diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72241be3..c615019d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ Installed version of *^Python3.7*, *Docker* and
 *docker-compose v2* ([*Go here for instructions*](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)) or use the Binder batch in 
 the next section.
 
-***Note***: We recommend giving Docker at least 8 GB of RAM (On Docker Desktop you can go under settings -> resources)
+***Note***: 
+1) We recommend giving Docker at least 8 GB of RAM (On Docker Desktop you can go under settings -> resources)
+2) If you are a Windows user, we recommend you to install the *Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)* and integrate docker with WSL. For WSL installation's guidance can be found [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install). We use Ubuntu on WSL for debug and testing purposes.
 
 #### Demo correlating Uber traversals with Google popularities
 
@@ -87,15 +89,15 @@ You could either use the deployed example on Binder using the badge above or run
 simply uses Pandas dataframes and is not connecting to a data warehouse. \
 To run the demo locally, launch Docker in the background and from inside the root directory run:
 
-Linux/Mac:
 ```zsh 
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_core_components.sh && sh run_cli.sh
-```
-and for Windows (Please use PowerShell or any Docker integrated terminal):
-```PS
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_windows.sh && cd windows && sh initialize_core_components.sh && sh run_cli.sh
+cd kuwala/scripts/shell && sh initialize_core_components.sh && sh run_cli.sh
 ```
+Or if you are a  Windows user having issues to run a `shell` script, you can run a `python` script as an alternative:
 
+```zsh
+cd kuwala/scripts/python && python3 initialize_core_components.py && python3 run_cli.py
+```
+*All `shell` scripts are also available in  `python` script using the same file naming, inside the `/python` directory*
 #### Run the data pipelines yourself
 
 To run the pipelines yourself, please follow the instructions for the 
diff --git a/kuwala/README.md b/kuwala/README.md
index 461b02b6..2b5c4d43 100644
--- a/kuwala/README.md
+++ b/kuwala/README.md
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Installed version of *Docker* and *docker-compose v2*
 
 ### Pipelines
 
-If you want to build all containers for all pipelines, change your working directory to `./kuwala/scripts` (or move to 
-`./kuwala/scripts/`, run `initialize_windows.sh`, and change directory to `windows/` if you are running a Windows 
-machine) and run:
+If you want to build all containers for all pipelines, change your working directory to `./kuwala/scripts/shell` and run:
+
 
 ```zsh
 sh initialize_all_components.sh
 ```
 
+
 You can also build the containers individually for single pipelines. All services are listed in the 
 [`./docker-compose.yml`](https://github.com/kuwala-io/kuwala/tree/master/kuwala/docker-compose.yml). Please refer to 
 each pipeline's `README.md` on how to run them. You can find the pipeline directories under 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Now you can proceed to any of the pipelines' `README.md` and follow the steps to
 
 ### Core
 
-To initialize the CLI and Jupyter notebook run within the `./kuwala/scripts` directory (or `./kuwala/scripts/windows` ):
+To initialize the CLI and Jupyter notebook run within the `./kuwala/scripts/shell` directory:
 
 ```zsh
 sh initialize_core_components.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ If you only want to start the Jupyter environment run:
 
 ```zsh
 sh run_jupyter_notebook.sh
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+Or if you are a Windows user having issues to run a `shell` script, you can run a `python` script as an alternative. For example you can run `initialize_core_components.py` under `kuwala/scripts/python`.\
+\
+*All `shell` scripts are also available in  `python` script using the same file naming, inside the `kuwala/scripts/python` directory*
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diff --git a/kuwala/core/cli/README.md b/kuwala/core/cli/README.md
index 14da49c9..f85d823e 100644
--- a/kuwala/core/cli/README.md
+++ b/kuwala/core/cli/README.md
@@ -20,20 +20,23 @@ The following pipelines can currently be selected through the CLI:
 
 To make sure you are running the latest version of all pipelines, run from inside the root directory:
 
-Linux/Mac:
 
 ```zsh
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_all_components.sh
+cd kuwala/scripts/shell && sh initialize_all_components.sh
 ```
 
-Windows:
+Or if you are a Windows user having issues to run a `shell` script, you can run a `python` script as an alternative:
 
 ```zsh
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_windows.sh && cd windows && sh initialize_all_components.sh
+cd kuwala/scripts/python && python3 initialize_all_components.py
 ```
 
