diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4fba21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.12
diff --git a/.rustfmt.toml b/.rustfmt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5abef58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rustfmt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore = ["src/pyo3_server"]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8bc3b31..d37a623 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -575,6 +575,12 @@ version = "0.15.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -732,6 +738,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indoc"
+version = "2.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f4c7245a08504955605670dbf141fceab975f15ca21570696aebe9d2e71576bd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "interpolator"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -1006,6 +1018,15 @@ version = "2.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a282da65faaf38286cf3be983213fcf1d2e2a58700e808f83f4ea9a4804bc0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "488016bfae457b036d996092f6cb448677611ce4449e970ceaf42695203f218a"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "minicov"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -1133,6 +1154,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f84267b20a16ea918e43c6a88433c2d54fa145c92a811b5b047ccbe153674483"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "potential_utf"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1217,11 +1244,73 @@ dependencies = [
  "leptos_meta",
  "leptos_router",
  "log",
+ "pyo3",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ba0117f4212101ee6544044dae45abe1083d30ce7b29c4b5cbdfa2354e07383"
+dependencies = [
+ "indoc",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+ "once_cell",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "pyo3-ffi",
+ "pyo3-macros",
+ "unindent",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-build-config"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fc6ddaf24947d12a9aa31ac65431fb1b851b8f4365426e182901eabfb87df5f"
+dependencies = [
+ "target-lexicon",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-ffi"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "025474d3928738efb38ac36d4744a74a400c901c7596199e20e45d98eb194105"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2e64eb489f22fe1c95911b77c44cc41e7c19f3082fc81cce90f657cdc42ffded"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-macros-backend",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "100246c0ecf400b475341b8455a9213344569af29a3c841d29270e53102e0fcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.40"
@@ -1644,6 +1733,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "target-lexicon"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df7f62577c25e07834649fc3b39fafdc597c0a3527dc1c60129201ccfcbaa50c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.69"
@@ -1778,6 +1873,12 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unindent"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.7"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1cd6070..4a593ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ authors = ["John Lancaster <32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com>"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[lib]
+# The name of the native library. This is the name which will be used in Python to import the
+# library (i.e. `import string_sum`). If you change this, you must also change the name of the
+# `#[pymodule]` in `src/lib.rs`.
+name = "pyo3_server"
+
+# "cdylib" is necessary to produce a shared library for Python to import from.
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
 [dependencies]
 leptos = { version = "0.8", features = ["csr"] }
 leptos_meta = { version = "0.8" }
@@ -14,6 +23,8 @@ console_log = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1"
 
+pyo3 = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["extension-module"] }
+
 # utils
 # strum = { version = "0.25", features = ["derive", "strum_macros"] }
 # strum_macros = "0.25"
diff --git a/devenv.nix b/devenv.nix
index 732d24c..7d1c50e 100644
--- a/devenv.nix
+++ b/devenv.nix
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@
     # rustc rustfmt cargo
     trunk cargo-generate
     # LLVM tools for WebAssembly compilation
-    llvm
-    lld
+    # llvm
+    # lld
   ];
 
   # https://devenv.sh/languages/
   languages.rust.enable = true;
+  languages.python = {
+    enable = true;
+    package = pkgs.python312;
+    uv = {
+      enable = true;
+      sync = {
+        enable = true;
+        allExtras = true;
+      };
+    };
+  };
 
   # https://devenv.sh/processes/
   # processes.cargo-watch.exec = "cargo-watch";
@@ -42,7 +53,9 @@
   # https://devenv.sh/tests/
   enterTest = ''
     echo "Running tests"
-    git --version | grep --color=auto "${pkgs.git.version}"
+    git --version
+    python --version
+    rustc --version
   '';
 
   # https://devenv.sh/git-hooks/
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbe093f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+[project]
+name = "pyo3-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Add your description here"
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    { name = "John Lancaster", email = "32917998+jsl12@users.noreply.github.com" },
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = []
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Rust",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+pyo3-server = "pyo3_server:main"
+
+# [build-system]
+# requires = ["uv_build>=0.8.2,<0.9.0"]
+# build-backend = "uv_build"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1,<2"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d78dbbb..260f62e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use leptos::prelude::*;
 use py_leptos::App;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
+#[pyfunction]
 fn main() {
     // set up logging
     _ = console_log::init_with_level(log::Level::Debug);
@@ -12,3 +14,8 @@ fn main() {
         }
     })
 }
+
+#[pymodule(name = "pyo3_server")]
+fn my_extension(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
+    m.add_function(wrap_pyfunction!(double, m)?)
+}
diff --git a/src/pyo3_server/__init__.py b/src/pyo3_server/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13c3c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pyo3_server/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def main() -> None:
+    print("Hello from pyo3-server!")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b74f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version = 1
+revision = 2
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-server"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = { editable = "." }