diff --git a/.github/workflows/nikola.yml b/.github/workflows/nikola.yml
index cb2af90ac..ea556d6ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nikola.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nikola.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check valid checksums
       shell: bash
       run: python3 check_checksums.py
-    - name: Look for typos with codespell
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        pip install --user codespell[toml]
-        codespell --ignore-words-list=gameboy,ist,mata,nd,openend,theses --quiet=3 --skip="./archive/*,*.html,*.js"
     - name: Build docs
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -37,3 +32,12 @@ jobs:
         # reuse the venv
         venv_nikola/bin/python -m pip install ghp-import
         venv_nikola/bin/ghp-import -m"Automatic push by ghp-import" -f -p -r origin -b gh-pages --cname=pypy.org public
+
+  pre-commit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.x
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00db3c560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Learn more about this config here: https://pre-commit.com/
+
+# To enable these pre-commit hooks run:
+# `pipx install pre-commit` or `brew install pre-commit`
+# Then in the project root directory run `pre-commit install`
+
+# default_language_version:
+#   python: python3
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-ast
+      - id: check-builtin-literals
+      - id: check-byte-order-marker
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-docstring-first
+      - id: check-executables-have-shebangs
+      - id: check-json
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: check-vcs-permalinks
+        exclude: ".*1424098117108093942.html$"
+      - id: check-xml
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: destroyed-symlinks
+      - id: detect-private-key
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+        types: [python]
+      - id: file-contents-sorter
+      - id: fix-byte-order-marker
+      - id: forbid-new-submodules
+      - id: forbid-submodules
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+      - id: name-tests-test
+      - id: pretty-format-json
+      - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+      - id: sort-simple-yaml
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+        types: [python]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.3.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+        args: ["--toml=pyproject.toml"]
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - tomli
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6acbc8114..952e3267d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ all: build
 
 venv_nikola/bin/nikola:  ## create a virtualenv to build the website
 > @virtualenv -ppython3 ./venv_nikola
-> @venv_nikola/bin/python -mpip install nikola==8.2.2 markdown==3.3 jinja2 aiohttp watchdog ruamel.yaml feedparser codespell
+> @venv_nikola/bin/python -mpip install nikola==8.2.2 markdown==3.3 jinja2 aiohttp watchdog ruamel.yaml feedparser codespell tomli
 > @venv_nikola/bin/nikola plugin -i sidebar
 > @venv_nikola/bin/nikola plugin -i localsearch
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ plugins/import_blogger: venv_nikola/bin/nikola
 
 codespell: venv_nikola/bin/nikola  ## check and fix typos
 # If codespell is not found, rerun `make venv_nikola/bin/nikola`
-> venv_nikola/bin/codespell --ignore-words-list=gameboy,ist,mata,nd,openend,theses --quiet=3 --skip="./venv_nikola/*,./archive/*,*.html,*.js,./public" --write-changes
+> venv_nikola/bin/codespell --toml=pyproject.toml --write-changes
 
 build: codespell  ## build the website if needed, the result is in ./public
 > venv_nikola/bin/nikola build
@@ -60,4 +60,3 @@ help:   ## Show this help.
 > @echo "\nHelp for building the website, based on nikola"
 > @echo "Possible commands are:"
 > @grep -h "##" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | grep -v grep | sed -e 's/\(.*\):.*##\(.*\)/    \1: \2/'
- 
diff --git a/check_checksums.py b/check_checksums.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6b8ecc6ae..f0605cb59
--- a/check_checksums.py
+++ b/check_checksums.py
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ def main(fname):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main('pages/checksums.rst')
-                
diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 830b780f7..ffe7bb1b7 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 NAVIGATION_LINKS = {
     DEFAULT_LANG: (
-        
+
         (
             (
                 ('/features.html', 'What is PyPy?'),
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
           ),
           'Blog',
         ),
-            
+
         (
           (
             ('https://twitter.com/pypyproject', 'Twitter'),
diff --git a/confrest.py b/confrest.py
index 4f15f66ea..22866531a 100644
--- a/confrest.py
+++ b/confrest.py
@@ -34,5 +34,3 @@ class Project(Project):
     Page = PyPyPage
     def get_docpath(self):
         return self.mydir
-
-
diff --git a/plugins/__init__.py b/plugins/__init__.py
index fd7e25d79..e45b1d872 100644
--- a/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Plugin modules go here.
\ No newline at end of file
+# Plugin modules go here.
diff --git a/plugins/static_comments/static_comments.py b/plugins/static_comments/static_comments.py
index 5a0f249c3..158d184d4 100644
--- a/plugins/static_comments/static_comments.py
+++ b/plugins/static_comments/static_comments.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def _scan_comments(self, path, file, owner):
                 # make sure this is a comment to "file"
                 if not filename[1:].startswith(post_base + '-comment'):
                     continue
-                # There is both a *.mata and a *.html. Send only the base of
+                # There is both a *.meta and a *.html. Send only the base of
                 # the *.meta for parsing
                 parts = filename.rsplit('.', 1)
                 if parts[1] != 'meta':
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def _process_comments(self, comments):
         """Given a list of comments, rearranges them according to hierarchy and returns ordered list with indentation information."""
         # First, build tree structure out of TreeNode with comments attached
         root_list = []
-        comment_nodes = dict()
+        comment_nodes = {}
         for comment in comments:
             node = utils.TreeNode(comment.id)
             node.comment = comment
diff --git a/posts/2022/10/get_hackernews_stats.py b/posts/2022/10/get_hackernews_stats.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21281d379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[tool.codespell]
+ignore-words-list = "gameboy,ist,nd,openend,theses"
+quiet-level = 3
+skip = "*.html,*.js,./.*,./archive/*,./venv_nikola,archive/*"