diff --git a/.actrc b/.actrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a945ba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.actrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-P ubuntu-latest=catthehacker/ubuntu:js-latest-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7fb416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Test action
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test GitHub action
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.CR_WRITE_PAT }}
+          registry: ghcr.io
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install
+      - name: Build
+        run: yarn run build
+      - name: tag hello world image
+        run: docker pull hello-world:latest && docker tag hello-world:latest ghcr.io/nodefactoryio/github-packages-cleanup-sample:${{github.sha}}
+      - name: push hello world image
+        run: docker push ghcr.io/nodefactoryio/github-packages-cleanup-sample:${{github.sha}}
+      - name: Run cleanup action
+        uses: ./
+        id: deleted-packages
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CR_WRITE_PAT }}
+          package_name: github-packages-cleanup-sample
+          num_versions_to_keep: 1
+          organization: NodeFactoryIo
+      - name: Log deleted packages
+        run: echo "Deleted packages ${{ steps.deleted-packages.outputs.DELETED_PACKAGES }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ecedea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+node_modules/
+dist/
+.idea
+.env
+.nyc_output
+lib
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 21d0f9a..bfdd7a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # GitHub packages cleanup
 
-GitHub action for deleting versions of a package from [GitHub Packages](https://github.com/features/packages).
+GitHub action for ghcr images cleanup from [GitHub Packages](https://github.com/features/packages).
 
 ## Things that can be done
 * Delete a single version
 * Delete multiple versions
 * Delete oldest version(s)
-* Delete packages owned by an user or organisation
+* Delete packages owned by an user or organization
 * Delete version(s) of a package that is hosted in the same repo that is executing the workflow
 * Delete version(s) of a package that is hosted in a different repo than the one executing the workflow
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b1b296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: "github ghcr images cleanup"
+author: "NodeFactory"
+description: "github ghcr images cleanup from the github package registry"
+inputs:
+  excluded_versions:
+    description: "allows to exclude certain versions, eg. x.y.z, stable, beta, latest,..."
+    required: false
+  num_versions_to_keep:
+    description: "number of most recent versions to keep (excluded versions aren't included into count"
+    required: true
+  package_name:
+    description: "name of github package"
+    required: true
+  token:
+    description: "github auth token"
+    required: true
+  username:
+    description: "github username"
+    required: false
+  organization:
+    description: "github organization"
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: "node12"
+  main: "dist/index.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7746e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "github-packages-cleanup",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "TypeScript github action for ghcr images cleanup",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "NodeFactory",
+    "email": "info@nodefactory.io"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "private": false,
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://git@github.com:nodefactoryio/github-packages-cleanup.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "ncc build src/index.ts"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@actions/core": "^1.2.7",
+    "@actions/github": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^15.0.2",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.28.5",
+    "typescript": "^4.2.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7de6e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { getInput, setFailed, setOutput } from "@actions/core";
+import { getOctokit } from "@actions/github";
+import { OctokitResponse } from "@octokit/types"
+import { FetchPackagesResponse } from "./types";
+
+const excludedVersion = getInput('excluded_versions', { required: false });
+const numberOfVersionsToKeep = Number(getInput('num_versions_to_keep', { required: true }));
+const packageName = getInput('package_name', { required: true });
+const token = getInput('token', { required: true });
+const username = getInput('username', { required: false });
+const organization = getInput('organization', { required: false });
+
+
+const octokit = getOctokit(token);
+
+async function main() {
+  try {
+    let deletedPckgsOutput = undefined;
+    // delete packages with token auth
+    if (token && !username && !organization) {
+      const fetchedPackages = await getAuthUserPackageVersions();
+      const packagesToDelete = filterOutPackages(fetchedPackages);
+      packagesToDelete.forEach(async (element) => {
+        deletedPckgsOutput = await deleteAuthUserPackageVersions(element!.id);
