diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 349add2..1e5f69f 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
       "Github",
       "None"
     ],
+    "linting_base": [
+      "stable",
+      "ruff"
+    ],
     "jupytext": [
       "No",
       "Yes"
diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.py b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
index 37a1eda..ac85573 100644
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 REMOVE_PATHS.extend(["notebooks/example.py"])
 {% endif %}
 
+{% if cookiecutter.linting_base == "ruff" %}
+REMOVE_PATHS.extend([".flake8"])
+{% endif %}
+
 print("Cleaning files... 🌀")
 for path in REMOVE_PATHS:
     path = Path(path)
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5cefa17..5e508e3 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/.pre-commit-config.yaml	
@@ -12,17 +12,32 @@ repos:
           - id: check-json
           - id: check-yaml
 
+    {%- if cookiecutter.linting_base == "ruff" %}
+
+    # Checks Python source files for errors, sorts imports alphabetically and cleans unused imports.
+    - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
+      rev: v0.1.5
+      hooks:
+          - id: ruff
+            types_or: [ python, pyi, {%- if cookiecutter.jupytext == "No" %}jupyter{%- endif -%} ]
+            exclude: (/test_|tests/|docs/|notebooks/)
+          - id: ruff-format
+            types_or: [ python, pyi, {%- if cookiecutter.jupytext == "No" %}jupyter{%- endif -%} ]
+            exclude: (docs/)
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+    {%- if cookiecutter.linting_base == "stable" %}
       # PEP 8 compliant opinionated formatter.
     - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
       rev: 23.10.1
       hooks:
           - id: black
-            exclude: (docs/|notebooks/){% if cookiecutter.jupytext == "No" %}
+            exclude: (docs/|notebooks/){% endif %}{% if cookiecutter.jupytext == "No" and cookiecutter.linting_base == "stable" %}
           - id: black-jupyter
             files: \.ipynb$
     {%- endif -%}
 
-    {% if cookiecutter.jupytext == "Yes" %}
+    {%- if cookiecutter.jupytext == "Yes" %}
 
       # Save .ipynb to .py:percent format
     - repo: https://github.com/mwouts/jupytext
@@ -35,14 +50,6 @@ repos:
             - black==23.10.1
     {%- endif %}
 
-      # Cleaning unused imports.
-    - repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
-      rev: v2.3.0
-      hooks:
-          - id: pycln
-            args: ["-a"]
-            exclude: (docs/|notebooks/)
-
     # Modernizes python code and upgrade syntax for newer versions of the language
     - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
       rev: v3.15.0
@@ -50,17 +57,14 @@ repos:
           - id: pyupgrade
             args: [--py38-plus]
 
-      # Used to have proper type annotations for library code.
-    - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-      rev: v1.6.1
+    {%- if cookiecutter.linting_base == "stable" %}
+      # Cleaning unused imports.
+    - repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
+      rev: v2.3.0
       hooks:
-          - id: mypy
-            args: []
-            # You can add additional plugins for mypy below
-            # such as types-python-dateutil
-            additional_dependencies: []
-            exclude: (/test_|setup.py|/tests/|docs/)
-
+          - id: pycln
+            args: ["-a"]
+            exclude: (docs/|notebooks/)
       # Sort imports alphabetically, and automatically separated into sections and by type.
     - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
       rev: 5.12.0
@@ -79,23 +83,31 @@ repos:
             language: python
             types: [python]
             args: [--config, .flake8]
-            exclude: (docs/)
+            exclude: (docs/|notebooks/)
 
       # Enforces a coding standard, looks for code smells, and can make suggestions about how the code could be refactored.
     - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/pylint
       rev: v3.0.1
       hooks:
           - id: pylint
-            exclude: (/test_|tests/|docs/)
-            # # You can add additional plugins for pylint here,
-            # here is an example for pydantic, remember to enable it in pyproject.toml
-            # additional_dependencies:
-            #   - 'pylint_pydantic'
-            # args:
-            #   # pylint can have issue with python libraries based on C
-            #   # if it fails to find some objects likely you need to add them
-            #   # here:
-            #   ["--extension-pkg-whitelist=pydantic"]
+            exclude: (/test_|tests/|docs/|notebooks/)
+            additional_dependencies:
+              - 'pylint_pydantic'
+            args:
+              # pylint can have issue with python libraries based on C
+              # if it fails to find some objects likely you need to add them
+              # here:
+              ["--extension-pkg-whitelist=pydantic"]
+    {%- endif -%}
+
+      # Used to have proper type annotations for library code.
+    - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
+      rev: v1.6.1
+      hooks:
+          - id: mypy
+            args: []
+            additional_dependencies: []
+            exclude: (/test_|setup.py|/tests/|docs/|notebooks/)
 
