diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests-integration.yaml
index 117c82c..5fafd25 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-integration.yaml
@@ -5,14 +5,43 @@ on: [pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 jobs:
   integration_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      TERRAFORM_VERSION: 1.9.8
+      OPENTOFU_VERSION: 1.9.1
+      BATS_LIB_PATH: /usr/local/lib/bats
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: build_image
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Install Leverage CLI
         run: |
-          echo "[INFO] Building image"
-          make build-image
-        shell: bash
+          echo "[INFO] Installing the cli, the bats tests drive the installed command"
+          pip install -e .
+          leverage --version
+
+      - name: Install bats
+        run: |
+          echo "[INFO] Installing bats and its libraries"
+          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git /tmp/bats-core
+          sudo /tmp/bats-core/install.sh /usr/local
+          sudo mkdir -p "${BATS_LIB_PATH}"
+          sudo git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support.git "${BATS_LIB_PATH}/bats-support"
+          sudo git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert.git "${BATS_LIB_PATH}/bats-assert"
+
+      - name: Install terraform and tofu
+        run: |
+          echo "[INFO] Installing terraform ${TERRAFORM_VERSION} and tofu ${OPENTOFU_VERSION}"
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/terraform.zip \
+            "https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/tofu.zip \
+            "https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/download/v${OPENTOFU_VERSION}/tofu_${OPENTOFU_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
+          sudo unzip -q -o /tmp/terraform.zip terraform -d /usr/local/bin
+          sudo unzip -q -o /tmp/tofu.zip tofu -d /usr/local/bin
+          terraform version
+          tofu version
 
       - name: run_integration_tests
         run: |
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 342e559..d2aae08 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with co
 ### Testing
 - `poetry run pytest` - Run unit tests
 - `poetry run pytest --verbose --cov=./ --cov-report=xml` - Run unit tests with coverage
-- `make test-unit` - Run unit tests in Docker (with coverage)
-- `make test-unit-no-cov` - Run unit tests in Docker (no coverage)
-- `make test-int` - Run integration tests using bats in Docker
+- `make test-unit` - Run unit tests (with coverage)
+- `make test-unit-no-cov` - Run unit tests (no coverage)
+- `make test-int` - Run integration tests using bats (requires bats, terraform and tofu)
 - `make tests` - Run full test suite (unit + integration)
 
 ### Code Quality
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with co
 - `poetry build` - Build package using Poetry
 - `make clean` - Clean build artifacts
 
-### Docker
-- `make build-image` - Build Docker testing image
-- All test commands can run in Docker using the testing image
-
 ## Architecture
 
 Leverage CLI is a Python-based command-line tool for managing Binbash Leverage projects. It uses host-based execution to run infrastructure tools directly on the system.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index bef7e5b..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-FROM docker:24.0.7-dind-alpine3.18
-
-LABEL vendor="Binbash Leverage (leverage@binbash.com.ar)"
-
-RUN apk update &&\
-    apk add --no-cache bash bash-completion ncurses git curl gcc musl-dev python3 python3-dev py3-pip
-
-ENV POETRY_VIRTUALENVS_CREATE=false
-ENV PATH="${PATH}:/root/.poetry/bin"
-
-# Install bats from source
-RUN git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git && ./bats-core/install.sh /usr/local
-# Install other bats modules
-RUN git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support.git
-RUN git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert.git
-
-# Needed as is mounted later on
-RUN mkdir /root/.ssh
-
-RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | POETRY_HOME=/usr/local POETRY_VERSION=1.8.2 python3 -
-
-RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /workdir
-
-# Copying all necessary files to /workdir directory
-COPY . /workdir
-WORKDIR /workdir
-
-RUN poetry install --with=dev --with=main
-
-COPY entrypoint.sh /
-# Make script to configure and start docker daemon the default entrypoint
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d5aa26..97ed353 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 .PHONY: help build
-LEVERAGE_TESTING_IMAGE := binbash/leverage-cli-testing
-LEVERAGE_TESTING_TAG   := 2.5.0
-LEVERAGE_IMAGE_TAG     := 1.3.5-0.2.0
 PYPROJECT_FILE := pyproject.toml
 INIT_FILE := leverage/__init__.py
 PLACEHOLDER := 0.0.0
@@ -25,17 +22,15 @@ help:
 	@echo 'Available Commands:'
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | $(SORT) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf " - \033[36m%-18s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-build-image: ## Build docker image for testing
-	docker build . -t ${LEVERAGE_TESTING_IMAGE}:${LEVERAGE_TESTING_TAG}
- 
 test-unit: ## Run unit tests and create a coverage report
-	docker run --rm --privileged --mount type=bind,src=$(shell pwd),dst=/leverage -t ${LEVERAGE_TESTING_IMAGE}:${LEVERAGE_TESTING_TAG} pytest --verbose --cov=./ --cov-report=xml
+	pytest --verbose --cov=./leverage/ --cov-report=xml
 
 test-unit-no-cov: ## Run unit tests with no coverage report
-	docker run --rm --privileged --mount type=bind,src=$(shell pwd),dst=/leverage -t ${LEVERAGE_TESTING_IMAGE}:${LEVERAGE_TESTING_TAG} pytest --verbose --no-cov
+	pytest --verbose --no-cov
 
