diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100755
index 375396bcfc7..00000000000
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# See here for image contents: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.241.1/containers/python-3/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
-
-# [Choice] Python version (use -bullseye variants on local arm64/Apple Silicon): 3, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3-bullseye, 3.10-bullseye, 3.9-bullseye, 3.8-bullseye, 3.7-bullseye, 3.6-bullseye, 3-buster, 3.10-buster, 3.9-buster, 3.8-buster, 3.7-buster, 3.6-buster
-ARG VARIANT="3.10-bullseye"
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/python:0-${VARIANT}
-
-ARG WORKSPACE="/workspaces/InvenTree"
-
-# [Choice] Node.js version: none, lts/*, 16, 14, 12, 10
-ARG NODE_VERSION="18"
-RUN if [ "${NODE_VERSION}" != "none" ]; then su vscode -c "umask 0002 && . /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install ${NODE_VERSION} 2>&1"; fi
-
-# [Optional] If your pip requirements rarely change, uncomment this section to add them to the image.
-# COPY requirements.txt /tmp/pip-tmp/
-# RUN pip3 --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir install -r /tmp/pip-tmp/requirements.txt \
-#    && rm -rf /tmp/pip-tmp
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
-RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
-    git gcc g++ gettext gnupg2 libffi-dev \
-    # Weasyprint requirements : https://doc.courtbouillon.org/weasyprint/stable/first_steps.html#debian-11
-    poppler-utils libpango-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 \
-    # Image format support
-    libjpeg-dev webp \
-    # SQLite support
-    sqlite3 \
-    # PostgreSQL support
-    libpq-dev \
-    # MySQL / MariaDB support
-    default-libmysqlclient-dev mariadb-client \
-    # LDAP support
-    libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev && \
-    apt-get autoclean && apt-get autoremove && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this line to install global node packages.
-# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1
-
-# Update pip
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip
-
-# Install required base-level python packages
-COPY ./docker/requirements.txt base_requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir -U -r base_requirements.txt
-
-# preserve command history between container starts
-# Ref: https://code.visualstudio.com/remote/advancedcontainers/persist-bash-history
-# Folder will be created in 'postCreateCommand' in devcontainer.json as it's not preserved due to the bind mount
-RUN echo "export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' && export HISTFILE=${WORKSPACE}/dev/commandhistory/.bash_history" >> "/home/vscode/.bashrc"
-
-WORKDIR ${WORKSPACE}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 4a3ca631682..e6fc394897d 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
 {
   "name": "InvenTree",
   "build": {
-    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+    "dockerfile": "../Dockerfile",
     "context": "..",
+    "target": "devcontainer",
     "args": {
-      // Update 'VARIANT' to pick a Python version: 3, 3.10, 3.9, 3.8, 3.7, 3.6
-      // Append -bullseye or -buster to pin to an OS version.
-      // Use -bullseye variants on local on arm64/Apple Silicon.
-      "VARIANT": "3.10-bullseye",
-      // Options
-      "NODE_VERSION": "lts/*",
-      "WORKSPACE": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}"
+      "base_image": "mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:alpine-3.18",
+      "workspace": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}"
     }
   },
 
@@ -48,8 +44,11 @@
   },
 
   // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
-  "forwardPorts": [8000],
+  "forwardPorts": [5173, 8000],
   "portsAttributes": {
+    "5173": {
+      "label": "Vite server"
+    },
     "8000": {
       "label": "InvenTree server"
     }
@@ -60,9 +59,9 @@
 
   // Comment out to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
   "remoteUser": "vscode",
+  "containerUser": "vscode",
   "features": {
-    "git": "os-provided",
-    "github-cli": "latest"
+    "git": "os-provided"
   },
 
   "remoteEnv": {
diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
index 611ac2ffb35..b1240075805 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ mkdir -p $1/dev/{commandhistory,plugins}
 cd $1
 
 # create venv
-python3 -m venv dev/venv
-. dev/venv/bin/activate
+python3 -m venv $1/dev/venv
+. $1/dev/venv/bin/activate
 
 # setup InvenTree server
 pip install invoke
-invoke update --no-frontend
+invoke update
 invoke setup-dev
 invoke frontend-install
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index 9d8cc524373..c8f98566c2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
               - docker-compose.yml
               - docker.dev.env
               - Dockerfile
+              - requirements.txt
 
