diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be683f272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM node:16
+RUN apt-get update -y && \
+    apt-get install cmake xvfb jq curl sudo fswatch git g++ -y && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+COPY --chown=root:root scripts/ci/prepare_linux.sh /usr/sbin/
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+RUN sudo npm install --global yarn
+RUN yarn
+
+RUN groupadd --gid 1000 datastation \
+    && useradd --home-dir /home/datastation --create-home --uid 1000 \
+    --gid 1000 --shell /bin/bash --skel /dev/null datastation
+USER datastation
diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md
index 6b3fcacdf..14b34479f 100644
--- a/HACKING.md
+++ b/HACKING.md
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ yarn build-ui
 
 And manually start a web-server: `python3 -m http.server --port 8080 build`.
 
+### Via Docker
+
+To build and run the in-browser application via `docker` and `docker-compose`:
+
+```
+docker-compose -f docker-compose-browser.yml build
+docker-compose -f docker-compose-browser.yml up
+```
 
 ## Build and run the desktop app
 
diff --git a/docker-compose-browser.yml b/docker-compose-browser.yml
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index 000000000..a2df05cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-browser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+version: "3.9"
+services:
+  datastation:
+    image: datastation:latest
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/home/datastation/datastation:Z
+    entrypoint: "sh -c"
+    command: ["cd ~/datastation && yarn && yarn start-ui"]