diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bf8fc159d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cachix/devenv/95f329d49a8a5289d31e0982652f7058a189bfca/direnvrc" "sha256-d+8cBpDfDBj41inrADaJt+bDWhOktwslgoP5YiGJ1v0="
+
+use devenv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 230c8c0c1f..c8d4649b22 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ htmlcov
 coverage.xml
 .coverage*
 .cache
+# Devenv
+.devenv*
+devenv.local.nix
+
+# direnv
+.direnv
+
+# pre-commit
+.pre-commit-config.yaml
diff --git a/devenv.lock b/devenv.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4701cfd543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devenv.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "devenv": {
+      "locked": {
+        "dir": "src/modules",
+        "lastModified": 1726417371,
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "devenv",
+        "rev": "1f55f89ca32d617b7a7c18422e3c364cb003df3d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "dir": "src/modules",
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "devenv",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1696426674,
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "0f9255e01c2351cc7d116c072cb317785dd33b33",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "gitignore": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "pre-commit-hooks",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1709087332,
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "rev": "637db329424fd7e46cf4185293b9cc8c88c95394",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "hercules-ci",
+        "repo": "gitignore.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1716977621,
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "devenv-nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "4267e705586473d3e5c8d50299e71503f16a6fb6",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "ref": "rolling",
+        "repo": "devenv-nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs-stable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1726320982,
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "8f7492cce28977fbf8bd12c72af08b1f6c7c3e49",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-24.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "pre-commit-hooks": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
+        "gitignore": "gitignore",
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1725513492,
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "pre-commit-hooks.nix",
+        "rev": "7570de7b9b504cfe92025dd1be797bf546f66528",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "cachix",
+        "repo": "pre-commit-hooks.nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "devenv": "devenv",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/devenv.nix b/devenv.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..704801466c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devenv.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ pkgs, lib, config, inputs, ... }:
+
+{
+
+  # https://devenv.sh/packages/
+  packages = [ pkgs.git ];
+
+  # https://devenv.sh/languages/
+  languages = {
+    python = {
+      enable = true;
+      venv = {
+        enable = true;
+        requirements = ''
+        -e .
+        ${(builtins.readFile ./requirements-docs.txt)}
+        ${(builtins.readFile ./requirements-tests.txt)}
+
+        pre-commit >=2.17.0,<4.0.0
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  # https://devenv.sh/scripts/
+  scripts = {
+    format.exec = ''
+    bash scripts/format.sh
+    '';
+    test.exec = ''
+    bash scripts/test-cov-html.sh
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # https://devenv.sh/tests/
+  enterTest = ''
+    echo "Running tests"
+    format
+    test
+  '';
+
+  # https://devenv.sh/pre-commit-hooks/
+  # pre-commit.hooks.shellcheck.enable = true;
+
+  # See full reference at https://devenv.sh/reference/options/
+}
diff --git a/devenv.yaml b/devenv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..116a2adb37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devenv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://devenv.sh/devenv.schema.json
+inputs:
+  nixpkgs:
+    url: github:cachix/devenv-nixpkgs/rolling
+
+# If you're using non-OSS software, you can set allowUnfree to true.
+# allowUnfree: true
+
+# If you're willing to use a package that's vulnerable
+# permittedInsecurePackages:
+#  - "openssl-1.1.1w"
+
+# If you have more than one devenv you can merge them
+#imports:
+# - ./backend