diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ web-build:
 	./rhodecode/tests/scripts/static-file-check.sh rhodecode/public/
 	rm -rf node_modules
 
+.PHONY: ruff-check
+## run a ruff analysis
+ruff-check:
+	ruff check --ignore F401 --ignore I001 --ignore E402 --ignore E501 --ignore F841 --exclude rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate --exclude .eggs  --exclude .dev .
 
 .PHONY: pip-packages
 ## Show outdated packages
@@ -123,6 +127,7 @@ dev-cleanup:
 
 .PHONY: dev-env
 ## make dev-env based on the requirements files and install develop of packages
+## Cleanup: pip freeze | grep -v "^-e" | grep -v "@" | xargs pip uninstall -y
 dev-env:
 	sudo -u root chown rhodecode:rhodecode /home/rhodecode/.cache/pip/
 	pip install build virtualenv
@@ -143,8 +148,8 @@ sh:
 workers?=1
 
 .PHONY: dev-srv
-## run gunicorn multi process workers
-dev-srv-g:
+## run gunicorn web server with reloader, use workers=N to set multiworker mode
+dev-srv:
 	gunicorn --paste=.dev/dev.ini --bind=0.0.0.0:10020 --config=.dev/gunicorn_config.py --timeout=120 --reload --workers=$(workers)