diff --git a/.github/.devcontainer/devcontainer-light.json b/.github/.devcontainer/devcontainer-light.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e28e417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.devcontainer/devcontainer-light.json
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{
+  "name": "Quarto",
+  "build": {
+    "dockerfile": "./Dockerfile",
+    "context": ".",
+    "args": {
+      "IMAGE": "${localEnv:IMAGE}"
+    },
+    "options": [
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.title=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_TITLE}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.description=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_DESCRIPTION}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.authors=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_AUTHORS}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.url=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.source=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_URL}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.version=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_VERSION}",
+      "--label", "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}",
+      "--annotation", "org.opencontainers.image.licenses=${localEnv:ANNOTATION_LICENSE}"
+    ]
+  },
+  "remoteUser": "${localEnv:USER}",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2": {
+      "installZsh": "true",
+      "username": "${localEnv:USER}",
+      // "userUid": "1000",
+      // "userGid": "1000",
+      "upgradePackages": "true"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {
+      "version": "latest",
+      "ppa": "false"
+    },
+    "./quarto-computing-dependencies": {
+      "installOnPlatforms": "amd64",
+      "rDeps": "false",
+      "pythonDeps": "false",
+      "juliaDeps": "false"
+    },
+    "./uv": {
+      "version": "latest"
+    },
+    "ghcr.io/rocker-org/devcontainer-features/quarto-cli:1": {
+      "version": "${localEnv:QUARTO_VERSION}",
+      "installTinyTex": "false",
+      "installChromium": "false"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/.devcontainer/quarto-computing-dependencies/install.sh b/.github/.devcontainer/quarto-computing-dependencies/install.sh
index d00dd04..f99fb7b 100755
--- a/.github/.devcontainer/quarto-computing-dependencies/install.sh
+++ b/.github/.devcontainer/quarto-computing-dependencies/install.sh
@@ -42,18 +42,27 @@ fi
 
 quarto_r_deps() {
   local deps=$1
+  if [ "${deps}" = "false" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
   deps=$(echo "${deps}" | sed 's/,/","/g')
   su "${USERNAME}" -c "Rscript -e 'pak::pkg_install(c(\"${deps}\"))'"
 }
 
 quarto_python_deps() {
   local deps=$1
+  if [ "${deps}" = "false" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
   deps=$(echo "${deps}" | sed 's/,/ /g')
   python3 -m pip install ${deps}
 }
 
 quarto_julia_deps() {
   local deps=$1
+  if [ "${deps}" = "false" ]; then
+    return
+  fi
   deps=$(echo "${deps}" | sed 's/,/","/g')
   su "${USERNAME}" -c "~/.juliaup/bin/julia -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add.([\"${deps}\"])'"
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml b/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
index 9576f12..8af878c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devcontainer.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,16 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - QUARTO_VERSION: release
             IMAGE_TAG: release,release-jammy,latest
+            CONFIG_FILE: .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
           - QUARTO_VERSION: prerelease
             IMAGE_TAG: prerelease,prerelease-jammy
+            CONFIG_FILE: .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+          - QUARTO_VERSION: release
+            IMAGE_TAG: release-light,release-light-jammy
+            CONFIG_FILE: .devcontainer/devcontainer-light.json
+          - QUARTO_VERSION: prerelease
+            IMAGE_TAG: prerelease-light,prerelease-light-jammy
+            CONFIG_FILE: .devcontainer/devcontainer-light.json
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           eventFilterForPush: "release"
           platform: linux/amd64
           runCmd: echo "$(CI=true quarto check 2>&1)" | sed '/^(/d; s/\x1b\[[0-9;]*[mGK]//g'
+          configFile: ${{ matrix.CONFIG_FILE }}
         env:
           IMAGE: "buildpack-deps:jammy-curl"
           QUARTO_VERSION: ${{ matrix.QUARTO_VERSION }}
@@ -80,14 +89,14 @@ jobs:
           ANNOTATION_LICENSE: "MIT"
       - name: Test Dev Container
         env:
-          QUARTO_VERSION: ${{ matrix.QUARTO_VERSION }}
+          IMAGE_TAG: ${{ matrix.IMAGE_TAG }}
           DEVCONTAINER_RUN_CMD: ${{ steps.devcontainer-ci.outputs.runCmdOutput }}
         run: |
           echo "::group::Quarto Check"
           echo "${DEVCONTAINER_RUN_CMD}"
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
-          echo "## Quarto Check Results: ${QUARTO_VERSION}" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "## Quarto Check Results: ${IMAGE_TAG}" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "<details><summary>Quarto Check Results</summary>" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "" >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo '```txt' >>$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/init-env.sh b/init-env.sh
index aa7674d..b3f6d1b 100755
--- a/init-env.sh
+++ b/init-env.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ initialise_r() {
     if [ -f ".Rprofile" ] && grep -q 'source("renv/activate.R")' .Rprofile; then
       sed -i '' '/source("renv\/activate.R")/d' .Rprofile
     fi
+    Rscript -e 'if (!requireNamespace("renv", quietly = TRUE)) pak::pkg_install("renv")'
     Rscript -e 'renv::init(bare = FALSE)'
     Rscript -e "renv::install(c('${deps}'))"
     Rscript -e 'renv::snapshot(type = "all")'