diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..354e76ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Autodocumented Makefile for xdem
+# see: https://marmelab.com/blog/2016/02/29/auto-documented-makefile.html
+# Dependencies : python3 venv
+
+############### GLOBAL VARIABLES ######################
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+
+# Virtualenv directory name (can be overridden)
+ifndef VENV
+	VENV = "venv"
+endif
+
+# Python version requirement
+PYTHON_VERSION_MIN = 3.9
+
+ifndef PYTHON
+	PYTHON = "python3"
+endif
+PYTHON_CMD=$(shell command -v $(PYTHON))
+
+PYTHON_VERSION_CUR=$(shell $(PYTHON_CMD) -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[0:2])')
+PYTHON_VERSION_OK=$(shell $(PYTHON_CMD) -c 'import sys; cur_ver = sys.version_info[0:2]; min_ver = tuple(map(int, "$(PYTHON_VERSION_MIN)".split("."))); print(int(cur_ver >= min_ver))')
+
+############### Check python version supported ############
+
+ifeq (, $(PYTHON_CMD))
+    $(error "PYTHON_CMD=$(PYTHON_CMD) not found in $(PATH)")
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PYTHON_VERSION_OK), 0)
+    $(error "Requires python version >= $(PYTHON_VERSION_MIN). Current version is $(PYTHON_VERSION_CUR)")
+endif
+
+################ MAKE Targets ######################
+
+help: ## Show this help
+	@echo "      XDEM MAKE HELP"
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+.PHONY: venv
+venv: ## Create a virtual environment in 'venv' directory if it doesn't exist
+	@test -d ${VENV} || $(PYTHON_CMD) -m venv ${VENV}
+	@touch ${VENV}/bin/activate
+	@${VENV}/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools pip
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: venv ## Install xdem for development (depends on venv)
+	@test -f ${VENV}/bin/xdem || echo "Installing xdem in development mode"
+	@test -f ${VENV}/bin/xdem || ${VENV}/bin/pip install -e .[dev]
+	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-commit || echo "Installing pre-commit hooks"
+	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-commit || ${VENV}/bin/pre-commit install -t pre-commit
+	@test -f .git/hooks/pre-push || ${VENV}/bin/pre-commit install -t pre-push
+	@echo "XDEM installed in development mode in virtualenv ${VENV}"
+	@echo "To use: source ${VENV}/bin/activate; xdem -h"
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## run tests
+	@${VENV}/bin/pytest
+
+## Clean section
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: clean-venv clean-build clean-pyc clean-precommit ## Clean all
+
+.PHONY: clean-venv
+clean-venv: ## Clean the virtual environment
+	@echo "+ $@"
+	@rm -rf ${VENV}
+
+.PHONY: clean-build
+clean-build: ## Remove build artifacts
+	@echo "+ $@"
+	@rm -rf build/ dist/ .eggs/
+	@find . -name '*.egg-info' -exec rm -rf {} +
+	@find . -name '*.egg' -exec rm -f {} +
+
+.PHONY: clean-precommit
+clean-precommit: ## Remove pre-commit hooks from .git/hooks
+	@rm -f .git/hooks/pre-commit
+	@rm -f .git/hooks/pre-push
+
+.PHONY: clean-pyc
+clean-pyc: ## Remove Python cache and artifacts
+	@echo "+ $@"
+	@find . -type f -name "*.py[co]" -exec rm -rf {} +
+	@find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -exec rm -rf {} +
+	@find . -name '*~' -exec rm -rf {} +
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 217cb674..38db42ea 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ doc =
     sphinx-design
     sphinx-autodoc-typehints
     sphinx-gallery
-    autovizwidget
     graphviz
     myst-nb
     numpydoc