diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b8a2fc..134a8cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Python now generates a `run` command and cli entry point for clients and services.
+
+### Changed
+- Python now uses `pyproject` instead of `setuptools` by default. Template for targetSetup
+  has been updated accordingly. It also conforms to `ruff`s checks and formatting by default.
+
 ### Fixed
 - Python's config merger now handles mypy overrides targeting multiple packages.
 
diff --git a/python/component-template/@mainPackage@/main.py b/python/component-template/@mainPackage@/main.py
index e16297c..265ed8b 100644
--- a/python/component-template/@mainPackage@/main.py
+++ b/python/component-template/@mainPackage@/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-""" @desc@ """
+"""@desc@"""
 
 
 def main() -> None:
-    """ main function of @mainPackage@ """
+    """Main function of @mainPackage@."""
     raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/python/component-template/pyproject.toml b/python/component-template/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b66c1a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/component-template/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+
+[project]
+name = "@pname@"
+version = "@version@"
+description = "@desc@"
+authors = [{name = "@author@", email = "@email@"}]
+
+[setuptools.packages.find]
+exclude = ["tests*"]
+
+[urls]
+Homepage = "@url@"
+
+[project.scripts]
+@entryPoint@
+
diff --git a/python/component-template/setup.py b/python/component-template/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b06b41..0000000
--- a/python/component-template/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-""" Package setup for the component @pname@ """
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-setup(
-    name="@pname@",
-    version="@version@",
-    url="@url@",
-    author="@author@",
-    author_email="@email@",
-    description="@desc@",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
-    entry_points=@entryPoint@,
-)
diff --git a/python/component-template/tests/test_main.py b/python/component-template/tests/test_main.py
index eaf4487..a8e4964 100644
--- a/python/component-template/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/python/component-template/tests/test_main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-""" Tests for @mainPackage@ in @pname@ """
+"""Tests for @mainPackage@ in @pname@."""
 import @mainPackage@.main
 
+
 def test_main() -> None:
-    """ Tests for the main function """
+    """Tests for the main function."""
     @mainPackage@.main.main()
diff --git a/python/main.py.in b/python/main.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c13b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/main.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/python/package.nix b/python/package.nix
index 8de66f6..7c08a23 100644
--- a/python/package.nix
+++ b/python/package.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let
       inherit version;
       pname = name;
       mainPackage = lib.toLower (builtins.replaceStrings [ "-" " " ] [ "_" "_" ] name);
-      entryPoint = if setuptoolsLibrary then "{}" else "{\\\"console_scripts\\\": [\\\"${name}=${mainPackage}.main:main\\\"]}";
+      entryPoint = if setuptoolsLibrary then "" else "${name}=\\\"${mainPackage}.main:main\\\"";
     } // args.targetSetup.variables or { };
     variableQueries = {
       desc = "✍️ Write a short description for your component:";
@@ -79,13 +79,18 @@ let
       email = "📧 Enter author email:";
       url = "🏄 Enter author website url:";
     } // args.targetSetup.variableQueries or { };
-    initCommands = "black .";
+    initCommands = ''
+      ${if ! setuptoolsLibrary then "cat ${./main.py.in} >>$mainPackage/main.py" else ""}
+      ruff format .
+      ruff check --fix --unsafe-fixes .
+    '';
   });
 
   pythonPackageArgs = attrs // {
     inherit version preBuild doStandardTests pythonVersion propagatedBuildInputs;
     src = if lib.isStorePath src then src else filteredSrc;
     pname = name;
+    format = attrs.format or "pyproject";
 
     # Don't install dependencies with pip, let nix handle that
     preInstall = ''
@@ -170,7 +175,16 @@ let
           Show the config Nedryland has generated for a linter, one of:
           black, coverage, flake8, isort, mypy, pylint, pytest'';
       };
-    } // attrs.shellCommands or { });
+    } // (
+      lib.optionalAttrs
+        (! setuptoolsLibrary)
+        {
+          run = {
+            script = ''python -m ${name}.main "$@"'';
+            description = "Run the main module.";
+          };
+        })
+    // attrs.shellCommands or { });
   };
 in
 pythonPkgs.buildPythonPackage pythonPackageArgs