diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 33c168e88..24280680d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ APP_DEBUG=false
 APP_URL=http://localhost
 
 LOG_CHANNEL=daily
+# LOG_CHANNEL=stderr # docker development
 
 DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
 DB_DATABASE=app.sqlite
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cee255d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM php:8.3
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  libzip-dev \
+  libicu-dev \
+  libpq-dev \
+  libsqlite3-dev \
+  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+  libxml2-dev \
+  zip \
+  unzip \
+  curl \
+  pkg-config \
+  && docker-php-ext-configure zip \
+  && docker-php-ext-install \
+  dom \
+  intl \
+  pdo_pgsql \
+  pdo_sqlite \
+  pdo_mysql \
+  opcache \
+  zip \
+  && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php \
+  && php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+CMD php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6ff0b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+services:
+  heimdall:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    env_file: .env
+    volumes:
+      - .:/app
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000
+    restart: unless-stopped