diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d17cd6b..63072bfd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,5 +29,15 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 version = "0.0.1"
 
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "livereload",
+    "sst",
+    "coverage",
+    "django-silk==5.1.0",
+    "pre-commit",
+    "black==24.4.2",
+]
+
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["arches_lingo"]