diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4858164f..8548fcee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "dev": "pnpm -r --parallel run dev",
     "build": "pnpm -r build",
     "lint": "pnpm prettier --check . && pnpm eslint .",
+    "lint:fix": "pnpm prettier --write . && pnpm eslint --fix .",
     "test": "pnpm test:downloadData && pnpm cy:component",
     "test:ci": "pnpm test:downloadData && pnpm cy:component:ci",
     "test:downloadData": "node test/downloadData.mjs",
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/README.md b/packages/agave-renderer/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca00a3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# ITK Viewer Agave Renderer
+
+[![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/itk-viewer-agave-renderer.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/itk-viewer-agave-renderer)
+[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/itk-viewer-agave-renderer.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/itk-viewer-agave-renderer)
+
+---
+
+**Table of Contents**
+
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- [License](#license)
+
+## Installation
+
+```console
+pip install itk-viewer-agave-renderer
+```
+
+## License
+
+`itk-viewer-agave-renderer` is distributed under the terms of the [Apache-2.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html) license.
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__about__.py b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__about__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb244d02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__about__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present NumFOCUS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__init__.py b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7823ca61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present NumFOCUS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from .renderer import Renderer
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/renderer.py b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/renderer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54c0dfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer/renderer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present NumFOCUS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import time
+from enum import Enum, auto
+import functools
+
+import agave_pyclient as agave
+from imjoy_rpc.hypha import connect_to_server
+from itkwasm_htj2k import encode
+from itkwasm import Image, ImageType, PixelTypes, IntTypes
+import numpy as np
+from PIL import Image as PILImage
+
+class AgaveRendererMemoryRedraw(agave.AgaveRenderer):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def memory_redraw(self):
+        self.cb.add_command("REDRAW")
+        buf = self.cb.make_buffer()
+        # TODO ENSURE CONNECTED
+        self.ws.send(buf, True)
+        #  and then WAIT for render to be completed
+        binarydata = self.ws.wait_for_image()
+        # ready for next frame
+        self.cb = agave.commandbuffer.CommandBuffer()
+        img = PILImage.open(binarydata)
+        rgba = img.convert('RGBA').tobytes()
+        return rgba
+
+# how to handle unknown events
+class UnknownEventAction(Enum):
+    ERROR = auto()
+    WARNING = auto()
+    IGNORE = auto()
+
+class Renderer():
+    def __init__(self, width=500, height=400, unknown_event_action=UnknownEventAction.WARNING):
+        self.width = width
+        self.height = height
+        self.unknown_event_action = unknown_event_action
+
+    async def setup(self):
+        # Note: the agave websocket server needs to be running
+        self.agave = AgaveRendererMemoryRedraw()
+        self.agave.set_resolution(self.width, self.height)
+
+    async def render(self):
+        r = self.agave
+        start_time = time.time()
+        rgba = r.memory_redraw()
+        image_type = ImageType(dimension=2, componentType=IntTypes.UInt8, pixelType=PixelTypes.RGBA, components=4)
+        image = Image(image_type)
+        image.size = [self.width, self.height]
+        image.data = np.frombuffer(rgba, dtype=np.uint8)
+        # lossless
+        # rgba_encoded = encode(image)
+        rgba_encoded = encode(image, not_reversible=True, quantization_step=0.02)
+        elapsed = time.time() - start_time
+        return { "frame": rgba_encoded, "renderTime": elapsed }
+
+    def update_renderer(self, events):
+        r = self.agave
+
+        for [event_type, payload] in events:
+           match event_type:
+                case 'density':
+                    r.density(payload)
+                case 'cameraPose':
+                   eye = payload['eye']
+                   r.eye(eye[0], eye[1], eye[2])
+                   up = payload['up']
+                   r.up(up[0], up[1], up[2])
+                   target = payload['target']
+                   r.target(target[0], target[1], target[2])
+                case 'renderIterations':
+                   r.render_iterations(payload)
+                case _:
+                    self.handle_unknown_event(event_type)
+
+    def handle_unknown_event(self, event_type):