+      });
+      setOutput('DELETED_PACKAGES', deletedPckgsOutput ?? 0);
+      // delete user packages
+    } else if (token && username && !organization) {
+      const fetchedPackages = await getUserPackageVersions();
+      const packagesToDelete = filterOutPackages(fetchedPackages);
+      packagesToDelete.forEach(async (element) => {
+        deletedPckgsOutput = await deleteUserPackageVersions(element!.id);
+      });
+      setOutput('DELETED_PACKAGES', deletedPckgsOutput ?? 0);
+      // delete organization packages
+    } else if (token && !username && organization) {
+      const fetchedPackages = await getOrganizationPackageVersions();
+      const packagesToDelete = filterOutPackages(fetchedPackages);
+      packagesToDelete.forEach(async (element) => {
+        deletedPckgsOutput = await deleteOrganizationPackageVersions(element!.id);
+      });
+      setOutput('DELETED_PACKAGES', deletedPckgsOutput ?? 0);
+    } else {
+      setFailed("Failed to fetch packages");
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error(`Deleting package failed because of: ${e}`);
+  }
+}
+
+async function getAuthUserPackageVersions(): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('GET /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+  });
+}
+
+async function deleteAuthUserPackageVersions(packageId: number): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('DELETE /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+    package_version_id: packageId
+  });
+}
+
+async function getUserPackageVersions(): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('GET /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+    username: username
+  });
+}
+
+async function deleteUserPackageVersions(packageId: number): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('DELETE /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+    username: username,
+    package_version_id: packageId
+  });
+}
+
+async function getOrganizationPackageVersions(): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+    org: organization
+  });
+}
+
+async function deleteOrganizationPackageVersions(packageId: number): Promise<OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>> {
+  return await octokit.request('DELETE /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}', {
+    package_type: 'container',
+    package_name: packageName,
+    org: organization,
+    package_version_id: packageId
+  });
+}
+
+function filterOutPackages(existingPackages: OctokitResponse<FetchPackagesResponse[], number>): (FetchPackagesResponse | undefined)[] {
+  return existingPackages.data.map((item: FetchPackagesResponse) => {
+    // find package versions matching regex
+    if (item.metadata?.container?.tags[0]?.match(excludedVersion).index == 0) {
+      return item;
+    };
+  })
+    // filter out undefined values
+    .filter(item => item)
+    // packages for deletion - omitting last n values
+    .slice(0, existingPackages.data.length - numberOfVersionsToKeep);
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dd51c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export type PackageType = "npm" | "docker" | "container" | "maven" | "rubygems" | "nuget";
+
+export type FetchPackagesResponse = {
+  id: number;
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  package_html_url?: string;
+  html_url?: string;
+  license?: string;
+  description?: string;
+  created_at: string;
+  updated_at: string;
+  deleted_at?: string;
+  metadata?: {
+    package_type: PackageType;
+    container?: {
+      tags: Array<any>
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7264c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es6",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "strict": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "typeRoots": [
+      "./node_modules/@types",
+      "./@types"
+    ]
+  },
+  "ts-node": {
+    "transpileOnly": true,
+    "files": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*.ts",
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e5878a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
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+
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+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest" "^2.2.3"
+    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods" "^4.0.0"
+
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+
+"@octokit/auth-token@^2.4.4":
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+  dependencies:
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+
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+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.2.4.tgz#8610b59747de028fda898a8aef0e103f156d0961"
+  integrity sha512-V+evlYHZnQkaz8TRBuxTA92yZBPotr5H+WhQ7bD3hZUndx5tGOa1fuCgeSjxAzM1RiN5IzvadIXTVefuuwZCRg==
+
+universal-user-agent@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/universal-user-agent/-/universal-user-agent-6.0.0.tgz#3381f8503b251c0d9cd21bc1de939ec9df5480ee"
+  integrity sha512-isyNax3wXoKaulPDZWHQqbmIx1k2tb9fb3GGDBRxCscfYV2Ch7WxPArBsFEG8s/safwXTT7H4QGhaIkTp9447w==
+
+wrappy@1:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"
+  integrity sha1-tSQ9jz7BqjXxNkYFvA0QNuMKtp8=