diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 08567f6..ff9c81d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 
-      - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install --upgrade hatch
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
-      - run: hatch run mkdocs gh-deploy --force
+      - name: Sync dependencies
+        run: uv sync --extra dev
+
+      - run: uv run mkdocs gh-deploy --force
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 37cc1ef..a86f8f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,16 +60,15 @@ jobs:
           git tag "v${VERSION}"
           git push origin "v${VERSION}"
 
-      - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install hatch
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
 
       - name: Publish on PyPi
         env:
-          HATCH_INDEX_USER: __token__
-          HATCH_INDEX_AUTH: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          hatch build
-          hatch publish -y
+          uv build
+          uv publish
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 02b7b21..49b402e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -44,22 +44,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install --upgrade hatch
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+
+      - name: Sync dependencies
+        run: uv sync --extra dev
 
       - if: matrix.python-version == '3.13'
         name: Lint
-        run: hatch run lint:all
+        run: uv run ruff format --check && uv run ruff check . && uv run mypy --install-types --non-interactive src/banks && uv run pylint src/banks
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: hatch run cov -m"not e2e"
-
-      - if: matrix.python-version == '3.13'
-        name: End-to-end
-        env:
-          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
-          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-        run: hatch run test -m"e2e"
+        run: uv run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml -m"not e2e" tests
 
       - if: matrix.python-version == '3.13'
         name: Report Coveralls
@@ -82,11 +78,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install --upgrade hatch
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+
+      - name: Sync dependencies
+        run: uv sync --extra dev
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: hatch run test -m"not e2e"
+        run: uv run pytest -m"not e2e" tests
 
   windows:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on Windows
@@ -105,8 +104,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install Hatch
-        run: pip install --upgrade hatch
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+
+      - name: Sync dependencies
+        run: uv sync --extra dev
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: hatch run test -m"not e2e"
+        run: uv run pytest -m"not e2e" tests
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index dd94b8d..65a6b8a 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -10,36 +10,39 @@ Banks is a Python prompt programming language and templating system for LLM appl
 
 ```bash
 # Most common commands
-hatch run test                    # Run unit tests
-hatch run lint:all                # Run all linting checks
-hatch run lint:fmt                # Auto-format code
-hatch run test tests/test_foo.py  # Run specific test file
+uv run pytest tests                    # Run unit tests
+uv run ruff format --check && uv run ruff check . && uv run mypy --install-types --non-interactive src/banks && uv run pylint src/banks  # Run all linting checks
+uv run ruff format                     # Auto-format code
+uv run pytest tests/test_foo.py        # Run specific test file
 ```
 
 ## Development Commands
 
+### Setup
+- Install dev dependencies: `uv sync --extra dev`
+
 ### Testing
-- Run tests: `hatch run test`
-- Run tests with coverage: `hatch run test-cov`
-- Generate coverage report: `hatch run cov`
-- Run specific test file: `hatch run test tests/test_foo.py`
-- Run e2e tests: `hatch run test tests/e2e/` (requires API keys)
+- Run tests: `uv run pytest tests`
+- Run tests with coverage: `uv run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml tests`
+- Generate coverage report: `uv run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml tests && uv run coverage combine && uv run coverage report -m`
+- Run specific test file: `uv run pytest tests/test_foo.py`
+- Run e2e tests: `uv run pytest tests/e2e/` (requires API keys)
 
 ### Linting and Type Checking
-- Format code: `hatch run lint:fmt`
-- Auto-fix lint issues: `hatch run lint:fix`
-- Check formatting: `hatch run lint:check`
-- Run type checking: `hatch run lint:typing`
-- Run pylint: `hatch run lint:lint`
-- Run all lint checks: `hatch run lint:all`
+- Format code: `uv run ruff format`
+- Auto-fix lint issues: `uv run ruff check --fix`
+- Check formatting: `uv run ruff format --check && uv run ruff check .`
+- Run type checking: `uv run mypy --install-types --non-interactive src/banks`
+- Run pylint: `uv run pylint src/banks`
+- Run all lint checks: `uv run ruff format --check && uv run ruff check . && uv run mypy --install-types --non-interactive src/banks && uv run pylint src/banks`
 
 ### Documentation
-- Build docs: `hatch run docs build`
-- Serve docs locally: `hatch run docs serve` (available at http://127.0.0.1:8000/)
+- Build docs: `uv run mkdocs build`
+- Serve docs locally: `uv run mkdocs serve` (available at http://127.0.0.1:8000/)
 
 ### Environment Management
-- All commands use Hatch environments with automatic dependency management
-- Uses `uv` as the installer for faster dependency resolution
+- Uses `uv` for dependency management and running tools
+- Install all dev dependencies: `uv sync --extra dev`
 - Python 3.9+ supported (tested on 3.10-3.14)
 
 ## Architecture Overview
@@ -157,9 +160,9 @@ hatch run test tests/test_foo.py  # Run specific test file
 
 ### Running Specific Tests
 ```bash
-hatch run test tests/test_image.py        # Single file
-hatch run test tests/test_image.py::test_name  # Single test
-hatch run test -k "image"                 # Tests matching pattern
+uv run pytest tests/test_image.py        # Single file
+uv run pytest tests/test_image.py::test_name  # Single test
+uv run pytest -k "image"                 # Tests matching pattern
 ```
 
