
+    "myst_parser"
+]
+
+# Assumes tox is used to call sphinx-build
+project_root_directory = os.getcwd()
+
+apidoc_module_dir = "../../{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}"
+apidoc_output_dir = "source_documentation"
+apidoc_excluded_paths = []
+apidoc_separate_modules = True
+apidoc_toc_file = False
+# This should include private methods but does not work
+# https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/apidoc/issues/14
+apidoc_extra_args = ["--private"]
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = [".rst"]
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = "index"
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = "{{cookiecutter.project_name}}"
+copyright = "2023, ASTRON"
+
+# openstackdocstheme options
+repository_name = "{{cookiecutter.project_url}}"
+bug_project = "none"
+bug_tag = ""
+html_last_updated_fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+add_function_parentheses = True
+
+version = __version__
+
+modindex_common_prefix = ["{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}."]
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+add_module_names = True
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = "sphinx"
+
+# -- Options for HTML output --------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  Major themes that come with
+# Sphinx are currently 'default' and 'sphinxdoc'.
+# html_theme_path = ["."]
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
+html_static_path = ["static"]
+html_css_files = [
+    "css/custom.css",
+]
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = "%sdoc" % project
+
+# Conf.py variables exported to sphinx rst files access using |NAME|
+variables_to_export = [
+    "project",
+    "copyright",
+    "version",
+]
+
+# Write to rst_epilog to export `variables_to_export` extract using `locals()`
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#confval-rst_epilog
+frozen_locals = dict(locals())
+rst_epilog = "\n".join(
+    map(
+        lambda x: f".. |{x}| replace:: {frozen_locals[x]}",  # noqa: F821
+        variables_to_export,
+    )
+)
+# Pep is not able to determine that frozen_locals always exists so noqa
+del frozen_locals
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/index.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65932d229c9902616280ee6fbecf521aa61d1984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+====================================================
+Welcome to the documentation of {{cookiecutter.project_name}}
+====================================================
+
+..
+    To define more variables see rst_epilog generation in conf.py
+
+Documentation for version: |version|
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   readme
+   source_documentation/index
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/readme.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/readme.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..87c96deef60fc04b35a8b9b9cca2f72b7e64e70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/readme.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.. include:: ../../README.md
+   :parser: myst_parser.sphinx_
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/source_documentation/index.rst b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/source_documentation/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df6590fc912620dbf00d703cf04cf14ca928e78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/source_documentation/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Source code documentation
+=========================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 3
+
+   {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/static/css/custom.css b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/static/css/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ea8a2fc0c9c1ecb2b318cbc32edf90d2940c38d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/docs/source/static/css/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.orange { color: #c65d09; }
+
+.green { color: #5dc609; }
+
+.yellow { color: #c6c609; }
+
+.bolditalic {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
+.rst-content code, .rst-content tt, code {
+  white-space: break-spaces;
+}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
index 02afb4fe2b4ea9c2080fc89f44a1961b84c2ced7..906b08ebcea3165b47b6663cf47f4894e43d0220 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.cfg
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ install_requires = file: requirements.txt
 [flake8]
 max-line-length = 88
 extend-ignore = E203
+exclude=.venv,.git,.tox,dist,docs,*lib/python*,*egg,_version.py
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/test_cool_module.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/test_cool_module.py
index 19e5cd2bd0bff16fa00560bdb678f9345e4e79f4..3336578a3e5b4a24c4efceb03e6c41af3eb3e6ba 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/test_cool_module.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tests/test_cool_module.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#  Copyright (C) 2023 ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 """Testing of the Cool Module"""
 from unittest import TestCase
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
index 97459ed340314968a4c38d574103d2044bd57a22..a469b2d888fbfa5bd0d9ab18901b0cfca1f4296a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/tox.ini
@@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ commands =
     format: {envpython} -m autopep8 -v -aa --in-place --recursive tests
     format: {envpython} -m black -v {{cookiecutter.project_slug}} tests
 
+[testenv:docs]
+allowlist_externals =
+    sh
+; unset LC_ALL / LANGUAGE from testenv, would fail sphinx otherwise
+setenv =
+deps =
+    -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+    -r{toxinidir}/docs/requirements.txt
+changedir = {toxinidir}
+commands =
+    sh docs/cleanup.sh
+    sphinx-build -b html docs/source docs/build/html
+
 [testenv:build]
 usedevelop = False
 commands = {envpython} -m build
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/__init__.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/__init__.py
index 35d0142800c927ba97b4c350de181c8d48f45f43..58d3379529ec297099b77b8ce5c9df5f59798ca8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/__init__.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#  Copyright (C) 2023 ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 """ {{cookiecutter.project_name}} """
 
 try:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/cool_module.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/cool_module.py
index bd9416c291b7ed52a278bc6966f2dac155e4aa05..de82c46c186cce3880ff8f56d87ba4406ee195ce 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/cool_module.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/cool_module.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#  Copyright (C) 2023 ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 """ Cool module containing functions, classes and other useful things """