diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 3fba9604fab8..ec8be001a430 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -2,16 +2,7 @@
 max-line-length = 88
 select =
     # flake8 default
-    C90, E, F, W,
-    # docstring-convention=numpy
-    D100, D101, D102, D103, D104, D105, D106,
-    D200, D201, D202, D204, D205, D206, D207, D208,
-    D209, D210, D211, D214, D215,
-    D300, D301, D302,
-    D400, D401, D403, D404, D405, D406, D407, D408,
-    D409, D410, D411, D412, D414,
-    # matplotlib-specific extra pydocstyle errors
-    D213,
+    D, E, F, W,
 ignore =
     # flake8 default
     E121,E123,E126,E226,E24,E704,W503,W504,
@@ -19,15 +10,15 @@ ignore =
     E127, E131,
     E266,
     E305, E306,
-    E722, E741,
+    E741,
     F841,
-    # Some new flake8 ignores:
-    N801, N802, N803, N806, N812,
     # pydocstyle
-    D100, D101, D102, D103, D104, D105, D106, D107,
-    D200, D202, D203, D204, D205, D207, D212,
+    D100, D101, D102, D103, D104, D105, D106,
+    D200, D202, D204, D205,
     D301,
-    D400, D401, D402, D403, D404, D413,
+    D400, D401, D403, D404
+    # ignored by pydocstyle numpy docstring convention
+    D107, D203, D212, D213, D402, D413, D415, D416, D417,
 
 exclude =
     .git
@@ -42,7 +33,6 @@ exclude =
 per-file-ignores =
     setup.py: E402
 
-
     lib/matplotlib/__init__.py: E402, F401
     lib/matplotlib/_animation_data.py: E501
     lib/matplotlib/_api/__init__.py: F401
@@ -81,9 +71,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     tutorials/text/mathtext.py: E501
     tutorials/text/text_intro.py: E402
     tutorials/text/text_props.py: E501
-    tutorials/text/usetex.py: E501
-    tutorials/toolkits/axes_grid.py: E501
-    tutorials/toolkits/axisartist.py: E501
 
     examples/animation/frame_grabbing_sgskip.py: E402
     examples/images_contours_and_fields/tricontour_demo.py: E201
@@ -93,7 +80,6 @@ per-file-ignores =
     examples/misc/print_stdout_sgskip.py: E402
     examples/misc/table_demo.py: E201
     examples/style_sheets/bmh.py: E501
-    examples/style_sheets/plot_solarizedlight2.py: E501
     examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/demo_constrained_layout.py: E402
     examples/text_labels_and_annotations/custom_legends.py: E402
     examples/ticks/date_concise_formatter.py: E402
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py b/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py
index 849644145856..da118ed0b978 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/legend_handler.py
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ def __init__(self, xpad=0., ypad=0., update_func=None):
         """
         Parameters
         ----------
-
         xpad : float, optional
             Padding in x-direction.
         ypad : float, optional
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/scale.py b/lib/matplotlib/scale.py
index e278c7464cc0..e57a9735db80 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/scale.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/scale.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def __init__(self, axis):
         # constructor docstring, which would otherwise end up interpolated into
         # the docstring of Axis.set_scale.
         """
-        """
+        """  # noqa: D419
 
     def set_default_locators_and_formatters(self, axis):
         # docstring inherited
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt.py
index 64d59b853fb0..cf82b900bf39 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_qt.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_sigint(target, kwargs):
     try:
         proc.wait_for('DRAW')
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate(timeout=_test_timeout)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         proc.kill()
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
         raise
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def test_other_signal_before_sigint(target, kwargs):
         proc.wait_for('SIGUSR1')
         os.kill(proc.pid, signal.SIGINT)
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate(timeout=_test_timeout)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         proc.kill()
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
         raise
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_font_manager.py
index 3724db1e1b43..966539088e42 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_font_manager.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_font_manager.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def test_get_font_names():
             font = ft2font.FT2Font(path)
             prop = ttfFontProperty(font)
             ttf_fonts.append(prop.name)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
     available_fonts = sorted(list(set(ttf_fonts)))
     mpl_font_names = sorted(fontManager.get_font_names())
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
index 71cdf3d1ccc5..3afd8f216475 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class Text3D(mtext.Text):
     ----------------
     **kwargs
          All other parameters are passed on to `~matplotlib.text.Text`.
-   """
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, x=0, y=0, z=0, text='', zdir='z', **kwargs):
         mtext.Text.__init__(self, x, y, text, **kwargs)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8c51b1556a3b..c8b76f1e61de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools_scm>=7",
 ]
 
