diff --git a/.github/workflows/precommit.yml b/.github/workflows/precommit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ec3eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/precommit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: pre-commit
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
+
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2f19f1..c9128fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ reports
 STACpopulator.egg-info/
 build
 *.pyc
+.ruff_cache
 
 ## Logs
 *.jsonl
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09d2144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    # Ruff version.
+    rev: v0.9.5
+    hooks:
+      # Run the linter.
+      - id: ruff
+      # Run the formatter.
+      - id: ruff-format
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 030f7b8..a522a8c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 * move argument parsing for logging options to the implementation code
 * fix bug where logging options were being set incorrectly
 * rename files to avoid potential naming conflicts with other packages (`logging` and `requests`)
-
+* add `ruff` as a dev dependency to format and lint files
+* add `pre-commit` as a dev dependency to run `ruff` on commit and a workflow to run it on github as well
 
 ## [0.6.0](https://github.com/crim-ca/stac-populator/tree/0.6.0) (2024-02-22)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06563c7..f92ff3c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,3 +130,28 @@ For more tests validation, you can also run the test suite with coverage analysi
 ```shell
 make test-cov
 ```
+
+## Contributing
+
+We welcome any contributions to this codebase. To submit suggested changes, please do the following:
+
+- create a new feature branch off of `master`
+- update the code, write/update tests, write/update documentation
+- submit a pull request targetting the `master` branch
+
+### Coding Style
+
+This codebase uses the [`ruff`](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/) formatter and linter to enforce style policies.
+
+To check that your changes conform to these policies please run:
+
+```sh
+ruff format
+ruff check
+```
+
+You can also set up pre-commit hooks that will run these checks before you create any commit in this repo:
+
+```sh
+pre-commit install
+```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e3f5b34..9b2d141 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ dev = [
     "responses",
     "bump-my-version",
     "jsonschema",
-    "pystac[validation]>=1.9.0"
+    "pystac[validation]>=1.9.0",
+    "ruff~=0.9",
+    "pre-commit~=4.1"
 ]
 
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 120
+target-version = "py312"
+
+[tool.ruff.format]
+docstring-code-format = true
+line-ending = "lf"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = ["E4", "E7", "E9", "F", "D", "I", "ANN"]
+ignore = ["D100", "D104", "D417", "ANN002", "ANN003"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
+convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"test/**.py" = ["D", "ANN"]