diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 9210cb5..28396f6 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ repos:
   -   id: trailing-whitespace
   -   id: end-of-file-fixer
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: "24.1.1"
+  rev: "24.2.0"
   hooks:
   -   id: black
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.2.0
+  rev: v0.2.1
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
 - repo: https://github.com/RobertCraigie/pyright-python
-  rev: v1.1.349
+  rev: v1.1.350
   hooks:
   - id: pyright
     name: pyright (system)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 938ea7d..145550a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ This provides a [Hatch](https://pypi.org/project/hatch/)(ling) plugin for common
 
 This plugin intentionally has few dependencies, using the Python standard library whenever possible and hence limiting footprint to a minimum.
 
+hatch-openzim adheres to openZIM's [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/openzim/overview/wiki/Contributing).
+
+hatch-openzim has implemented openZIM's [Python bootstrap, conventions and policies](https://github.com/openzim/_python-bootstrap/docs/Policy.md) **v1.0.0**.
+
 ## Quick start
 
 Assuming you have an openZIM project, you could use such a configuration in your `pyproject.toml`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1aaab9f..6c8e290 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-openzim"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "hatch-openzim"
-authors = [
-  { name = "Kiwix", email = "dev@kiwix.org" },
-]
-keywords = ["hatch","plugin","download","file"]
 requires-python = ">=3.8,<3.13"
 description = "Download files at build time"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = {text = "GPL-3.0-or-later"}
-classifiers = [
+classifiers = [ # needs hatch-openzim 0.2.0 to make it dynamic with additional-classifiers
     "Framework :: Hatch",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
@@ -25,38 +20,34 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "hatchling==1.21.1",
   "packaging==23.2",
-  "toml==0.10.2", # to be replaced by tomllib once only 3.11 and above is supported
+  "toml==0.10.2", # to be removed once only 3.11 and above is supported
 ]
-dynamic = ["version"]
+dynamic = ["authors", "keywords", "license", "version", "urls"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 scripts = [
   "invoke==2.2.0",
 ]
 lint = [
-  "black==24.1.1",
-  "ruff==0.2.0",
+  "black==24.2.0",
+  "ruff==0.2.1",
 ]
 check = [
-  "pyright==1.1.349",
+  "pyright==1.1.350",
 ]
 test = [
   "pytest==8.0.0",
   "coverage==7.4.1",
 ]
 dev = [
-  "pre-commit==3.6.0",
-  "debugpy==1.8.0",
+  "pre-commit==3.6.1",
+  "debugpy==1.8.1",
   "hatch-openzim[scripts]",
   "hatch-openzim[lint]",
   "hatch-openzim[test]",
   "hatch-openzim[check]",
 ]
 
-[project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://github.com/openzim/hatch-openzim"
-Donate = "https://www.kiwix.org/en/support-us/"
-
 [project.entry-points.hatch]
 openzim = "hatch_openzim.hooks"
 
@@ -239,4 +230,5 @@ include = ["src", "tests", "tasks.py"]
 exclude = [".env/**", ".venv/**"]
 extraPaths = ["src"]
 pythonVersion = "3.8"
-typeCheckingMode="basic"
+typeCheckingMode="strict"
+disableBytesTypePromotions = true
diff --git a/src/hatch_openzim/build_hook.py b/src/hatch_openzim/build_hook.py
index d866ba3..fa2813f 100644
--- a/src/hatch_openzim/build_hook.py
+++ b/src/hatch_openzim/build_hook.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
 from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
 
 from hatch_openzim.files_install import process as process_files_install
 
 
-class OpenzimBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
+class OpenzimBuildHook(
+    BuildHookInterface  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeArgument]
+):
     """Hatch build hook to perform custom openzim actions
 
     This hook performs:
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@ class OpenzimBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
 
     PLUGIN_NAME = "openzim-build"
 
