diff --git a/pylons_app/__init__.py b/pylons_app/__init__.py
--- a/pylons_app/__init__.py
+++ b/pylons_app/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+"""
+Hg app, a web based mercurial repository managment based on pylons
+"""
+
+VERSION = (0, 6, 0, 'beta')
+
+__version__ = '.'.join((str(each) for each in VERSION[:4]))
+
+def get_version():
+    """
+    Returns shorter version (digit parts only) as string.
+    """
+    return '.'.join((str(each) for each in VERSION[:3]))