diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5ff044a..b43b1b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install NeuroMLlite and extra requirements
       run: |
           pip install .
-          pip install -r requirements-extra.txt
-                  
-          #pip install 'numpy<=1.23.0' # temp fix, see https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/osb-model-validation/issues/91
+          pip install .[dev]
 
 
     - name: Lint with flake8
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94bde9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+repos:
+-   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0
+    hooks:
+    - id: trailing-whitespace
+    - id: end-of-file-fixer
+    - id: check-added-large-files
+      args: [ "--maxkb=5000"]
+- repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+  rev: v0.4.1
+  hooks:
+    - id: ruff
+      args: [ "--select", "I", "--fix" ]
+    - id: ruff-format
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67fe177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+
+exclude = [
+    "examples",
+    ]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+ignore = ["F403", "F405"]
diff --git a/requirements-extra.txt b/requirements-extra.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 83c7838..0000000
--- a/requirements-extra.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-pyNN
-bmtk
-matplotlib
-PyQt5
-pyneuroml
-pyelectro
-neuron
-h5py
-graphviz
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4383c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+[metadata]
+name = neuromllite
+version = 0.6.1
+author = Padraig Gleeson
+author_email = p.gleeson@gmail.com
+url = https://github.com/NeuroML/NeuroMLlit
+license = LGPL-3.0-only
+description = A common JSON/YAML based format for compact network specification, closely tied to NeuroML v2
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+classifiers =
+    Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+    Natural Language :: English
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+    Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
+
+[options]
+install_requires =
+    libNeuroML>=0.5.1
+    pyyaml
+    numpy
+    tables
+    h5py
+    modelspec>=0.2.6
+    ppft[dill]
+
+packages = find:
+
+[options.packages.find]
+include =
+    neuromllite
+    neuromllite.sweep
+    neuromllite.gui
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    nmllite-ui = neuromllite.gui.NMLliteUI:main
+
+[options.extras_require]
+extras =
+    pyNN
+    bmtk
+    matplotlib
+    PyQt5
+    pyneuroml
+    pyelectro
+    neuron
+    h5py
+    graphviz
+
+
+all =
+    neuromllite[extras]
+
+dev =
+    neuromllite[all]
+    neuromllite[doc]
+    pytest
+    pytest-xdist
+    pre-commit
+
+
+doc =
+    sphinxcontrib-bibtex
+    #pyNN
+    bmtk
+    matplotlib
+    PyQt5
+    pyneuroml
+    pyelectro
+    numpy
+    neuron
+    h5py
+    graphviz
+    pylems
+    tables
+    arbor
+
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E501, E502, F403, F405, W503, W504
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b8e1ff..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-version = ""
-for aline in open("neuromllite/__init__.py"):
-    if "__version__ =" in aline:
-        version = aline.split('"')[1]
-
-setup(
-    name="neuromllite",
-    version=version,
-    author="Padraig Gleeson",
-    author_email="p.gleeson@gmail.com",
-    packages=["neuromllite", "neuromllite.sweep", "neuromllite.gui"],
-    entry_points={
-        "console_scripts": ["nmllite-ui            = neuromllite.gui.NMLliteUI:main"]
-    },
-    url="https://github.com/NeuroML/NeuroMLlite",
-    license="LICENSE.lesser",
-    description="A common JSON/YAML based format for compact network specification, closely tied to NeuroML v2",
-    long_description=open("README.md").read(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    install_requires=[
-        "libNeuroML>=0.5.1",
-        "pyyaml",
-        "numpy<2.0.0",
-        "tables",
-        "h5py",
-        "modelspec>=0.2.6",
-        "ppft"
-    ],
-    classifiers=[
-        "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)",
-        "Natural Language :: English",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    ],
-)