diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo.yml b/.github/workflows/repo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f12686f8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/repo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-name: repo
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 15 1 * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  pre-commit-autoupdate:
-    name: pre-commit autoupdate
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: pre-commit autoupdate
-      run: |
-        git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-        pre-commit autoupdate
-    - name: Create Pull Request
-      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5b4a9f6a9e2af26e5f02351490b90d01eb8ec1e5
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_CREATE_PR_PAT }}
-        commit-message: Update pre-commit hook versions
-        title: 'pre-commit: autoupdate hooks'
-        branch: pre-commit-updates
-        base: master
-        delete-branch: true
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9edc70481..000000000
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-files: ^msgq/
-repos:
--   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v6.0.0
-    hooks:
-    -   id: check-ast
-    -   id: check-yaml
-    -   id: check-executables-have-shebangs
-    -   id: check-shebang-scripts-are-executable
--   repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.12.12
-    hooks:
-    -   id: ruff
--   repo: local
-    hooks:
-    -   id: cppcheck
-        name: cppcheck
-        entry: cppcheck
-        language: system
-        types: [c++]
-        exclude: '^(msgq/msgq_tests.cc|msgq/test_runner.cc)'
-        args:
-        - --error-exitcode=1
-        - --inline-suppr
-        - --language=c++
-        - --force
-        - --quiet
-        - -j4
-        - --check-level=exhaustive
--   repo: https://github.com/cpplint/cpplint
-    rev: 2.0.2
-    hooks:
-    -   id: cpplint
-        args:
-        - --quiet
-        - --counting=detailed
-        - --linelength=240
-        - --filter=-build,-legal,-readability,-runtime,-whitespace,+build/include_subdir,+build/forward_decl,+build/include_what_you_use,+build/deprecated,+whitespace/comma,+whitespace/line_length,+whitespace/empty_if_body,+whitespace/empty_loop_body,+whitespace/empty_conditional_body,+whitespace/forcolon,+whitespace/parens,+whitespace/semicolon,+whitespace/tab,+readability/braces
--   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.4.1
-    hooks:
-    -   id: codespell
-        args:
-        - -L ned
-        - --builtins clear,rare,informal,usage,code,names,en-GB_to_en-US
diff --git a/lefthook.yml b/lefthook.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7689a9ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lefthook.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+output:
+  - meta           # Print lefthook version
+  - summary        # Print summary block (successful and failed steps)
+  - empty_summary  # Print summary heading when there are no steps to run
+  - success        # Print successful steps
+  - failure        # Print failed steps printing
+  - execution      # Print any execution logs
+  #- execution_out  # Print execution output
+  #- execution_info # Print `EXECUTE > ...` logging
+  - skips          # Print "skip" (i.e. no files matched)
+
+test:
+  parallel: true
+  commands:
+    # *** static analysis ***
+    ruff:
+      run: ruff check .
+    ty:
+      run: ty check .
+    codespell:
+      run: codespell {files} -L ned,stdio,master --builtin clear,rare,informal,usage,code,names,en-GB_to_en-US -S uv.lock,*_pyx.cpp,catch2*
+      files: git ls-tree -r HEAD --name-only
+    cppcheck:
+      run: cppcheck --error-exitcode=1 --inline-suppr --language=c++ --force --quiet -j4 --check-level=exhaustive $(git ls-files '*.cc' | grep -v -E '(msgq_tests|test_runner)\.cc')
+    cpplint:
+      run: cpplint --exclude=msgq/catch2/ --exclude=msgq/ipc_pyx.cpp --exclude=msgq/visionipc/visionipc_pyx.cpp --recursive --quiet --counting=detailed --linelength=240 --filter=-build,-legal,-readability,-runtime,-whitespace,+build/include_subdir,+build/forward_decl,+build/include_what_you_use,+build/deprecated,+whitespace/comma,+whitespace/line_length,+whitespace/empty_if_body,+whitespace/empty_loop_body,+whitespace/empty_conditional_body,+whitespace/forcolon,+whitespace/parens,+whitespace/semicolon,+whitespace/tab,+readability/braces msgq/
+
+    # *** tests ***
+    test_runner:
+      run: msgq/test_runner
+    pytest:
+      run: pytest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d9f5f81ef..efbb89ad7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "setuptools",  # for distutils
   "Cython",
   "scons",
-  "pre-commit",
   "ruff",
   "parameterized",
   "coverage",
@@ -23,7 +22,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "pytest",
   "pytest-retry",
   "cppcheck",
+  "cpplint",
+  "codespell",
   "ty",
+  "lefthook",
 ]
 
 # https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/configuration/#using-pyprojecttoml
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index abba95d05..f674859f3 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ PLATFORM=$(uname -s)
 
 echo "installing dependencies"
 if [[ $PLATFORM == "Darwin" ]]; then
-  export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
-  brew install python3 zeromq
+  if ! command -v python3 &>/dev/null || ! pkg-config --exists libzmq 2>/dev/null; then
+    export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
+    brew install python3 zeromq
+  fi
 elif [[ $PLATFORM == "Linux" ]]; then
   # for AGNOS since we clear the apt lists
   if [[ ! -d /"var/lib/apt/" ]]; then
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index a740680b4..d91afb035 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
 DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null && pwd)"
 cd $DIR
 
-# *** env setup ***
 source ./setup.sh
 
 # *** build ***
 scons -j8
 
-# *** lint ***
-ty check .
-#ruff check .
-pre-commit run --all-files
+# *** lint + test ***
+lefthook run test
 
-# *** test ***
-msgq/test_runner
-pytest
+# *** all done ***
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+printf "\n${GREEN}All good!${NC} Finished build, lint, and test in ${SECONDS}s\n"