diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ test-only-postgres:
     --ini-config-override='{"app:main": {"sqlalchemy.db1.url": "postgresql://postgres:qweqwe@localhost/rhodecode_test"}}' \
     --cov=rhodecode rhodecode
 
+.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: docs
 ## build docs
 docs: