diff --git a/.github/workflows/cpp-test.yml b/.github/workflows/cpp-test.yml
index 07f58608..616eae57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cpp-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cpp-test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: C++ test linux
+name: Test bmdscore Linux
 
 on:
   pull_request:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test-linux.yml
similarity index 78%
rename from .github/workflows/python-test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/python-test-linux.yml
index 9a23d9a4..3b298c36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test-linux.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Python test linux
+name: Test pybmds Linux
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -7,29 +7,31 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
-        os: ["ubuntu-22.04"]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
-      - name: Install dependencies and build pybmds
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           source ./tools/linux_ci_setup.sh
+      - name: Build pybmds
+        run: |
           source ./tools/linux_ci_env.sh
           python -m pip install -U pip wheel
           python -m pip install -e ".[dev,docs]"
           stubgen -p pybmds.bmdscore -o src
           ruff format src/pybmds/bmdscore.pyi
+          python -c "import pybmds; print(pybmds.bmdscore.version())"
       - name: Check linked files
         run: |
           ls -lah src/pybmds
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-test-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/python-test-windows.yml
index bbde424b..20f61f9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-test-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-test-windows.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Python test windows
+name: Test pybmds Windows
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -6,83 +6,53 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR: $Env:CONDA\Lib\site-packages
-  PYTHON_EXECUTABLE: $Env:CONDA\python.exe
-  BUILD_TYPE: Release
-
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 4
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
-        os: ["windows-2022"]
-
+    runs-on: windows-2022
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: set up python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: "3.12"
           cache: pip
-      - name: set dependency directory
-        run: echo "DEPENDENCY_DIR=$HOME\github-deps" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: restore github dependencies from cache
-        id: cache-github
+      - name: Set dependency path
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          DEP="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/deps"
+          echo "DEPENDENCY_DIR=$DEP" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "EIGEN_DIR=$DEP\eigen" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NLOPT_DIR=$DEP\nlopt\src\api;$DEP\nlopt\build\Release;$DEP\nlopt\build" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GSL_DIR=$DEP\gsl\build\Release;$DEP\gsl\build" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Restore dependencies from cache
+        id: cache-dependencies
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}
-          key: ${{runner.os}}-github-deps
-      - name: create dependency dir
-        if: steps.cache-github.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: mkdir ${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}
-      - name: download eigen
-        if: steps.cache-github.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}
-          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/libigl/eigen.git
-      - name: install nlopt
-        if: steps.cache-github.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}
-          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt.git
-          cd nlopt
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..
-          cmake --build . --config Release
-      - name: install gsl
-        if: steps.cache-github.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          cd ${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}
-          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ampl/gsl.git
-          cd gsl
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake .. -DNO_AMPL_BINDINGS=1
-          cmake --build . --config Release
-      - name: set eigen/nlopt/gsl directories
-        run: |
-          echo "EIGEN_DIR=${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\eigen" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "NLOPT_DIR=${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\nlopt\src\api;${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\nlopt\build\Release;${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\nlopt\build" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "GSL_DIR=${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\gsl\build\Release;${{ env.DEPENDENCY_DIR }}\gsl\build" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          key: ${{runner.os}}-cache-dependencies
+      - name: Build dependencies
+        if: steps.cache-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        shell: bash
+        run: tools/windows_ci.sh
       - name: Build package
         run: |
           python -m pip install -U pip wheel
-          python -m pip install -e ".[dev,docs]"
+          python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
           stubgen -p pybmds.bmdscore -o src
           ruff format src/pybmds/bmdscore.pyi
-          python setup.py bdist_wheel
+          python -c "import pybmds; print(pybmds.bmdscore.version())"
       - name: Check shared object linked files
         run: |
           python -m pip install pefile
           python -c "from pathlib import Path; import pefile; fn = str(list(Path('src/pybmds').glob('bmdscore*'))[0].resolve()); pe = pefile.PE(fn); print([i.dll for i in pe.DIRECTORY_ENTRY_IMPORT])"
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -U pip wheel
+          python setup.py bdist_wheel
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./dist/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b37adc5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Build Python Packages
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 3 1 */1 *'  # At 03:30 on the 1st of every month
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  build_wheels:
+    name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022, macos-14]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Show wheels that will be built
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel==2.18.1
+          cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
+        env:
+          MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: "14.0"
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cibw-wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
+
+  merge_wheels:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: build_wheels
+    steps:
+      - name: Merge Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact/merge@v4
+        with:
+          name: wheels
+          delete-merged: true
diff --git a/CMAKE_README.md b/CMAKE_README.md
index b5e0d568..b6e18409 100644
--- a/CMAKE_README.md
+++ b/CMAKE_README.md
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ Visual Studio 19 or greater
 |NLOPT_DIR|path to nlopt lib directory|/home/username/libs/nlopt-2.6.2/lib64|
 |CMAKE_C_COMPILER|path to c compiler|/usr/local/apps/gcc/9.1.0/bin/gcc|
 |CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER|path to c++ compiler|/usr/local/apps/gcc/9.1.0/bin/g++|
-|PYTHON_EXECUTABLE|path to python executable |/home/username/mambaforge/bin/python|
-|PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR|path to python site-packages directory| /home/username/venv/Lib/site-packages|
 
