diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index 6fff382dd..7dcab55f2 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -1,26 +1,72 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eo pipefail
 
-require "mkmf"
-def system!(*args) system(*args, exception: true) end
+# Prefer app executables
+app_root="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."; pwd)"
+export PATH="$app_root/bin:$PATH"
 
-puts "\n== Installing Ruby and Node =="
-system("mise install -y")
+# Install gum if needed
+if ! command -v gum &> /dev/null; then
+  echo
+  echo "▸ Installing gum"
+  if command -v pacman &> /dev/null; then
+    sudo pacman -S --noconfirm gum
+  elif command -v brew &> /dev/null; then
+    brew install gum
+  else
+    echo "Please install gum: https://github.com/charmbracelet/gum"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo
+fi
 
-puts "\n== Installing dependencies =="
-if MakeMakefile.find_executable0("pacman")
-  packages = "imagemagick openslide"
-  system("pacman -Q #{packages} || sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed #{packages}")
-end
-system("gem install bundler --conservative")
-system("bundle config set --local auto_install true")
-system("bundle check") || system!("bundle install")
+step() {
+  local no_spin=false
+  if [[ "$1" == "--no-spin" ]]; then
+    no_spin=true
+    shift
+  fi
 
-puts "\n== Preparing database =="
-if ARGV.include?("--reset")
-  system! "bin/rails db:drop db:create db:schema:load db:prepare db:seed"
+  local step_name="$1"
+  shift
+
+  gum style --foreground 33 --bold "▸ $step_name"
+  gum style --foreground 240 "$*"
+
+  if $no_spin; then
+    "$@"
+  else
+    gum spin --spinner dot --title "" --show-output -- "$@"
+  fi
+
+  local exit_code=$?
+  echo
+  return $exit_code
+}
+
+echo
+gum style --foreground 153        "   ˚ ∘             ∘ ˚   "
+gum style --foreground 111 --bold "  ∘˚˳°∘°  𝒻𝒾𝓏𝓏𝓎  °∘°˳˚∘  "
+echo
+
+step --no-spin "Installing Ruby" mise install --yes
+
+if which pacman >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  packages=(imagemagick openslide)
+  if ! pacman -Q "${packages[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    step "Installing packages" sudo pacman -S --noconfirm --needed "${packages[@]}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+bundle config set --local auto_install true
+step "Installing RubyGems" bundle install
+
+if [[ $* == *--reset* ]]; then
+  step "Resetting the database" rails db:reset
 else
-  system! "bin/rails db:prepare"
-end
+  step "Preparing the database" rails db:prepare
+fi
 
-puts "\n== Removing old logs and tempfiles =="
-system! "bin/rails log:clear tmp:clear"
+step "Cleaning up logs and tempfiles" rails log:clear tmp:clear
+
+gum style --foreground 46 "✓ Done (${SECONDS} sec)"