diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index c1f9df13..ac2cc2ea 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ updates:
     schedule:
       interval: daily
 
+  - package-ecosystem: pip
+    directory: /
+    schedule:
+      interval: daily
+
   - package-ecosystem: npm
     directory: /
     schedule:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eslint-on-push-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/eslint-on-push-pr.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e9ea10f..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/eslint-on-push-pr.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: Lint pushes/PRs
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  eslint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-
-      - name: Checkout repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci # instead of install to ensure consistency and determinism in CI/CD workflow
-
-      - name: Run ESLint
-        run: npm run lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-on-push-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-on-push-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15973f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-on-push-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Lint pushes + PRs
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+
+  js-json-md-yaml-lint:
+    name: JavaScript + JSON + Markdown + YAML
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 'lts/*'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Run ESLint
+        run: npx eslint . --cache
+
+  python-lint:
+    name: Python
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Run Ruff
+        uses: chartboost/ruff-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-changes.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-changes.yml
index 47330ff2..1930f5ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-changes.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Sync ** to adamlui/ai-apps/chatgpt-auto-continue/
         run: |
-          rsync -avhr --delete --exclude={'.*','eslint*','package*.json'} \
+          rsync -avhr --delete --exclude={'.*','eslint*','package*.json','requirements*.txt'} \
             ${{ github.workspace }}/adamlui/chatgpt-auto-continue/ \
             ${{ github.workspace }}/adamlui/ai-apps/chatgpt-auto-continue/
 
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 585d8319..74fd1057 100644
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-RED="\033[1;31m" ; NC="\033[0m"
+# Init UI colors
+NC="\033[0m"    # no color
+BR="\033[1;91m" # bright red
+BY="\033[1;33m" # bright yellow
 
-if npm ls -g eslint &> /dev/null || npm ls eslint &> /dev/null ; then
-    npm run lint
+# Run ESLint for JavaScript + JSON + Markdown + YAML
+echo -e "\n${BY}Running ESLint...${NC}"
+npx eslint . --cache
+
+# Run Ruff for Python
+echo -e "${BY}Running Ruff...${NC}"
+if command -v ruff &> /dev/null ; then
+    ruff check .
 else
     PROJECT_ROOT=$(
         cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && # nav to root
         [ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ] && pwd -W || pwd # get absolute path
     )
-    echo -e "\n${RED}Warning: eslint not installed${NC}"
-    echo -e " To add missing dependencies, run 'npm install' from"
-    echo -e " $PROJECT_ROOT\n"
+    echo -e "\n${BR}Warning: Ruff not installed${NC}"
+    echo -e "To add missing Python dependencies, run 'pip install -r requirements-dev.txt' from"
+    echo -e "$PROJECT_ROOT\n"
 fi
diff --git a/.ruff.toml b/.ruff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab190c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ruff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+lint.ignore = [
+    "E401", # allow multiple imports on one line
+    "E402", # allow module level import at top of file
+    "E701", # allow multiple statements on one line (colon)
+    "E702", # allow multiple statements on one line (semicolon)
+    "E722" # allow bare exceptions
+]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad855e83..186225c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "husky",
-    "lint": "eslint . --cache",
-    "lint:all": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix --cache",
-    "lint:fix-all": "eslint . --fix",
+    "lint": "eslint . --cache && ruff check",
+    "lint:all": "eslint . && ruff check",
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix --cache && ruff check --fix",
+    "lint:fix-all": "eslint . --fix && ruff check --fix",
     "bump": "bash utils/bump.sh",
     "bump:chrome": "bash utils/bump.sh --chrome",
     "bump:chromium": "bash utils/bump.sh --chrome",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe6faaf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ruff>=0.8.0