 ## Build process
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09d84c56..b4808a56 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER $ENV{CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
 ENDIF()
-IF(DEFINED ENV{PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR})
-  set(PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR $ENV{PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR})
-ENDIF()
 
 IF(WIN32)
   add_compile_definitions(RBMDS_EXPORTS)
@@ -88,8 +85,3 @@ IF(WIN32)
 ELSE()
 	target_link_libraries(bmdscore PUBLIC GSL::gsl GSL::gslcblas ${NLOPT_LIB})
 ENDIF(WIN32)
-
-install(TARGETS bmdscore
-  COMPONENT python
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION "${PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR}"
-  )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 591153ae..f58a0ef3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,9 +57,46 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
-test-requires = "pytest"
+archs = ["auto64"]
+build = ["cp311-*", "cp312-*"]
+skip = [
+  "*-win32",
+  "*-win_arm64",
+  "*musllinux*",
+  "*i686",
+  "*-macosx_x86_64",
+  "*-macosx_universal2",
+]
+manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
+manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
+test-requires = ["pytest", "pytest-mpl"]
 test-command = "pytest {project}/tests"
 
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
+before-build = "bash tools/windows_ci.sh"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.windows.environment]
+EIGEN_DIR="D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/eigen"
+NLOPT_DIR="D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/nlopt/src/api;D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/nlopt/build/Release;D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/nlopt/build"
+GSL_DIR="D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/gsl/build/Release;D:/a/bmds/bmds/deps/gsl/build"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
+before-build = "tools/cibuildwheel-linux.sh"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.linux.environment]
+EIGEN_DIR="/usr/include/eigen3"
+NLOPT_DIR="/usr/local/lib64/"
+CMAKE_C_COMPILER="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/bin/gcc"
+CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-12/root/usr/bin/g++"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.macos]
+before-build = "tools/cibuildwheel-mac.sh"
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.macos.environment]
+EIGEN_DIR="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/eigen/3.4.0_1/include/eigen3"
+GSL_DIR="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gsl/2.7.1"
+NLOPT_DIR="/opt/homebrew/Cellar/nlopt/2.7.1/include"
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
 include = [
   "src/pybmds/*"
diff --git a/tools/cibuildwheel-linux.sh b/tools/cibuildwheel-linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cdf6a4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cibuildwheel-linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+yum update -y
+yum install -y cmake gsl-devel eigen3-devel
+
+cp ./vendor/nlopt-2.7.1.tar.gz ~
+cd ~
+tar -xf nlopt-2.7.1.tar.gz && cd nlopt-2.7.1 && mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF .. && make install
+cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
diff --git a/tools/cibuildwheel-mac.sh b/tools/cibuildwheel-mac.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..abd87b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cibuildwheel-mac.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+brew install gsl --quiet
+brew install nlopt --quiet
+brew install eigen --quiet
+
+cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
diff --git a/tools/linux_ci.sh b/tools/linux_ci.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04941cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/linux_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo apt-get update -y
+sudo apt-get install -y automake build-essential libtool make cmake libgslcblas0 libgsl-dev libeigen3-dev libnlopt-dev libnlopt-cxx-dev lcov
+
+export "EIGEN_DIR=/usr/include/eigen3"
+export "NLOPT_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"
+export "CMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/gcc-12"
+export "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/g++-12"
diff --git a/tools/linux_ci_env.sh b/tools/linux_ci_env.sh
index c8304fd2..16268272 100755
--- a/tools/linux_ci_env.sh
+++ b/tools/linux_ci_env.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,4 @@ export EIGEN_DIR="/usr/include/eigen3"
 export NLOPT_DIR="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"
 export CMAKE_C_COMPILER="/usr/bin/gcc-11"
 export CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="/usr/bin/g++-11"
-export PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python)
-export PYTHON_LIBRARY_DIR=$(python -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")
 export TEST_EXC="'/usr/include/*'"
diff --git a/tools/windows_ci.sh b/tools/windows_ci.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ae07a909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/windows_ci.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+# only do this first time
+DEPS="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/deps"
+if [ -d "$DEPS" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+mkdir -p $DEPS
+
+# filenames and versions
+EIGEN="eigen-3.4.0"
+NLOPT="nlopt-2.7.1"
+GSL="ampl-gsl-60539d2"
+
+# eigen
+cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vendor/$EIGEN.tar.gz $DEPS
+cd $DEPS && tar -xf $EIGEN.tar.gz && mv $EIGEN eigen && rm $EIGEN.tar.gz
+
+# nlopt
+cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vendor/$NLOPT.tar.gz $DEPS
+cd $DEPS && tar -xf $NLOPT.tar.gz && mv $NLOPT nlopt && rm $NLOPT.tar.gz
+cd nlopt && mkdir build && cd build
+cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..
+cmake --build . --config Release
+
+# gsl
+cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/vendor/$GSL.tar.gz $DEPS
+cd $DEPS && tar -xf $GSL.tar.gz && mv gsl-master gsl && rm $GSL.tar.gz
+cd gsl && mkdir build && cd build
+cmake -DNO_AMPL_BINDINGS=1 ..
+cmake --build . --config Release
diff --git a/vendor/ampl-gsl-60539d2.tar.gz b/vendor/ampl-gsl-60539d2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fd2d299
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