+       match self.unknown_event_action:
+            case UnknownEventAction.ERROR:
+                raise Exception(f"Unknown event type: {event_type}")
+            case UnknownEventAction.WARNING:
+                print(f"Unknown event type: {event_type}", flush=True)
+            case UnknownEventAction.IGNORE:
+                pass
+
+    async def connect(self, hypha_server_url, load_image_into_agave_fn, visibility="public", identifier="agave-renderer"):
+        server = await connect_to_server(
+            {
+              "name": "agave-renderer-client",
+              "server_url": hypha_server_url
+            }
+        )
+
+        await server.register_service({
+            "name": "Agave Renderer",
+            "id": identifier,
+            "config": {
+                "visibility": visibility,
+                "require_context": False,
+                "run_in_executor": False,
+            },
+
+            "setup": self.setup,
+
+            "loadImage": functools.partial(load_image_into_agave_fn, self),
+
+            "render": self.render,
+            "updateRenderer": self.update_renderer,
+        })
+        print("Renderer is ready to receive request!",  server.config, flush=True)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/pyproject.toml b/packages/agave-renderer/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1d05a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "itk-viewer-agave-renderer"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = ''
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+keywords = []
+authors = [
+  { name = "Matt McCormick", email = "matt.mccormick@kitware.com" },
+]
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+  "Programming Language :: Python",
+  "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",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
+dependencies = [
+  "agave-pyclient",
+  "hypha",
+  "itkwasm-htj2k",
+  "numpy",
+  "pillow",
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-viewer/tree/main/packages/agave-renderer#readme"
+Issues = "https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-viewer/issues"
+Source = "https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-viewer"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__about__.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.default]
+dependencies = [
+  "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
+  "pytest",
+]
+[tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
+test = "pytest {args:tests}"
+test-cov = "coverage run -m pytest {args:tests}"
+cov-report = [
+  "- coverage combine",
+  "coverage report",
+]
+cov = [
+  "test-cov",
+  "cov-report",
+]
+
+[[tool.hatch.envs.all.matrix]]
+python = ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+[tool.hatch.envs.lint]
+detached = true
+dependencies = [
+  "black>=23.1.0",
+  "mypy>=1.0.0",
+  "ruff>=0.0.243",
+]
+[tool.hatch.envs.lint.scripts]
+typing = "mypy --install-types --non-interactive {args:itk_viewer_agave_renderer tests}"
+style = [
+  "ruff {args:.}",
+  "black --check --diff {args:.}",
+]
+fmt = [
+  "black {args:.}",
+  "ruff --fix {args:.}",
+  "style",
+]
+all = [
+  "style",
+  "typing",
+]
+
+[tool.black]
+target-version = ["py37"]
+line-length = 120
+skip-string-normalization = true
+
+[tool.ruff]
+target-version = "py37"
+line-length = 120
+select = [
+  "A",
+  "ARG",
+  "B",
+  "C",
+  "DTZ",
+  "E",
+  "EM",
+  "F",
+  "FBT",
+  "I",
+  "ICN",
+  "ISC",
+  "N",
+  "PLC",
+  "PLE",
+  "PLR",
+  "PLW",
+  "Q",
+  "RUF",
+  "S",
+  "T",
+  "TID",
+  "UP",
+  "W",
+  "YTT",
+]
+ignore = [
+  # Allow non-abstract empty methods in abstract base classes
+  "B027",
+  # Allow boolean positional values in function calls, like `dict.get(... True)`
+  "FBT003",
+  # Ignore checks for possible passwords
+  "S105", "S106", "S107",
+  # Ignore complexity
+  "C901", "PLR0911", "PLR0912", "PLR0913", "PLR0915",
+]
+unfixable = [
+  # Don't touch unused imports
+  "F401",
+]
+
+[tool.ruff.isort]
+known-first-party = ["itk_viewer_agave_renderer"]
+
+[tool.ruff.flake8-tidy-imports]
+ban-relative-imports = "all"
+
+[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
+# Tests can use magic values, assertions, and relative imports
+"tests/**/*" = ["PLR2004", "S101", "TID252"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source_pkgs = ["itk_viewer_agave_renderer", "tests"]
+branch = true
+parallel = true
+omit = [
+  "itk_viewer_agave_renderer/__about__.py",
+]
+
+[tool.coverage.paths]
+itk_viewer_agave_renderer = ["itk_viewer_agave_renderer", "*/itk-viewer-agave-renderer/itk_viewer_agave_renderer"]
+tests = ["tests", "*/itk-viewer-agave-renderer/tests"]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = [
+  "no cov",
+  "if __name__ == .__main__.:",
+  "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
+]
diff --git a/packages/agave-renderer/tests/__init__.py b/packages/agave-renderer/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9ade376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agave-renderer/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present NumFOCUS
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache 2.0