-To start the CLI, run the following script from inside the `kuwala/scripts` directory and follow the instructions:
+*All `shell` scripts are also available in  `python` script using the same file naming, inside the `/python` directory*
+
+
+To start the CLI, run the following script from inside the `kuwala/scripts/shell` directory and follow the instructions:
 
 ```zsh
 sh run_cli.sh
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+or `python3 run_cli.py` from inside the `kuwala/scripts/python` directory
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/core/cli/src/main.py b/kuwala/core/cli/src/main.py
index cc2c66fd..01358529 100644
--- a/kuwala/core/cli/src/main.py
+++ b/kuwala/core/cli/src/main.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def launch_jupyter_notebook():
     )
     run_command("docker-compose run --service-ports jupyter", exit_keyword="or http")
 
+
     webbrowser.open(
         "http://localhost:8888/lab/tree/kuwala/notebooks/popularity_correlation.ipynb"
     )
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ def launch_jupyter_notebook():
     )
 
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     logging.basicConfig(
         format="%(levelname)s %(asctime)s: %(message)s",
diff --git a/kuwala/pipelines/osm-poi/README.md b/kuwala/pipelines/osm-poi/README.md
index 9ce55165..80dfe567 100644
--- a/kuwala/pipelines/osm-poi/README.md
+++ b/kuwala/pipelines/osm-poi/README.md
@@ -23,18 +23,17 @@ To transform the standard `pbf` files, which is the file format of the OSM data,
 OSM-parquetizer is based on a Git submodule which needs to be initialized first. To initialize the submodule, run from 
 inside the root directory:
 
-Linux/Mac:
-
 ```zsh
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_git_submodules.sh
+cd kuwala/scripts/shell && sh initialize_git_submodules.sh
 ```
-
-Windows:
+Or if you are a Windows user having issues to run a a `shell` script, you can run a `python` script as an alternative:
 
