diff --git a/_shared/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/_shared/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 63581e0..63cd8f3 100755
--- a/_shared/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/_shared/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ def remove_conditional_files():
     paths_to_remove.extend([".github/workflows/pypi.yml"])
     {% endif %}
 
+    {% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+    paths_to_remove.extend(["tests/pyproject.toml"])
+    {% endif %}
+
     {% if cookiecutter.get("console_script") != "yes" %}
     paths_to_remove.extend(["src/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/__main__.py"])
     paths_to_remove.extend(["src/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/cli.py"])
diff --git a/_shared/project/pyproject.toml b/_shared/project/pyproject.toml
index 124d0c9..54fe2eb 100644
--- a/_shared/project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/_shared/project/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,90 @@ filterwarnings = [
     {% endif %}
 ]
 
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py311"
+line-length = 88
+exclude = [
+    "tests/bdd/steps/_compiled_feature_steps.py",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = [
+  "E", "W", #  https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#pycodestyle-e-w
+  "D", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#pydocstyle-d
+  "ARG", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#flake8-unused-arguments-arg
+  "BLE001", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/blind-except/
+  "R", "PLR", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#refactor-r
+  "C", "PLC", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#convention-c
+  "SLF", # flake-8-self
+  "N", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/#pep8-naming-n
+  "F", # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/unused-import/
+
+  "RUF100", # unused-noqa
+]
+
+ignore = [
+    # Missing docstrings.
+    "D100","D101","D102","D103","D104","D105","D106","D107",
+
+    # "No blank lines allowed after function docstring" conflicts with the
+    # Black code formatter which insists on inserting blank lines after
+    # function docstrings.
+    "D202",
+
+    # "1 blank line required before class docstring" conflicts with another
+    # pydocstyle rule D211 "No blank lines allowed before class docstring".
+    "D203",
+
+    # "Multi-line docstring summary should start at the first line"
+    # and "Multi-line docstring summary should start at the second line".
+    # These two rules conflict with each other so you have to disable one of them.
+    # How about we disable them both? PEP 257 says either approach is okay:
+    #
+    # > The summary line may be on the same line as the opening quotes or on
+    # > the next line.
+    # >
+    # > https://peps.python.org/pep-0257/#multi-line-docstrings
+    "D212",
+    "D213",
+
+    # We use Black to format our code automatically, so we don't need PyLint to
+    # check formatting for us.
+    "E501", # line-too-long
+
+    "PLR2004", # Magic values, we mostly get it on HTTP status codes
+
+    # Disabled during the pylint migration, ideally we'll enable this after we are settled in ruff
+    "RET504",
+    "RET501",
+    "PLR6301",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
+"tests/*" = [
+    # Just disable name style checking for the tests, because we
+    # frequently use lots of argument names that don't conform.
+    # For example we frequently create pytest fixtures that aren't named in
+    # snake_case, such as a fixture that returns a mock of the FooBar class would
+    # be named FooBar in CamelCase.
+    "N",
+    # We are more lax about  comment formatting in the tests
+    "D",
+    
+    "PLR0913",
+
+    # Lots of test methods don't use self, but we still want to group our tests
+    # into classes.
+    "PLR6301",
+
+    "PLR0917", # too-many-arguments
+    "PLC2701", # private import
+    "PLR0904", # too-many-public-methods
+] 
+# Ignore unused import errors on __init__ files to avoid having to add either a noqa stament or an __all__ declaration.
+"__init__.py" = ["F401"]
+{% else %}
 [tool.pydocstyle]
 ignore = [
     # Missing docstrings.
@@ -89,6 +173,7 @@ ignore = [
 {{ include("pydocstyle/ignores", indent=4) -}}
 {% endif %}
 ]
+{% endif %}
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
@@ -127,6 +212,7 @@ exclude_also = [
 {% endif %}
 ]
 
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") != "ruff" %}
 [tool.isort]
 multi_line_output = 3
 include_trailing_comma = true
@@ -221,6 +307,7 @@ good-names = [
 [tool.pylint.reports]
 output-format = "colorized"
 score = "no"
+{% endif %}
 
