diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 3d4928c..d110d5a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -284,6 +284,18 @@ install_tilt() {
     tilt version
 }
 
+install_uv() {
+    echo "Installing uv..."
+    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+    if command_exists uv; then
+        echo "🎉 uv installed successfully 🎉"
+        uv --version
+    else
+        echo "🧨 Failed to install uv. 🧨"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 install_scaf() {
     # Install/re-install scaf
     if [ -f "$TEMP_DOWNLOAD" ]; then
@@ -318,7 +330,7 @@ check_top_level_dependencies
 [ -n "$DEBUG" ] && echo "Checking Git Config"
 check_git_config
 
-for tool in kubectl kind tilt; do
+for tool in kubectl kind tilt uv; do
     if ! command_exists $tool; then
         echo "$tool is not installed."
         install_$tool
diff --git a/scaf b/scaf
index d5e2356..a9a9f66 100755
--- a/scaf
+++ b/scaf
@@ -229,19 +229,27 @@ if [[ "$SCAF_CHALLENGE" == "y" ]]; then
   CHALLENGE_CONFIG=$(cat $CHALLENGE_CONFIG_PATH)
 fi
 
-IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
-docker run --rm $DOCKER_RUN_OPTIONS -v "$(pwd):/home/scaf/out" \
-  -e HOST_UID="$(id -u)" \
-  -e HOST_GID="$(id -g)" \
-  -e CHALLENGE_CONFIG="$CHALLENGE_CONFIG" \
-  docker.io/sixfeetup/scaf:$IMAGE_TAG \
-  cookiecutter \
-  $COOKIECUTTER_OPTIONS \
-  $REPO_URL \
-  --directory="$DEFAULT_DIRECTORY" \
-  project_slug="$COOKIECUTTER_SLUG" \
-  _challenge="$SCAF_CHALLENGE"
+command_exists() {
+    command -v "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Install required python dependencies
+if ! command_exists pip; then
+  echo "pip is not installed. Installing pip..."
+  curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | $PYTHON_CMD
+  PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore
+fi
+
+if ! command_exists uv; then
+  echo "Installing uv..."
+  $PYTHON_CMD -m pip install --user uv
+fi
+
+echo "Installing cookiecutter and other dependencies..."
+uv pip install --system black isort cookiecutter --prefix "/home/$USERNAME/.local/"
 
+echo "Creating your project..."
+cookiecutter $COOKIECUTTER_OPTIONS $REPO_URL --directory="$DEFAULT_DIRECTORY" project_slug="$COOKIECUTTER_SLUG" _challenge="$SCAF_CHALLENGE"
 
 # Check if cookiecutter was successful
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then