-    def initialize(self, version, build_data):  # noqa: ARG002
+    def initialize(self, version: str, build_data: Dict[str, Any]):  # noqa: ARG002
         if "toml-config" in self.config:
             process_files_install(openzim_toml_location=self.config["toml-config"])
         else:
diff --git a/src/hatch_openzim/files_install.py b/src/hatch_openzim/files_install.py
index b6a5e00..d4b1f24 100644
--- a/src/hatch_openzim/files_install.py
+++ b/src/hatch_openzim/files_install.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 try:
-    import tomllib
+    import tomllib  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeStubs]
 except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
     import toml as tomllib
 
@@ -190,9 +190,10 @@ def _process_extract_items_action(
         return
 
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
-        _extract_zip_from_url(url=source, extract_to=tempdir)
+        tempath = Path(tempdir)
+        _extract_zip_from_url(url=source, extract_to=tempath)
         for index, zip_path in enumerate(zip_paths):
-            item_src = Path(tempdir) / str(zip_path)
+            item_src = tempath / str(zip_path)
             item_dst = base_target_dir / str(target_paths[index])
             if item_dst.parent and not item_dst.parent.exists():
                 item_dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ def _remove_items(directory: Path, globs: List[str]):
                 shutil.rmtree(match)
 
 
-def _download_file(url, download_to):
+def _download_file(url: str, download_to: Path):
     """downloads a file to a given location"""
     if not url.startswith(("http:", "https:")):
         raise ValueError("URL must start with 'http:' or 'https:'")
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ def _download_file(url, download_to):
         file.write(response.read())
 
 
-def _extract_zip_from_url(url, extract_to):
+def _extract_zip_from_url(url: str, extract_to: Path):
     """downloads ZIP from URL and extract in given directory
 
     Nota: the ZIP is temporarily saved on disk (there is no convenient function
diff --git a/src/hatch_openzim/metadata.py b/src/hatch_openzim/metadata.py
index eed2b26..d3406cc 100644
--- a/src/hatch_openzim/metadata.py
+++ b/src/hatch_openzim/metadata.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from hatch_openzim.utils import get_github_info, get_python_versions
 
 
-def update(root: str, config: dict, metadata: dict):
+def update(root: str, config: Dict[str, Any], metadata: Dict[str, Any]):
     """Update the project table's metadata."""
 
     # Check for absence of metadata we will set + presence in the dynamic property
diff --git a/src/hatch_openzim/metadata_hook.py b/src/hatch_openzim/metadata_hook.py
index c332bf4..0e77ab5 100644
--- a/src/hatch_openzim/metadata_hook.py
+++ b/src/hatch_openzim/metadata_hook.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
 from hatchling.metadata.plugin.interface import MetadataHookInterface
 
 from hatch_openzim.metadata import update
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ class OpenzimMetadataHook(MetadataHookInterface):
 
     PLUGIN_NAME = "openzim-metadata"
 
-    def update(self, metadata: dict):
+    def update(self, metadata: Dict[str, Any]):  # noqa: UP006
         """Update the project table's metadata."""
-        update(root=self.root, config=self.config, metadata=metadata)
+        update(
+            root=self.root,
+            config=self.config,  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType, reportUnknownArgumentType]
+            metadata=metadata,
+        )
diff --git a/src/hatch_openzim/utils.py b/src/hatch_openzim/utils.py
index 7cfab79..51ca1eb 100644
--- a/src/hatch_openzim/utils.py
+++ b/src/hatch_openzim/utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import configparser
 import re
-from collections import namedtuple
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, NamedTuple, Optional
 
 from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
 from packaging.version import Version
@@ -14,7 +13,12 @@
     r"""(?P<repository>.*?)(?:.git)?$"""
 )
 
-GithubInfo = namedtuple("GithubInfo", ["homepage", "organization", "repository"])
+
+class GithubInfo(NamedTuple):
+    homepage: str
+    organization: Optional[str]
+    repository: Optional[str]
+
 
 DEFAULT_GITHUB_INFO = GithubInfo(
     homepage="https://www.kiwix.org", organization=None, repository=None
@@ -57,8 +61,8 @@ def get_python_versions(requires_python: str) -> List[str]:
     last_py1_minor = 6
     last_py2_minor = 7
 