-test-int: ## Run integration tests
-	docker run --rm --privileged --mount type=bind,src=$(shell pwd),dst=/leverage --env LEVERAGE_IMAGE_TAG=${LEVERAGE_IMAGE_TAG} -t ${LEVERAGE_TESTING_IMAGE}:${LEVERAGE_TESTING_TAG} bash -c "bats --verbose-run --show-output-of-passing-tests --print-output-on-failure -T -t -p -r tests/bats"
+# No formatter is forced: bats picks the pretty one on a terminal, and tap when there is none
+test-int: ## Run integration tests (requires bats, terraform and tofu, see README)
+	bats --verbose-run --show-output-of-passing-tests --print-output-on-failure -T -r tests/bats
 
 tests: test-unit-no-cov test-int ## Run full set of tests
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0226520..a571717 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,12 +183,8 @@ poetry run pre-commit install
 To run unit tests, pytest is the tool of choice, and the required dependencies are available in the
 corresponding `dev-requirements.txt`.
 
-Integration tests are implemented using [bats](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/). Bear in mind that bats tests
-are meant to be run in a throwaway environment since they perform filesystem manipulations and installation and removal
-of packages, and the cleanup may not be completely thorough. As such, is highly recommended to run these tests using the
-docker image.
-
-### Manually
+Integration tests are implemented using [bats](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/). They drive the installed
+`leverage` command, and work on temporary directories of their own, so they can be run directly on your machine.
 