       # Finds common security issues in Python code.
     - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/pyproject.toml
index 10da5a8..28a9b2a 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.repo_name }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -5,6 +5,50 @@ requires = [
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.pytest]
+norecursedirs=[
+    '.git',
+    '.tox',
+    '.env',
+    'dist',
+    'build',
+    'migrations',
+    'docker',
+    'config',
+    'notebooks',
+    'research',
+]
+python_files = ['test_*.py']
+addopts = [
+    '-ra',
+    '--showlocals',
+    '--strict-markers',
+    '--ignore=docs/conf.py',
+    '--ignore=setup.py',
+    '--ignore=ci',
+    '--ignore=.eggs',
+    '--doctest-modules',
+    '--doctest-glob=\*.rst',
+    '--tb=short',
+]
+
+testpaths = ['tests']
+
+[tool.mypy]
+warn_unused_configs = true
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+warn_unused_ignores = false
+show_error_codes = true
+check_untyped_defs = true
+no_implicit_optional = true
+mypy_path=['src']
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = "{{ cookiecutter.__package_name }}.*"
+ignore_missing_imports = false
+disallow_untyped_defs = true
+
+{% if cookiecutter.linting_base == "stable" -%}
 [tool.isort]
 multi_line_output=3
 line_length=120
@@ -52,55 +96,12 @@ skip_gitignore=true
 [tool.black]
 line_length=120
 
-[tool.pytest]
-norecursedirs=[
-    '.git',
-    '.tox',
-    '.env',
-    'dist',
-    'build',
-    'migrations',
-    'docker',
-    'config',
-    'notebooks',
-    'research',
-]
-python_files = ['test_*.py']
-addopts = [
-    '-ra',
-    '--showlocals',
-    '--strict-markers',
-    '--ignore=docs/conf.py',
-    '--ignore=setup.py',
-    '--ignore=ci',
-    '--ignore=.eggs',
-    '--doctest-modules',
-    '--doctest-glob=\*.rst',
-    '--tb=short',
-]
-
-testpaths = ['tests']
-
-[tool.mypy]
-warn_unused_configs = true
-ignore_missing_imports = true
-warn_unused_ignores = false
-show_error_codes = true
-check_untyped_defs = true
-no_implicit_optional = true
-mypy_path=['src']
-
-[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = "{{ cookiecutter.__package_name }}.*"
-ignore_missing_imports = false
-disallow_untyped_defs = true
-
 [tool.pylint.basic]
 good-names="i,j,x,y,z,x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2,cv,df,dx,dy,dz,w,h,c,b,g,qa,q,a"
 max-args=8
 
 [tool.pylint.main]
-load-plugins=["pylint.extensions.docparams"]
+load-plugins=["pylint.extensions.docparams", "pylint_pydantic"]
 
 [tool.pylint.messages_control]
 disable=[
@@ -137,9 +138,55 @@ max-locals=20
 
 [tool.pylint.similarities]
 min-similarity-lines=10
+{%- endif %}
+{% if cookiecutter.linting_base == "ruff" -%}
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length=120
+
+select = [
+    # Pyflakes
+    "F",
+    # Pycodestyle
+    "E", "W",
+    # Isort
+    "I001", "I002",
+    # Pydocstyle
+    # "D",
+    # Pylint
+    "PL",
+    # flake8-builtins
+    "A",
+    # flake8-bugbear
+    "B",
+    # flake8-print
+    "T20",
+    # flake8-simplify
+    "SIM",
+    # flake8-comprehensions
+    "C4"
+]
+
+ignore = [
+  # line too long - is to be checked by black
+  "E501",
+  # Missing module docstring
+  "D104",
+  # Disables imperative mood in docstrings
+  "D401",
+  # Missing docstring in __init__
+  "D107",
+  # allow print()
+  "T201",
+]
+fix = true
+fixable = ["I001"]
+
+[tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
+convention = "google"
+{%- endif %}
 
 [tool.bandit]
-exclude_dirs = ["venv",]
+exclude_dirs = ["venv"]
 # B101 disables errors for asserts in the code
 # remember to not use asserts for security and control flows
 skips = ["B101"]
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