 
   # Build the docker image
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 84709ab0340..ba81f97a6a2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 # - Runs InvenTree web server under django development server
 # - Monitors source files for any changes, and live-reloads server
 
-FROM python:3.10-alpine3.18 as inventree_base
+ARG base_image=python:3.10-alpine3.18
+FROM ${base_image} as inventree_base
 
 # Build arguments for this image
 ARG commit_hash=""
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0" \
       org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/inventree/InvenTree.git" \
       org.label-schema.vcs-ref=${commit_tag}
 
+# Install required system level packages
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
     git gettext py-cryptography \
     # Image format support
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ WORKDIR ${INVENTREE_HOME}
 
 COPY ./docker/requirements.txt base_requirements.txt
 COPY ./requirements.txt ./
+COPY ./docker/install_build_packages.sh .
+RUN chmod +x install_build_packages.sh
 
 # For ARMv7 architecture, add the piwheels repo (for cryptography library)
 # Otherwise, we have to build from source, which is difficult
@@ -83,23 +87,19 @@ RUN if [ `apk --print-arch` = "armv7" ]; then \
     printf "[global]\nextra-index-url=https://www.piwheels.org/simple\n" > /etc/pip.conf ; \
     fi
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
-    gcc g++ musl-dev openssl-dev libffi-dev cargo python3-dev openldap-dev \
-    # Image format dev libs
-    jpeg-dev openjpeg-dev libwebp-dev zlib-dev \
-    # DB specific dev libs
-    postgresql-dev sqlite-dev mariadb-dev && \
-    pip install -r base_requirements.txt -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir && \
-    apk --purge del .build-deps
-
 COPY tasks.py docker/gunicorn.conf.py docker/init.sh ./
-
 RUN chmod +x init.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "./init.sh"]
 
+FROM inventree_base as prebuild
+
+RUN ./install_build_packages.sh --no-cache --virtual .build-deps && \
+    pip install -r base_requirements.txt -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir && \
+    apk --purge del .build-deps
+
 # Frontend builder image:
-FROM inventree_base as frontend
+FROM prebuild as frontend
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache --update nodejs npm && npm install -g yarn
 RUN yarn config set network-timeout 600000 -g
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ RUN cd ${INVENTREE_HOME}/InvenTree && inv frontend-compile
 # InvenTree production image:
 # - Copies required files from local directory
 # - Starts a gunicorn webserver
-FROM inventree_base as production
+FROM prebuild as production
 
 ENV INVENTREE_DEBUG=False
 
@@ -128,9 +128,16 @@ COPY --from=frontend ${INVENTREE_HOME}/InvenTree/web/static/web ./InvenTree/web/
 # TODO: e.g. -b ${INVENTREE_WEB_ADDR}:${INVENTREE_WEB_PORT} fails here
 CMD gunicorn -c ./gunicorn.conf.py InvenTree.wsgi -b 0.0.0.0:8000 --chdir ./InvenTree
 
-
 FROM inventree_base as dev
 
+# Vite server (for local frontend development)
+EXPOSE 5173
+
+# Install packages required for building python packages
+RUN ./install_build_packages.sh
+
+RUN pip install -r base_requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
+
 # Install nodejs / npm / yarn
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache --update nodejs npm && npm install -g yarn
@@ -152,3 +159,10 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/ash", "./docker/init.sh"]
 
 # Launch the development server
 CMD ["invoke", "server", "-a", "${INVENTREE_WEB_ADDR}:${INVENTREE_WEB_PORT}"]
+
+# Image target for devcontainer
+FROM dev as devcontainer
+
+ARG workspace="/workspaces/InvenTree"
+
+WORKDIR ${WORKSPACE}
diff --git a/docker/install_build_packages.sh b/docker/install_build_packages.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d25b1b4b5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/install_build_packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/ash
+
+# Install system packages required for building InvenTree python libraries
+
+apk add gcc g++ musl-dev openssl-dev libffi-dev cargo python3-dev openldap-dev \
+    jpeg-dev openjpeg-dev libwebp-dev zlib-dev \
+    postgresql-dev sqlite-dev mariadb-dev \
+    $@