 ```zsh
-cd kuwala/scripts && sh initialize_windows.sh && cd windows && sh initialize_git_submodules.sh
+cd kuwala/scripts/python && python3 initialize_git_submodules.py
 ```
 
+*All `shell` scripts are also available in  `python` script using the same file naming, inside the `/python` directory*
+
 To make sure you are running the latest version of the pipeline, build the Docker images from inside the `kuwala` 
 directory by running:
 
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_windows.sh b/kuwala/scripts/initialize_windows.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b6247719..00000000
--- a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_windows.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-mkdir windows
-sed 's/\r$//' build_all_containers.sh > ./windows/build_all_containers.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' build_cli.sh > ./windows/build_cli.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' build_jupyter_notebook.sh > ./windows/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' build_postgres.sh > ./windows/build_postgres.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' create_zip_archive.sh > ./windows/create_zip_archive.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' initialize_all_components.sh > ./windows/initialize_all_components.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' initialize_core_components.sh > ./windows/initialize_core_components.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' initialize_git_submodules.sh > ./windows/initialize_git_submodules.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' run_cli.sh > ./windows/run_cli.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' run_jupyter_notebook.sh > ./windows/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
-sed 's/\r$//' stop_all_containers.sh > ./windows/stop_all_containers.sh
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/build_all_containers.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_all_containers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58bdf53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_all_containers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+build_all_containers.sh:
+cd ..
+docker-compose build postgres database-importer database-transformer jupyter admin-boundaries google-poi-api google-poi-pipeline google-trends osm-parquetizer osm-poi population-density'
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../'))
+
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose build postgres database-importer database-transformer jupyter admin-boundaries google-poi-api google-poi-pipeline google-trends osm-parquetizer osm-poi population-density'])
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/build_cli.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63a16b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""
+build_cli.sh:
+
+cd ../..
+pip3 install virtualenv
+virtualenv -p python3 venv
+source ./venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r kuwala/core/cli/requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../../'))
+rc.run_command(['pip3 install virtualenv'])
+rc.run_command(['virtualenv -p python3 venv'])
+rc.run_command(['source ./venv/bin/activate'])
+rc.run_command(['pip install -r kuwala/core/cli/requirements.txt'])
+rc.run_command(['pip install -e .'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/build_jupyter_notebook.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_jupyter_notebook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f94bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_jupyter_notebook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+build_jupyter_notebook.sh:
+cd ..
+docker-compose build jupyter
+
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../'))
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose build jupyter'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/build_postgres.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_postgres.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdc98bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/build_postgres.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+cd ..
+docker-compose build postgres
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../'))
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose build postgres'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/create_zip_archive.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/create_zip_archive.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3b5d26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/create_zip_archive.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+cd ../..
+git archive --format=zip HEAD -o kuwala.zip
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../../'))
+rc.run_command(['git archive --format=zip HEAD -o kuwala.zip'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_all_components.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_all_components.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99a3aeed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_all_components.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+sh initialize_git_submodules.sh
+sh build_cli.sh
+sh build_all_containers.sh
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+rc.run_command(['python3 initialize_git_submodules.py'])
+rc.run_command(['python3 build_cli.py'])
+rc.run_command(['python3 build_all_containers.py'])
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_core_components.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_core_components.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..875bf180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_core_components.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+sh build_postgres.sh
+sh build_cli.sh
+sh build_jupyter_notebook.sh
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+rc.run_command(['python3 build_postgres.py'])
+rc.run_command(['python3 build_cli.py'])
+rc.run_command(['python3 build_jupyter_notebook.py'])
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_git_submodules.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_git_submodules.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37e94d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/initialize_git_submodules.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+cd ../..
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../../'))
+rc.run_command(['git submodule update --init --recursive'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/run_cli.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed2c26f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+cd ../../
+source ./venv/bin/activate
+cd kuwala/core/cli
+python3 src/main.py
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../../'))
+rc.run_command(['source ./venv/bin/activate'])
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../../','kuwala/core/cli'))
+rc.run_command(['python3 src/main.py'])
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/run_command.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_command.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb9a568b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_command.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+from threading import Thread
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+def run_command(command: [str], exit_keyword=None):
+    process = subprocess.Popen(
+        command,
+        bufsize=1,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        universal_newlines=True,
+        shell=True
+    )
+    thread_result = dict(hit_exit_keyword=False)
+
+    def print_std(std, result):
+        while True:
+            line = std.readline()
+
+            if len(line.strip()) > 0:
+                print(line if 'Stage' not in line and '%' not in line else line.strip(), end='\r')
+
+            if exit_keyword is not None and exit_keyword in line:
+                result['hit_exit_keyword'] = True
+
+                break
+
+            return_code = process.poll()
+
+            if return_code is not None:
+                if return_code != 0:
+                    return RuntimeError()
+
+                break
+
+    stdout_thread = Thread(target=print_std, args=(process.stdout, thread_result,), daemon=True)
+    stderr_thread = Thread(target=print_std, args=(process.stderr, thread_result,), daemon=True)
+
+    stdout_thread.start()
+    stderr_thread.start()
+
+    while stdout_thread.is_alive() and stderr_thread.is_alive():
+        pass
+
+    if thread_result['hit_exit_keyword']:
+        return process
+
+
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    run_command()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/run_jupyter_notebook.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_jupyter_notebook.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd10d616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/run_jupyter_notebook.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""
+cd ../
+docker-compose run --service-ports jupyter
+"""
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+os.chdir(os.path.join(script_dir,'../../'))
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose run --service-ports jupyter'])
+
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/python/stop_all_containers.py b/kuwala/scripts/python/stop_all_containers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cfccf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/python/stop_all_containers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+reset
+docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)
+docker-compose down
+docker-compose rm -f
+"""
+
+import os
+import run_command as rc
+
+rc.run_command(['reset'])
+rc.run_command(['docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)'])
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose down'])
+rc.run_command(['docker-compose rm -f'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/build_all_containers.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_all_containers.sh
similarity index 95%
rename from kuwala/scripts/build_all_containers.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/build_all_containers.sh
index d96105d6..3997f87b 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/build_all_containers.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_all_containers.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 docker-compose build postgres database-importer database-transformer jupyter admin-boundaries google-poi-api google-poi-pipeline google-trends osm-parquetizer osm-poi population-density
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/build_cli.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_cli.sh
similarity index 92%
rename from kuwala/scripts/build_cli.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/build_cli.sh
index ce6f1b70..c5299afc 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/build_cli.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_cli.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cd ../..
+cd ../../..
 pip3 install virtualenv
 virtualenv -p python3 venv
 source ./venv/bin/activate
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/build_jupyter_notebook.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
similarity index 75%
rename from kuwala/scripts/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
index b6320b2a..bf29848f 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_jupyter_notebook.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 docker-compose build jupyter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/build_postgres.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/build_postgres.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from kuwala/scripts/build_postgres.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/build_postgres.sh
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/create_zip_archive.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/create_zip_archive.sh
similarity index 78%
rename from kuwala/scripts/create_zip_archive.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/create_zip_archive.sh
index a74b5584..23124d24 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/create_zip_archive.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/create_zip_archive.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cd ../..
+cd ../../..
 git archive --format=zip HEAD -o kuwala.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_all_components.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_all_components.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from kuwala/scripts/initialize_all_components.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_all_components.sh
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_core_components.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_core_components.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from kuwala/scripts/initialize_core_components.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_core_components.sh
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_git_submodules.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_git_submodules.sh
similarity index 76%
rename from kuwala/scripts/initialize_git_submodules.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_git_submodules.sh
index 3e482e1e..da0e44e2 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/initialize_git_submodules.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/initialize_git_submodules.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cd ../..
+cd ../../..
 git submodule update --init --recursive
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/run_cli.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/run_cli.sh
similarity index 83%
rename from kuwala/scripts/run_cli.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/run_cli.sh
index cbedab1d..7e370716 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/run_cli.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/run_cli.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cd ../../
+cd ../../../
 source ./venv/bin/activate
 cd kuwala/core/cli
 python3 src/main.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/run_jupyter_notebook.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
similarity index 82%
rename from kuwala/scripts/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
index 432fb557..6a482838 100644
--- a/kuwala/scripts/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
+++ b/kuwala/scripts/shell/run_jupyter_notebook.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-cd ../
+cd ../..
 docker-compose run --service-ports jupyter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kuwala/scripts/stop_all_containers.sh b/kuwala/scripts/shell/stop_all_containers.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from kuwala/scripts/stop_all_containers.sh
rename to kuwala/scripts/shell/stop_all_containers.sh