-
 [tool.isort]
 known_mpltoolkits = "mpl_toolkits"
 known_pydata = "numpy, matplotlib.pyplot"
@@ -15,3 +14,117 @@ known_firstparty = "matplotlib"
 sections = "FUTURE,STDLIB,THIRDPARTY,PYDATA,FIRSTPARTY,MPLTOOLKITS,LOCALFOLDER"
 no_lines_before = "MPLTOOLKITS"
 force_sort_within_sections = true
+
+[tool.ruff]
+exclude = [
+    ".git",
+    "build",
+    "doc/gallery",
+    "doc/tutorials",
+    "tools/gh_api.py",
+    ".tox",
+    ".eggs",
+]
+ignore = [
+    "D100",
+    "D101",
+    "D102",
+    "D103",
+    "D104",
+    "D105",
+    "D106",
+    "D200",
+    "D202",
+    "D204",
+    "D205",
+    "D301",
+    "D400",
+    "D401",
+    "D403",
+    "D404",
+    "E741",
+    "F841",
+]
+line-length = 88
+select = [
+    "D",
+    "E",
+    "F",
+    "W",
+]
+
+# The following error codes are not supported by ruff v0.0.240
+# They are planned and should be selected once implemented
+# even if they are deselected by default.
+# These are primarily whitespace/corrected by autoformatters (which we don't use).
+# See https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff/issues/2402 for status on implementation
+external = [
+  "E122",
+  "E201",
+  "E202",
+  "E203",
+  "E221",
+  "E251",
+  "E261",
+  "E272",
+  "E302",
+  "E703",
+]
+
+target-version = "py39"
+
+[tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
+convention = "numpy"
+
+[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
+"setup.py" = ["E402"]
+
+"doc/conf.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/animation/frame_grabbing_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_reference.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/misc/print_stdout_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/style_sheets/bmh.py" = ["E501"]
+"examples/subplots_axes_and_figures/demo_constrained_layout.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/text_labels_and_annotations/custom_legends.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/ticks/date_concise_formatter.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/ticks/date_formatters_locators.py" = ["F401"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk3_panzoom_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk3_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk4_panzoom_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk4_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/gtk3_spreadsheet_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/gtk4_spreadsheet_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/mpl_with_glade3_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/pylab_with_gtk3_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/user_interfaces/pylab_with_gtk4_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+"examples/userdemo/pgf_preamble_sgskip.py" = ["E402"]
+
+"lib/matplotlib/__init__.py" = ["E402", "F401"]
+"lib/matplotlib/_animation_data.py" = ["E501"]
+"lib/matplotlib/_api/__init__.py" = ["F401"]
+"lib/matplotlib/axes/__init__.py" = ["F401", "F403"]
+"lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_template.py" = ["F401"]
+"lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py" = ["E501"]
+"lib/matplotlib/image.py" = ["F401", "F403"]
+"lib/matplotlib/pylab.py" = ["F401", "F403"]
+"lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py" = ["F401", "F811"]
+"lib/matplotlib/tests/test_mathtext.py" = ["E501"]
+"lib/mpl_toolkits/axisartist/__init__.py" = ["F401"]
+"lib/pylab.py" = ["F401", "F403"]
+
+"tutorials/advanced/path_tutorial.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/advanced/patheffects_guide.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/advanced/transforms_tutorial.py" = ["E402", "E501"]
+"tutorials/colors/colormaps.py" = ["E501"]
+"tutorials/colors/colors.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/intermediate/artists.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/intermediate/legend_guide.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/intermediate/tight_layout_guide.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/introductory/animation_tutorial.py" = ["E501"]
+"tutorials/introductory/images.py" = ["E501"]
+"tutorials/introductory/pyplot.py" = ["E402", "E501"]
+"tutorials/text/annotations.py" = ["E402", "E501"]
+"tutorials/text/mathtext.py" = ["E501"]
+"tutorials/text/text_intro.py" = ["E402"]
+"tutorials/text/text_props.py" = ["E501"]