diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 7b8c8debc..dc8c8f2e1 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 FROM ubuntu:24.04 AS spython-base
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update
-RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git gh
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends less
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.12-venv python3-pip
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential
diff --git a/bin/.container-tag b/bin/.container-tag
index 2f4536184..be5863417 100644
--- a/bin/.container-tag
+++ b/bin/.container-tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2
\ No newline at end of file
+0.3
diff --git a/bin/bash b/bin/bash
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3b0899f26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/bash
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
+source $ROOT/setup
+
+$BASH "$@"
diff --git a/bin/node b/bin/node
index 2481feadb..64063b5d9 100755
--- a/bin/node
+++ b/bin/node
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
 source $ROOT/setup
 
-$NODE "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+$NODE "$@"
diff --git a/bin/npx b/bin/npx
index 643237ba9..68138f347 100755
--- a/bin/npx
+++ b/bin/npx
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
 source $ROOT/setup
 
-$NPX "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+$NPX "$@"
diff --git a/bin/pip b/bin/pip
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fb39a98d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pip
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
+source $ROOT/setup
+
+if [ ! -v VIRTUAL_ENV ]; then
+  source ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/activate
+fi
+
+$PIP "$@"
diff --git a/bin/pre-commit b/bin/pre-commit
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b7b56416c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT=$(dirname $(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0])))
+
+${ROOT}/bin/bash -c "source ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/activate && pre-commit $@"
+
diff --git a/bin/python b/bin/python
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..db423ddc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/python
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
+source $ROOT/setup
+
+$PYTHON "$@"
diff --git a/bin/ruby b/bin/ruby
index c57a0e523..669e2add7 100755
--- a/bin/ruby
+++ b/bin/ruby
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 ROOT=$(dirname $(realpath $BASH_SOURCE[0]))
 source $ROOT/setup
 
-$RUBY "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+$RUBY "$@"
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index d5d652458..2ec418816 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -25,70 +25,83 @@ if [ -f $ROOT/.git ]; then
   HOME_OPT="${HOME_OPT} --bind ${GIT_PATH}:${GIT_PATH}"
 fi
 
+if [ -v DEVCONTAINER_ENV ]; then
+  RUN=""
+else
+  RUN="singularity run  ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} "
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d $ROOT/.home ]; then
   mkdir $ROOT/.home
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f ${CONTAINER_PATH} ]; then
- echo "Fetching container..."
-  if [ ! -d "${ROOT}/.singularity" ]; then
-    mkdir -p ${ROOT}/.singularity
+if [ ! -v DEVCONTAINER_ENV ]; then
+  if [ ! -f ${CONTAINER_PATH} ]; then
+  echo "Fetching container..."
+    if [ ! -d "${ROOT}/.singularity" ]; then
+      mkdir -p ${ROOT}/.singularity
+    fi
+    singularity pull ${SINGULARITY_CACHE} ${CONTAINER_PATH} oras://docker.io/riscvintl/spec-generator:$CONTAINER_TAG
   fi
-  singularity pull ${SINGULARITY_CACHE} ${CONTAINER_PATH} oras://docker.io/riscvintl/spec-generator:$CONTAINER_TAG
 fi
 
 if [ ! -f $ROOT/.bundle/config ]; then
   OLDDIR=$PWD
   cd $ROOT
-  singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle config set --local path ${ROOT}/.home/.gems
-  singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle config set --local cache_path ${ROOT}/.home/.cache
+  ${RUN} bundle config set --local path ${ROOT}/.home/.gems
+  ${RUN} bundle config set --local cache_path ${ROOT}/.home/.cache
   cd $OLDDIR
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d $ROOT/.home/.gems ]; then
   OLDDIR=$PWD
   cd $ROOT
-  singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle install
+  ${RUN} bundle install
   cd $OLDDIR
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f $ROOT/ext/riscv-opcodes/README.md ]; then
-  git submodule update --init ext/riscv-opcodes
+if [ ! -d $ROOT/.home/.venv ]; then
+  ${RUN} /usr/bin/python3 -m venv ${ROOT}/.home/.venv
+fi
+source ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/activate
+if [ ! -f ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/pre-commit ]; then
+  ${RUN} ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 fi
 
+# if [ ! -f $ROOT/ext/riscv-opcodes/README.md ]; then
+#   git submodule update --init ext/riscv-opcodes
+# fi
+
 if [[ ! -z "$DEVELOPMENT" && $DEVELOPMENT -eq 1 ]]; then
   if [ ! -d "${ROOT}/.home/.yard/gem_index"]; then
-    singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec --gemfile ${ROOT}/Gemfile yard config --gem-install-yri
-    singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec --gemfile ${ROOT}/Gemfile yard gems
+    ${RUN} bundle exec --gemfile ${ROOT}/Gemfile yard config --gem-install-yri
+    ${RUN} bundle exec --gemfile ${ROOT}/Gemfile yard gems
     touch ${ROOT}/.stamps/dev_gems
   fi
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -z "$VSCODE" && $VSCODE -eq 1 ]]; then
-  declare -a exts=(
-    castwide.solargraph,
-    redhat.vscode-yaml,
-    onnovalkering.vscode-singularity,
-    asciidoctor.asciidoctor-vscode
-  )
-  for ext in "${exts[@]}"; do
-    ignore=`code --list-extensions | grep "${ext}"`
-    if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
-      echo "Installing VS Code extension ${ext}"
-      code --install-extension ${ext}
-    else
-      echo "Extension ${ext} already installed"
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-
 if [ ! -d ${ROOT}/node_modules ]; then
-  singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} npm i
+  ${RUN} npm i
 fi
 
-BUNDLE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle"
-RUBY="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec ruby"
-RAKE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec rake"
-NPM="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} npm"
-NPX="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} npx"
-NODE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} node"
+if [ -v DEVCONTAINER_ENV ]; then
+  BUNDLE="bundle"
+  RUBY="bundle exec ruby"
+  RAKE="bundle exec rake"
+  NPM="npm"
+  NPX="npx"
+  NODE="node"
+  PYTHON="python3"
+  PIP="${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/pip"
+  BASH="bash"
+else
+  BUNDLE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle"
+  RUBY="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec ruby"
+  RAKE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bundle exec rake"
+  NPM="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} npm"
+  NPX="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} npx"
+  NODE="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} node"
+  PYTHON="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} python3"
+  PIP="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} ${ROOT}/.home/.venv/bin/pip"
+  BASH="singularity run ${HOME_OPT} ${CONTAINER_PATH} bash"
+fi
diff --git a/container.def b/container.def
index a803345c6..534320d65 100644
--- a/container.def
+++ b/container.def
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ From: ubuntu:24.04
 #   package.json $HOME/
 
 %post
-  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive 
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
   apt-get update
 
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gh
+
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends less
 
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3
   apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.12-venv python3-pip
@@ -34,4 +37,3 @@ From: ubuntu:24.04
 
   # npm i wavedrom-cli
   # npm i i -E  @antora/cli@3.1 @antora/site-generator@3.1 @antora/lunr-extension asciidoctor-kroki
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d2633076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pre_commit==4.0.1
+PyYAML==6.0.2