diff --git a/bin/build-esp-plant-dev-tools.sh b/bin/build-esp-plant-dev-tools.sh
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+++ b/bin/build-esp-plant-dev-tools.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CONTAINER_NAME="localhost/esp-plant-dev-tools:latest"
+CONTAINER_TOOLS_BASEDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+
+pushd "$CONTAINER_TOOLS_BASEDIR"
+podman build -t "$CONTAINER_NAME" -f "esp-plant-dev-tools.Containerfile" .
+popd
diff --git a/bin/esp-plant-dev-tools.Containerfile b/bin/esp-plant-dev-tools.Containerfile
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+FROM debian:latest
+
+RUN apt update -y && apt upgrade -y && apt install unzip curl xz-utils -y
+
+RUN cd /root && \
+    curl -L -o xpack-riscv-toolchain.tar.gz "https://github.com/xpack-dev-tools/riscv-none-elf-gcc-xpack/releases/download/v14.2.0-3/xpack-riscv-none-elf-gcc-14.2.0-3-linux-x64.tar.gz" && \
+    mkdir xpack-toolchain && \
+    tar -xvf xpack-riscv-toolchain.tar.gz -C xpack-toolchain --strip-components=1 && \
+    mv xpack-toolchain/bin/* /usr/local/bin && \
+    mv xpack-toolchain/lib/ /usr/local && \
+    mv xpack-toolchain/lib64/ /usr/local && \
+    mv xpack-toolchain/libexec /usr/local && \
+    mv xpack-toolchain/riscv-none-elf /usr/local && \
+    rm -rf xpack-toolchain xpack-riscv-toolchain.tar.gz
diff --git a/bin/riscv32-unknown-elf-gcc b/bin/riscv32-unknown-elf-gcc
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CONTAINER_IMAGE="localhost/esp-plant-dev-tools:latest"
+CONTAINER_TOOLS_BASEDIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
+PLANTCTL_PROJECT_DIR="$(readlink -f "$CONTAINER_TOOLS_BASEDIR/..")"
+
+function _fatal {
+	echo -e "\e[31mERROR\e[0m   $(</dev/stdin)$*" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+declare -a PODMAN_ARGS=(
+	"--rm" "-i" "--log-driver=none"
+	"-v" "$PLANTCTL_PROJECT_DIR:$PLANTCTL_PROJECT_DIR:rw"
+	"-v" "$PWD:$PWD:rw"
+	"-w" "$PWD"
+)
+
+[[ -t 1 ]] && PODMAN_ARGS+=("-t")
+
+if ! podman image exists "$CONTAINER_IMAGE"; then
+    #attempt to build container
+    "$CONTAINER_TOOLS_BASEDIR/build-esp-plant-dev-tools.sh" 1>&2 ||
+        _fatal "faild to build local image, cannot continue! … please ensure you have an internet connection"
+fi
+
+podman run "${PODMAN_ARGS[@]}" --entrypoint riscv-none-elf-gcc "$CONTAINER_IMAGE" "$@"