diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c7e5d43ac..3f38633907 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ else
  DOCKER_KUBE_CACHE_FLAG=$(DOCKER_CACHE)
 endif
 
+# AWX TUI variables
+AWX_HOST ?= https://localhost:8043
+AWX_USER ?= admin
+AWX_PASSWORD ?= $$(awk -F"'" '/^admin_password:/{print $$2}' tools/docker-compose/_sources/secrets/admin_password.yml 2>/dev/null || echo "admin")
+AWX_VERIFY_SSL ?= false
+
 .PHONY: awx-link clean clean-tmp clean-venv requirements requirements_dev \
 	update_requirements upgrade_requirements update_requirements_dev \
 	docker_update_requirements docker_upgrade_requirements docker_update_requirements_dev \
@@ -571,6 +577,20 @@ docker-compose-runtest: awx/projects docker-compose-sources
 docker-compose-build-schema: awx/projects docker-compose-sources
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f tools/docker-compose/_sources/docker-compose.yml run --rm --service-ports --no-deps awx_1 make genschema
 
+awx-tui:
+	@if ! command -v awx-tui > /dev/null 2>&1; then \
+		$(PYTHON) -m pip install awx-tui; \
+	fi
+	@if [ -f "$(HOME)/.config/awx-tui/config.yaml" ]; then \
+		$(PYTHON) -m awx_tui.main; \
+	else \
+		AWX_HOST=$(AWX_HOST) \
+		AWX_USER=$(AWX_USER) \
+		AWX_PASSWORD=$(AWX_PASSWORD) \
+		AWX_VERIFY_SSL=$(AWX_VERIFY_SSL) \
+		$(PYTHON) -m awx_tui.main --host $(AWX_HOST); \
+	fi
+
 SCHEMA_DIFF_BASE_FOLDER ?= awx
 SCHEMA_DIFF_BASE_BRANCH ?= devel
 detect-schema-change: genschema
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index 76ea567d7a..d9848967bf 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ atomicwrites
 flake8
 yamllint
 pip>=25.3 # PEP 660 – Editable installs for pyproject.toml based builds (wheel based)
+awx-tui
 
 # python debuggers
 debugpy
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
index 0f40881af1..26baac0f80 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ if output=$(ANSIBLE_REVERSE_RESOURCE_SYNC=false awx-manage createsuperuser --noi
 fi
 echo "Admin password: ${DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD}"
 
+# Configure awx-tui to connect to the local AWX instance
+AWX_TUI_CONFIG_DIR="${HOME}/.config/awx-tui"
+AWX_TUI_CONFIG_FILE="${AWX_TUI_CONFIG_DIR}/config.yaml"
+mkdir -p "${AWX_TUI_CONFIG_DIR}"
+python3 -c "
+import yaml, os
+config = {
+    'instances': {
+        'local': {
+            'url': 'https://localhost:8043',
+            'auth': {
+                'method': 'password',
+                'username': 'admin',
+                'password': os.environ['DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD'],
+            },
+            'verify_ssl': False,
+        }
+    }
+}
+with open('${AWX_TUI_CONFIG_FILE}', 'w') as f:
+    yaml.dump(config, f, default_flow_style=False)
+"
+chmod 600 "${AWX_TUI_CONFIG_FILE}"
+
 ANSIBLE_REVERSE_RESOURCE_SYNC=false awx-manage create_preload_data
 awx-manage register_default_execution_environments