 ## Code Style
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f0ce80a..263a427 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -11,35 +11,32 @@ be very happy about:
 - Refer this project in your project's readme
 - Mention the project at local meetups and tell your friends/colleagues
 
-## Install Hatch
+## Setup
 
-Assuming you already have Python installed and it's at least on version 3.10, the first step is to install
-[Hatch](https://hatch.pypa.io/1.9/). We'll use Hatch to manage the virtual environments that are needed to build the
-project, the documentation and to run the tests. Depending on your operating system, there are different ways to
-install Hatch:
+Assuming you already have Python installed (version 3.10 or later), the recommended way to work on this project is
+with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/). Install `uv` following the
+[official instructions](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), then install all development
+dependencies with:
 
-- `brew install hatch` on Mac
-- The [GUI installer](https://hatch.pypa.io/1.9/install/#gui-installer_1) on Windows
-- Or just `pip install hatch`
-
-The [official documentation for Hatch](https://hatch.pypa.io/1.9/install/) contains a thorough description of all the
-available installation methods.
+```sh
+$ uv sync --extra dev
+```
 
 ## Run the tests
 
-With Hatch installed, from the root of the repository running the tests is as simple as:
+With `uv` installed, from the root of the repository running the tests is as simple as:
 
 ```sh
-$ hatch run test
+$ uv run pytest tests
 ```
 
-This command will activate the proper virtual environment, sync the required dependencies and invoke
+This command will use the virtual environment managed by `uv`, sync the required dependencies and invoke
 [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/index.html).
 
 To see a recap of the test coverage and specifically which are the lines that are currently not tested, you can run:
 
 ```sh
-$ hatch run cov
+$ uv run pytest --cov --cov-report=xml tests && uv run coverage combine && uv run coverage report -m
 ```
 
 ## Lint the code
@@ -51,7 +48,13 @@ and used consistently across the codebase.
 To perform a comprehensive lint check just run:
 
 ```sh
-$ hatch run lint:all
+$ uv run ruff format --check && uv run ruff check . && uv run mypy --install-types --non-interactive src/banks && uv run pylint src/banks
+```
+
+To auto-format the code:
+
+```sh
+$ uv run ruff format
 ```
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ Any contribution to the documentation is very welcome, whether it's a fix for a
 new recipe in the cookbook. To preview the documentation locally, you can run:
 
 ```sh
-$ hatch run docs serve
+$ uv run mkdocs serve
 ```
 
 and open the browser at the URL `http://127.0.0.1:8000/`. The documentation is built with
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5219a8a..f215c04 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 [![test](https://github.com/masci/banks/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/masci/banks/actions/workflows/test.yml)
 [![docs](https://github.com/masci/banks/actions/workflows/docs.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/masci/banks/actions/workflows/docs.yml)
 
-[![Hatch project](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%A5%9A-Hatch-4051b5.svg)](https://github.com/pypa/hatch)
 [![Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 [![Checked with mypy](https://www.mypy-lang.org/static/mypy_badge.svg)](https://mypy-lang.org/)
 [![License - MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-9400d3.svg)](https://spdx.org/licenses/)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a6739c3..d8e04f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,18 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 all = ["litellm", "redis"]
-
-[project.urls]
-Documentation = "https://github.com/masci/banks#readme"
-Issues = "https://github.com/masci/banks/issues"
-Source = "https://github.com/masci/banks"
-
-[tool.hatch.version]
-path = "src/banks/__about__.py"
-
-[tool.hatch.envs.default]
-installer = "uv"
-dependencies = [
+dev = [
     "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
@@ -54,32 +43,21 @@ dependencies = [
     "mkdocs-material",
     "mkdocstrings[python]",
     "simplemma",
-    "eval-type-backport;python_version<'3.10'",
+
     "redis",
     "litellm",
+    "mypy>=1.0.0",
+    "ruff>=0.0.243",
+    "pylint",
 ]
 
-[tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
-test = "pytest {args:tests}"
-test-cov = "pytest --cov --cov-report=xml {args:tests}"
-cov-report = ["- coverage combine", "coverage report -m"]
-cov = ["test-cov", "cov-report"]
-docs = "mkdocs {args:build}"
-
-[[tool.hatch.envs.all.matrix]]
-python = ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14"]
-
-[tool.hatch.envs.lint]
-detached = false                                                              # Normally the linting env can be detached, but mypy doesn't install all the stubs we need
-dependencies = ["mypy>=1.0.0", "ruff>=0.0.243", "pylint", "redis", "litellm"]
-
-[tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
-check = ["ruff format --check {args}", "ruff check {args:.}"]
-lint = "pylint {args:src/banks}"
-typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:src/banks}"
-all = ["check", "typing", "lint"]
-fmt = "ruff format {args}"
-fix = "ruff check --fix {args}"
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/masci/banks#readme"
+Issues = "https://github.com/masci/banks/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/masci/banks"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "src/banks/__about__.py"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 only-include = ["src/banks", "src/templates"]