diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 274346f8..c6f0f746 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ htmlcov/
 
 /.tox
 /node_modules
-
+/ruff.toml
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2c18357..33a7be7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ pytest-env = "^1.1.3"
 pytest-console-scripts = "^1.4.1"
 pytest-xdist = "^3.6.1"
 psutil = "^6.0.0"
+ruff = "^0.5.3"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0"]
diff --git a/ruff.toml.example b/ruff.toml.example
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef74a1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruff.toml.example
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+line-length = 100
+extend-exclude = ["sitecustomize.py"]
+
+[lint.isort]
+known-first-party = ['appmap', '_appmap']
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