🔨(docker) set file permissions to docker user

Set the app related files as owned by the docker user
the image was build with. This fixes a sync permission
error in tilt.

Also improved tilt setup so that correct uid / gid are infered
for the build args.

.dockerignore

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __pycache__
 **/__pycache__
 **/*.pyc
 venv
-.venv
+**/.venv
 
 # System-specific files
 .DS_Store

.github/workflows/meet.yml

@@ -123,16 +123,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.13"
-          cache: "pip"
-      - name: Install development dependencies
-        run: pip install --user .[dev]
+          python-version-file: "src/backend/pyproject.toml"
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+      - name: Install the project
+        run: uv sync --locked --all-extras
+
       - name: Check code formatting with ruff
-        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff format . --diff
+        run: uv run ruff format . --diff
       - name: Lint code with ruff
-        run: ~/.local/bin/ruff check .
+        run: uv run ruff check .
       - name: Lint code with pylint
-        run: ~/.local/bin/pylint meet demo core
+        run: uv run pylint meet demo core
 
   lint-agents:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -278,11 +280,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
-          python-version: "3.13"
-          cache: "pip"
-
-      - name: Install development dependencies
-        run: pip install --user .[dev]
+          python-version-file: "src/backend/pyproject.toml"
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+      - name: Install the dependencies
+        run: uv sync --locked --all-extras
 
       - name: Install gettext (required to compile messages)
         run: |
@@ -290,10 +292,10 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install -y gettext
 
       - name: Generate a MO file from strings extracted from the project
-        run: python manage.py compilemessages
+        run: uv run python manage.py compilemessages
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: ~/.local/bin/pytest -n 2
+        run: uv run pytest -n 2
 
   lint-front:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to
 - ♿️(frontend) improve MoreLink a11y and UX on home page #1112
 - ♿(frontend) improve chat toast a11y for screen readers #1109
 - ♿(frontend) improve ui and qria labels for help article links #1108
+- 🔨(python-env) migrate meet main app to UV #1120
+- 🔨(docker) set file permissions to docker user #1121
 
 ## [1.10.0] - 2026-03-05
 

Dockerfile

@@ -13,14 +13,28 @@ RUN apk update && \
 # ---- Back-end builder image ----
 FROM base AS back-builder
 
-WORKDIR /builder
 
-# Copy required python dependencies
-COPY ./src/backend /builder
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
 
-RUN mkdir /install && \
-  pip install --prefix=/install .
+# Disable Python downloads, because we want to use the system interpreter
+# across both images. If using a managed Python version, it needs to be
+# copied from the build image into the final image;
+ENV UV_PYTHON_DOWNLOADS=0
 
+# install uv
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.10.9 /uv /uvx /bin/
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  --mount=type=bind,source=src/backend/uv.lock,target=uv.lock \
+  --mount=type=bind,source=src/backend/pyproject.toml,target=pyproject.toml \
+  uv sync --locked --no-install-project --no-dev
+COPY src/backend /app
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+  uv sync --locked --no-dev
 
 # ---- mails ----
 FROM node:20 AS mail-builder
@@ -30,7 +44,7 @@ COPY ./src/mail /mail/app
 WORKDIR /mail/app
 
 RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile && \
-    yarn build
+  yarn build
 
 
 # ---- static link collector ----
@@ -42,17 +56,17 @@ RUN apk add \
   libmagic \
   rdfind
 
-# Copy installed python dependencies
-COPY --from=back-builder /install /usr/local
-
-# Copy Meet application (see .dockerignore)
-COPY ./src/backend /app/
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
+# Copy the application from the builder
+COPY --from=back-builder /app /app
+
+ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+
 # collectstatic
 RUN DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Build DJANGO_JWT_PRIVATE_SIGNING_KEY=Dummy \
-    python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
+  python manage.py collectstatic --noinput
 
 # Replace duplicated file by a symlink to decrease the overall size of the
 # final image
@@ -81,14 +95,18 @@ COPY ./docker/files/usr/local/bin/entrypoint /usr/local/bin/entrypoint
 # docker user (see entrypoint).
 RUN chmod g=u /etc/passwd
 
