diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92c9bb29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[flake8]
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    __pycache__,
+    build,
+    dist,
+    versioneer.py,
+    labpdfproc/_version.py,
+    doc/manual/source/conf.py
+max-line-length = 115
+# Ignore some style 'errors' produced while formatting by 'black'
+ignore = W503
diff --git a/.isort.cfg b/.isort.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0926f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.isort.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[settings]
+line_length = 115
+multi_line_output = 3
+include_trailing_comma = True
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a8f4de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+default_language_version:
+    python: python3
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.4.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+        exclude: '\.(rst|txt)$'
+  - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
+    rev: 23.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: black
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 6.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: flake8
+  - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
+    rev: 5.12.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        args: ["--profile", "black"]
+  - repo: https://github.com/kynan/nbstripout
+    rev: 0.6.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: nbstripout
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
+      - id: prevent-commit-to-main
+        name: Prevent Commit to Main Branch
+        entry: ./prevent_commit_to_main.sh
+        language: script
+        stages: [commit]
diff --git a/prevent_commit_to_main.sh b/prevent_commit_to_main.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5237b16a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prevent_commit_to_main.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+##!"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\usr\\bin\\bash.exe"
+
+branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
+
+if [ "$branch" = "main" ]; then
+echo "You are on the main branch. Committing to the main branch is not allowed."
+exit 1
+fi