 [tool.mypy]
 allow_untyped_globals = true
diff --git a/_shared/project/requirements/checkformatting.in b/_shared/project/requirements/checkformatting.in
index e3a51ed..6c114cf 100644
--- a/_shared/project/requirements/checkformatting.in
+++ b/_shared/project/requirements/checkformatting.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 pip-tools
 pip-sync-faster
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+ruff
+{% else %}
 black
 isort
+{% endif %}
 {% if include_exists("requirements/checkformatting.in") %}
     {{- include("requirements/checkformatting.in") -}}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/_shared/project/requirements/format.in b/_shared/project/requirements/format.in
index b076147..06a4b3b 100644
--- a/_shared/project/requirements/format.in
+++ b/_shared/project/requirements/format.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 pip-tools
 pip-sync-faster
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+ruff
+{% else %}
 black
 isort
+{% endif %}
 {% if include_exists("requirements/format.in") %}
     {{- include("requirements/format.in") -}}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/_shared/project/requirements/lint.in b/_shared/project/requirements/lint.in
index 37371af..1414e88 100644
--- a/_shared/project/requirements/lint.in
+++ b/_shared/project/requirements/lint.in
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ pip-tools
 pip-sync-faster
 -r tests.txt
 -r functests.txt
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+ruff
+{% else %}
 toml # Needed for pydocstyle to support pyproject.toml.
 pylint>=3.0.0
 pydocstyle
 pycodestyle
+{% endif %}
 {% if include_exists("requirements/lint.in") %}
     {{- include("requirements/lint.in") -}}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/_shared/project/tox.ini b/_shared/project/tox.ini
index f58088b..91682e1 100644
--- a/_shared/project/tox.ini
+++ b/_shared/project/tox.ini
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ commands =
 {% endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter._directory in ['pyapp', 'pyramid-app'] %}
     dev: {posargs:supervisord -c conf/supervisord-dev.conf}
+    {% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "ruff" %}
+    format: ruff check --select I --fix {{ cookiecutter.package_name}} tests bin
+    format: ruff format {{ cookiecutter.package_name}} tests bin
+    checkformatting: ruff check --select I {{ cookiecutter.package_name}} tests bin
+    checkformatting: ruff format --check {{ cookiecutter.package_name}} tests bin
+    lint: ruff check --preview -q {{ cookiecutter.package_name}} tests bin
+    {% else %}
     format: black {{ cookiecutter.package_name }} tests bin
     format: isort --atomic {{ cookiecutter.package_name }} tests bin
     checkformatting: black --check {{ cookiecutter.package_name }} tests bin
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ commands =
     lint: pylint --rcfile=tests/pyproject.toml tests
     lint: pydocstyle {{ cookiecutter.package_name }} tests bin
     lint: pycodestyle {{ cookiecutter.package_name }} tests bin
+    {% endif %}
 {% else %}
     dev: {posargs:ipython --classic --no-banner --no-confirm-exit}
     format: black src tests bin
diff --git a/pyramid-app/cookiecutter.json b/pyramid-app/cookiecutter.json
index 19e447b..900a397 100644
--- a/pyramid-app/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/pyramid-app/cookiecutter.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "__frontend_typechecking": "{{ cookiecutter.frontend }}",
     "postgres": ["no", "yes"],
     "docker": ["no", "yes"],
+    "linter": ["pylint", "ruff"],
     "__postgres_version": "15.3-alpine",
     "__postgres_port": "{{ random_port_number() }}",
     "__docker_namespace": "{{ cookiecutter.github_owner }}",
diff --git a/pyramid-app/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/scripts/init_db.py b/pyramid-app/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/scripts/init_db.py
index b19ef35..864d1cb 100755
--- a/pyramid-app/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/scripts/init_db.py	
+++ b/pyramid-app/{{ cookiecutter.slug }}/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/scripts/init_db.py	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # mypy: disable-error-code="attr-defined"
 """
+
 Initialize the DB.
 
 Usage:
@@ -8,7 +9,12 @@
     python3 -m {{ cookiecutter.package_name }}.scripts.init_db --help
 
 """
+
+{% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "pylint" %}
 # pylint:disable=import-outside-toplevel,unused-import
+{% else %}
+# ruff: noqa: PLC0415, F401
+{% endif %}
 import argparse
 import logging
 from os import environ
@@ -117,7 +123,10 @@ def main():
         stamped = is_stamped(engine)
 
     if args.create:
-        if stamped:  # pylint:disable=possibly-used-before-assignment
+        {% if cookiecutter.get("linter") == "pylint" %}
+        # pylint:disable=possibly-used-before-assignment
+        {% endif %}
+        if stamped:
             log.warning("Not creating tables because the DB is stamped by Alembic")
         else:
             create(engine)