diff --git a/unix/README.md b/unix/README.md
index 7ab0e6f..a30d8e8 100644
--- a/unix/README.md
+++ b/unix/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Get familiar with Machine Stats, Tidal Tools and Tidal Accelerator!
 
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+## Requirements
+
+- **Python**: 3.6 - 3.11 (Python 3.12+ is not supported due to Ansible 2.9.x compatibility)
+- **Operating System**: Linux/Unix-like systems
+
 ## Installation
 
 Install locally in a Python 3 environment:
diff --git a/unix/dev-env.sh b/unix/dev-env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..79cba3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/dev-env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Development environment setup script for machine-stats
+# Run this script with: source dev-env.sh
+
+echo "Setting up development environment for machine-stats..."
+
+# Initialize pyenv
+eval "$(pyenv init -)"
+
+# Check if we're using the correct Python version
+current_version=$(python --version 2>&1 | cut -d' ' -f2)
+expected_version="3.11.13"
+
+if [[ "$current_version" == "$expected_version" ]]; then
+    echo "✓ Using Python $current_version"
+else
+    echo "⚠ Python version mismatch. Expected $expected_version, got $current_version"
+    echo "Setting local Python version to $expected_version..."
+    pyenv local $expected_version
+fi
+
+# Verify machine-stats is installed in development mode
+if pip show machine-stats | grep -q "Location: $(pwd)"; then
+    echo "✓ machine-stats is installed in development mode"
+else
+    echo "⚠ machine-stats not found in development mode. Installing..."
+    pip install -e .
+fi
+
+echo "✓ Development environment ready!"
+echo ""
+echo "You can now use:"
+echo "  machine-stats --help"
+echo "  machine_stats --help"
+echo ""
+echo "Any changes you make to the source code will be immediately reflected." 
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diff --git a/unix/setup.py b/unix/setup.py
index 5bfb931..fa517d6 100644
--- a/unix/setup.py
+++ b/unix/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="machine_stats",
-    version="develop",
+    version="0.0.1.dev0",
     author="Tidal SW",
     author_email="support@tidalcloud.com",
     description="A simple and effective way to gather machine statistics (RAM, Storage, CPU, etc.) from server environment",
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@
         "ansible<2.10",
         "pluginbase==1.0.1",
     ],
+    python_requires=">=3.6,<3.12",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+        "Intended Audience :: System Administrators",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+        "Operating System :: Unix",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Topic :: System :: Systems Administration",
+        "Topic :: System :: Monitoring",
+    ],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "machine_stats=machine_stats:main",