-    major_versions = []
-    minor_versions = []
+    major_versions: list[str] = []
+    minor_versions: list[str] = []
     for major in range(1, 10):  # this will work up to Python 10 ...
         major_added = False
         last_minor = 100  # this supposes we will never have Python x.100
diff --git a/tests/test_files_install.py b/tests/test_files_install.py
index 82c7f7b..fb08dde 100644
--- a/tests/test_files_install.py
+++ b/tests/test_files_install.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_no_arg():
         ("other_stuff.toml"),
     ],
 )
-def test_ignored_silently(config_file):
+def test_ignored_silently(config_file: str):
     """Test cases where the config file is passed but there is no relevant content"""
     files_install.process(
         str((Path(__file__).parent / "configs" / config_file).absolute())
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 5f3a037..02c6f58 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def test_metadata_preserve_value(
     metadata: Metadata, metadata_key: str, root_folder: str
 ):
     metadata[metadata_key] = f"some_value_for_{metadata_key}"
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     config[f"preserve-{metadata_key}"] = True
     update(
         root=root_folder,
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def test_metadata_preserve_value(
 
 
 def test_metadata_additional_keywords(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     config["additional-keywords"] = ["keyword1", "keyword2"]
     update(
         root=root_folder,
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_metadata_additional_keywords(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
 
 
 def test_metadata_additional_classifiers(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     config["additional-classifiers"] = [
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def test_metadata_additional_classifiers(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
 
 
 def test_metadata_additional_authors(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     config["additional-authors"] = [{"email": "someone@acme.org", "name": "Some One"}]
     update(
         root=root_folder,
@@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ def test_metadata_additional_authors(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
     ],
 )
 def test_metadata_organization(
-    organization: str, expected_result: str, metadata, root_folder: str
+    organization: str, expected_result: str, metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str
 ):
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     if organization:
         config["organization"] = organization
     update(
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def test_metadata_organization(
 
 
 def test_metadata_is_scraper(metadata: Metadata, root_folder: str):
-    config = {}
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = {}
     config["kind"] = "scraper"
     update(
         root=root_folder,
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index f0ce928..8a207eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import tempfile
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import Any, Callable, Generator, List
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def mock_git_config():
+def mock_git_config() -> Generator[Callable[[str, str], Any], None, None]:
     @contextmanager
     def _mock_git_config(git_origin_url: str, remote_name: str = "origin"):
         with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as temp_file:
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ def _mock_git_config(git_origin_url: str, remote_name: str = "origin"):
     ],
 )
 def test_get_github_project_homepage_valid_url(
-    mock_git_config,
-    git_url,
-    expected_homepage_url,
-    expected_organization,
-    expected_repository,
+    mock_git_config: Callable[[str], Any],
+    git_url: str,
+    expected_homepage_url: str,
+    expected_organization: str,
+    expected_repository: str,
 ):
     with mock_git_config(git_url) as git_config_path:
         assert get_github_info(git_config_path=git_config_path) == GithubInfo(
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def test_get_github_project_homepage_valid_url(
         )
 
 
-def test_get_github_project_homepage_invalid_url(mock_git_config):
+def test_get_github_project_homepage_invalid_url(mock_git_config: Callable[[str], Any]):
     # Test the function with an invalid URL
     with mock_git_config("http://github.com/oneuser/onerepo.git") as git_config_path:
         assert get_github_info(git_config_path=git_config_path) == GithubInfo(
@@ -84,10 +84,12 @@ def test_get_github_project_missing_git_config():
     )
 
 
-def test_get_github_project_homepage_invalid_remote(mock_git_config):
+def test_get_github_project_homepage_invalid_remote(
+    mock_git_config: Callable[[str, str], Any],
+):
     # Test the function with an invalid URL
     with mock_git_config(
-        "https://github.com/oneuser/onerepo.git", remote_name="origin2"
+        "https://github.com/oneuser/onerepo.git", "origin2"
     ) as git_config_path:
         assert get_github_info(git_config_path=git_config_path) == GithubInfo(
             homepage="https://www.kiwix.org", organization=None, repository=None