diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..563e545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Default recipe to show help
+@default:
+  just --list
+
+# Build all crates
+build-all: build-server build-tui build-ui
+
+# Build the server crate
+build-server:
+  cargo build -p pinakes-server
+
+# Build the TUI crate
+build-tui:
+  cargo build -p pinakes-tui
+
+# Build the UI using Dioxus CLI. The UI *has* to be built with `dx`, because CSS
+# is not correctly embedded otherwise.
+build-ui:
+  dx build -p pinakes-ui
+
+# Generate REST API documentation using cargo xtask
+@docs:
+  cargo xtask docs
+
+# Run all tests
+@test:
+  cargo nextest run --workspace
+
+# Format code
+@fmt:
+  cargo fmt
+
+# Run clippy linting
+@lint:
+  cargo clippy --workspace
+
+# Clean build artifacts
+@clean:
+  cargo clean
+  rm -rf target/dx/
diff --git a/nix/shell.nix b/nix/shell.nix
index dcff21d..6e706fc 100644
--- a/nix/shell.nix
+++ b/nix/shell.nix
@@ -26,21 +26,22 @@ in
     name = "pinakes-dev";
     packages =
       [
-        # Build tools
         # We use the rust-overlay to get the stable Rust toolchain for various targets.
         # This is not exactly necessary, but it allows for compiling for various targets
-        # with the least amount of friction.
+        # with the least amount of friction. The extensions are to make sure all tooling
+        # uses the same Rust version and the general surrounding tooling.
         (rust-bin.nightly.latest.default.override {
           extensions = ["rustfmt" "rust-src" "rust-analyzer" "clippy" "rust-analyzer"];
           targets = ["wasm32-unknown-unknown" "wasm32-wasip1"]; # web + plugins
         })
 
-        # Modern, LLVM based linking pipeline
+        # Modern, LLVM based linking pipeline. Kind of sucks on Windows, though.
         llvmPackages.lld
         llvmPackages.clang
 
-        # Handy CLI for packaging Dioxus apps and such
-        pkgs.dioxus-cli
+        # CLI helpers
+        pkgs.dioxus-cli # for packaging Dioxus apps and such
+        pkgs.just # general command runner for everything
 
         # Additional Cargo Tooling
         pkgs.cargo-nextest