 1. Unit tests:
 
@@ -207,17 +203,21 @@ brew install bats-support
 brew install bats-assert
 ```
 
+The cli runs the infrastructure binaries directly, so `terraform` and `tofu` need to be installed as well. See
+[System requirements](#system-requirements).
+
 ```bash
 bats -r tests/bats
 ```
 
-### Using docker image
+If `bats-support` and `bats-assert` are not installed in a location bats searches by default, point `BATS_LIB_PATH` at
+the directory holding them:
 
-A Docker image suitable for running all tests can be crafted by running `make build-image`. After crafting the image all
-tests can be executed.
+```bash
+BATS_LIB_PATH=/opt/homebrew/lib bats -r tests/bats
+```
 
-To run all tests, run `make tests`. Alternatively `make test-unit` or `make test-int` for unit or integration tests
-respectively.
+Alternatively, `make tests` runs both suites, and `make test-unit` or `make test-int` runs one of them.
 
 ## Release Process
 
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1069e3..0000000
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Configure docker daemon to listen through socket
-mkdir /etc/docker
-echo '{"tls": false, "hosts": ["unix:///var/run/docker.sock"]}' > /etc/docker/daemon.json
-# Start daemon silently                                                                    
-dockerd > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-exec "$@"                                                                                  
diff --git a/leverage/leverage.py b/leverage/leverage.py
index fd3da87..214b6b9 100644
--- a/leverage/leverage.py
+++ b/leverage/leverage.py
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ def leverage(context, state, verbose):
         state.config = conf.load()
     except NotARepositoryError:
         return
+
+    # The `project` commands bootstrap a project, so they run before its configuration exists.
+    # `project init` creates the git repository, so from that point on the config loads fine but
+    # still holds no project name, and building the paths would fail on a legitimate invocation.
+    if context.invoked_subcommand == project.name:
+        return
+
     state.paths = PathsHandler(state.config)
     state.environment = {
         "AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE": str(state.paths.aws_credentials_file),
diff --git a/tests/bats/leverage.bats b/tests/bats/leverage.bats
index 7e02777..c1ad0d6 100644
--- a/tests/bats/leverage.bats
+++ b/tests/bats/leverage.bats
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 setup_file(){
-    echo "$(tput bold)========================== bats tests session starts ===========================" >&3
+    # No `tput` here: it needs a terminal, and there is none when running on CI
+    echo "========================== bats tests session starts ===========================" >&3
 }
 
 setup(){
-    # Bats modules are installed globally
-    load "/bats-support/load.bash"
-    load "/bats-assert/load.bash"
+    # Resolved through BATS_LIB_PATH
+    bats_load_library bats-support
+    bats_load_library bats-assert
 
     # Store useful paths
     TESTS_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME" )/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ teardown(){
     run leverage run -l
 
     assert_line --partial "Tasks in build file \`build.py\`:"
-    assert_line --regexp "hello\s+Say hello."
+    assert_line --regexp "hello[[:space:]]+Say hello."
     assert_line --regexp "Powered by Leverage [0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
 }
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ teardown(){
     run leverage run -l
 
     assert_line --partial "Tasks in build file \`build.py\`:"
-    assert_line --regexp "hello\s+Say hello."
+    assert_line --regexp "hello[[:space:]]+Say hello."
     assert_line --regexp "Powered by Leverage [0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/bats/leverage_terraform.bats b/tests/bats/leverage_terraform.bats
index 27a18b0..f17666b 100644
--- a/tests/bats/leverage_terraform.bats
+++ b/tests/bats/leverage_terraform.bats
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 setup(){
-    # Bats modules are installed globally
-    load "/bats-support/load.bash"
-    load "/bats-assert/load.bash"
+    # Resolved through BATS_LIB_PATH
+    bats_load_library bats-support
+    bats_load_library bats-assert
     
     # Store useful paths
     TEST_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME" )/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ teardown(){
     cd "$TESTS_ROOT"
 }
 
-@test "Pulls terraform image and prints version" {
+@test "Prints terraform version" {
     ROOT_DIR=$(_create_leverage_directory_structure)
 
     # Create required build.env in root directory and go there
@@ -22,5 +22,16 @@ teardown(){
 
     run leverage terraform version
 
-    assert_output --regexp "[\S\s]*Terraform v[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}[\s\S]*"
+    assert_output --regexp "Terraform v[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}"
+}
+
+@test "Prints tofu version" {
+    ROOT_DIR=$(_create_leverage_directory_structure)
+
+    # Create required build.env in root directory and go there
+    cd "$ROOT_DIR"
+
+    run leverage tofu version
+
+    assert_output --regexp "OpenTofu v[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}\.[0-9]{1,2}"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/bats/no_git_leverage.bats b/tests/bats/no_git_leverage.bats
index 04ce7e5..d7fee09 100644
--- a/tests/bats/no_git_leverage.bats
+++ b/tests/bats/no_git_leverage.bats
@@ -1,22 +1,18 @@
-# The name of the file was chosen as to avoid repetition of the leverage package installing step
-# in leverage.bats, since bats respects file name order to run the tests
-
 setup(){
-    # Bats modules are installed globally
-    load "/bats-support/load.bash"
-    load "/bats-assert/load.bash"
-
-    # Uninstall git
-    apk del git >/dev/null 2>&1
-}
+    # Resolved through BATS_LIB_PATH
+    bats_load_library bats-support
+    bats_load_library bats-assert
 
-teardown(){
-    # Reinstall git
-    apk add git >/dev/null 2>&1
+    # A directory holding nothing but the leverage entry point, to be used as the whole PATH.
+    # The cli looks for git through `shutil.which`, which resolves it via PATH, and the console
+    # script has an absolute shebang, so its interpreter remains reachable.
+    GITLESS_PATH="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/gitless"
+    mkdir -p "$GITLESS_PATH"
+    ln -sf "$(command -v leverage)" "$GITLESS_PATH/leverage"
 }
 
 @test "Does not run if git is not installed in the system" {
-    run leverage
+    run env PATH="$GITLESS_PATH" leverage
 
     assert_failure
     assert_output "No git installation found in the system. Exiting."
diff --git a/tests/bats/utils.bash b/tests/bats/utils.bash
index 4499cec..fa2631f 100644
--- a/tests/bats/utils.bash
+++ b/tests/bats/utils.bash
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ _create_directory_structure(){
               └ account
         And print the root path
     "
-    ROOT_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t tmpXXXXXX)
-    printf "PROJECT=ts\nTERRAFORM_IMAGE_TAG=%s\n" "$LEVERAGE_IMAGE_TAG" > $ROOT_DIR/"build.env"
+    # An explicit template keeps the name free of dots on both GNU and BSD mktemp. `-t` yields
+    # `tmp.XXXX` on macOS, and the build script is imported under a module name derived from the
+    # directory, which a dot turns into a package lookup that fails.
+    ROOT_DIR=$(mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/leverageXXXXXX")
+    printf "PROJECT=ts\n" > $ROOT_DIR/"build.env"
     mkdir -p "$ROOT_DIR/config"
     mkdir -p "$ROOT_DIR/account"
     echo $ROOT_DIR
diff --git a/tests/test_modules/test_project.py b/tests/test_modules/test_project.py
index 6ba08d3..6fdf465 100644
--- a/tests/test_modules/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_modules/test_project.py
@@ -1,9 +1,41 @@
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
 import pytest
+from click.testing import CliRunner
 
+from leverage import conf, leverage
+from leverage import path as lepath
 from leverage._utils import ExitError
 from leverage.modules.project import validate_config
 
 
+def test_project_commands_run_before_the_project_configuration_exists(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Test that the project commands do not require an already configured project.
+
+    `project init` creates the git repository, so from that point on the configuration loads fine
+    but holds no project name yet. Building the paths there aborts `project create` with
+    "Project name has not been set", on what is a perfectly legitimate invocation.
+    """
+    root = tmp_path / "new-project"
+    root.mkdir()
+    subprocess.run(["git", "init"], cwd=root, check=True, capture_output=True)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(lepath, "get_root_path", lambda: root)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(lepath, "get_working_path", lambda: root)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(conf, "get_root_path", lambda: root)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(conf, "get_working_path", lambda: root)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "cwd", lambda: root)
+
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(leverage, ["project", "create"])
+
+    # The command is reached, and reports the missing configuration file on its own terms, rather
+    # than the run being aborted earlier while building the project paths.
+    assert "Project name has not been set" not in result.output
+    assert "No configuration file found for the project" in result.output
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "project_name,short_name",
     [