diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0143b09..e293a5a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 *.pyc
 /env/
+/.idea/
+/venv/
+*.egg-info
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6502e0a6..f96fdc95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Next, configure your local environment with virtualenv and install local depende
 ```bash
 python3 -m venv env
 source env/bin/activate
-pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
+pip install -e '.[dev]'
 ```
 
 Create a database for the application:
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b0518b5..00000000
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
--r requirements.txt
-uwsgi
-pycodestyle
-ruff
-djhtml
diff --git a/pgcommitfest/__init__.py b/pgcommitfest/__init__.py
index e69de29b..3dc1f76b 100644
--- a/pgcommitfest/__init__.py
+++ b/pgcommitfest/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00d5986f..78fa9ce2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
-[tool.ruff]
-# line-length = 120
+[project]
+name = "pgocmmitfest"
+description = "Commitfest app for the PostgreSQL community"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "PostgreSQL"
+dependencies = [
+    "django>=4.2,<5.0",
+    "psycopg2",
+    "simplejson",
+    "requests",
+    "pycryptodomex",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "uwsgi",
+    "pycodestyle",
+    "ruff",
+    "djhtml",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["pgcommitfest*"]
 
-[tool.ruff.format]
-# quote-style = "preserve"
+[tool.pycodestyle]
+statistics = true
+ignore = ["E402", "E501", "W503"]
+max-line-length = 120
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 extend-select = ["I"]
@@ -19,4 +43,4 @@ section-order = [
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort.sections]
 # Group all Django imports into a separate section.
-"django" = ["django"]
+django = ["django"]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index fc12402f..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-django>=4.2,<5.0
-psycopg2
-simplejson
-requests
-pycryptodomex
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index b5a80bc6..00000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[pycodestyle]
-statistics=True
-ignore=E402,E501,W503
-max-line-length=120