-# Copy installed python dependencies
-COPY --from=back-builder /install /usr/local
-
-# Copy Meet application (see .dockerignore)
-COPY ./src/backend /app/
+# Copy the application from the builder
+ARG DOCKER_USER
+COPY --chown=${DOCKER_USER} --from=back-builder /app /app
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
+ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Generate compiled translation messages
+RUN DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Build \
+  python manage.py compilemessages --ignore=".venv/**/*"
+
 # We wrap commands run in this container by the following entrypoint that
 # creates a user on-the-fly with the container user ID (see USER) and root group
 # ID.
@@ -103,10 +121,9 @@ USER root:root
 # Install psql
 RUN apk add postgresql-client
 
-# Uninstall Meet and re-install it in editable mode along with development
-# dependencies
-RUN pip uninstall -y meet
-RUN pip install -e .[dev]
+# Install development dependencies
+RUN --mount=from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.10.9,source=/uv,target=/bin/uv \
+  uv sync --all-extras --locked
 
 # Restore the un-privileged user running the application
 ARG DOCKER_USER
@@ -115,7 +132,7 @@ USER ${DOCKER_USER}
 # Target database host (e.g. database engine following docker compose services
 # name) & port
 ENV DB_HOST=postgresql \
-    DB_PORT=5432
+  DB_PORT=5432
 
 # Run django development server
 CMD ["python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]

bin/Tiltfile

@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ if DEV_ENV == 'dev-keycloak':
 def clean_old_images(image_name):
     local('docker images -q %s | tail -n +2 | xargs -r docker rmi' % image_name)
 
+
+uid = str(local('id -u', quiet=True)).strip()
+gid = str(local('id -g', quiet=True)).strip()
+DOCKER_USER = uid + ":" + gid
+
 docker_build(
     'localhost:5001/meet-backend:latest',
     context='..',
     dockerfile='../Dockerfile',
-    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': '1001:127'},
+    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': DOCKER_USER},
     only=['./src/backend', './src/mail', './docker'],
     target = 'backend-production',
     live_update=[
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ clean_old_images('localhost:5001/meet-backend')
 docker_build(
     'localhost:5001/meet-frontend-dinum:latest',
     context='..',
-    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': '1001:127'},
+    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': DOCKER_USER},
     dockerfile='../docker/dinum-frontend/Dockerfile',
     only=['./src/frontend', './docker', './.dockerignore'],
     target = 'frontend-production',
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ clean_old_images('localhost:5001/meet-frontend-generic')
 docker_build(
     'localhost:5001/meet-summary:latest',
     context='../src/summary',
-    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': '1001:127'},
+    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': DOCKER_USER},
     dockerfile='../src/summary/Dockerfile',
     only=['.'],
     target = 'production',
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ clean_old_images('localhost:5001/meet-summary')
 docker_build(
     'localhost:5001/meet-agents:latest',
     context='../src/agents',
-    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': '1001:127'},
+    build_args={'DOCKER_USER': DOCKER_USER},
     dockerfile='../src/agents/Dockerfile',
     only=['.'],
     target = 'production',

compose.yml

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./src/backend:/app
       - ./data/static:/data/static
+      - /app/.venv
     depends_on:
         - postgresql
         - mailcatcher
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./src/backend:/app
       - ./data/static:/data/static
+      - /app/.venv
     depends_on:
       - app-dev
 

src/backend/pyproject.toml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Meet package
 #
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+requires = ["uv_build>=0.10.9,<0.11.0"]
+build-backend = "uv_build"
 
 [project]
 name = "meet"
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 description = "A simple video and phone conferencing tool, powered by LiveKit"
 keywords = ["Django", "Contacts", "Templates", "RBAC"]
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
-readme = "README.md"
+license = "MIT"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
 dependencies = [
     "boto3==1.42.49",
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet"
 "Repository" = "https://github.com/suitenumerique/meet"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
+[dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "django-extensions==4.1",
     "drf-spectacular-sidecar==2026.1.1",
@@ -90,12 +89,13 @@ dev = [
     "types-requests==2.32.4.20260107",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = { find = { where = ["."], exclude = ["tests"] } }
-zip-safe = true
-
-[tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]
-universal = true
+[tool.uv.build-backend]
+module-root = ""
+source-exclude = [
+    "**/tests/**",
+    "**/test_*.py",
+    "**/tests.py",
+]
 
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = [