diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2b812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.git/
+.github/
+.claude/
+tests/
+docs/
+*.md
+LICENSE
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
+server.log
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..562cba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM python:3.12-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY cli.py dashboard.py scanner.py ./
+
+ENV HOST=0.0.0.0 \
+    PORT=8080 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Run scan once at startup, then serve. Bypasses cli.py:cmd_dashboard
+# to avoid the webbrowser.open call (irrelevant inside a container).
+CMD ["python3", "-c", "from scanner import scan; scan(); from dashboard import serve; serve()"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc3d0a8..5c2c2f6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ cd claude-usage
 python3 cli.py dashboard
 ```
 
+### Docker
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d
+# Open http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+Mounts `~/.claude` into the container, so the SQLite DB at `~/.claude/usage.db`
+persists on the host and CLI commands (`python3 cli.py today`) keep working
+alongside the container.
+
+To run single-shot CLI commands without starting the server:
+
+```bash
+docker compose run --rm claude-usage python3 cli.py today
+docker compose run --rm claude-usage python3 cli.py stats
+```
+
 ---
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69dae1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+services:
+  claude-usage:
+    build: .
+    container_name: claude-usage
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      # JSONL logs (read) + usage.db (read/write)
+      - ${HOME:?HOME must be set}/.claude:/root/.claude
+      # Optional: Xcode Claude integration logs (macOS only)
+      # - ${HOME}/Library/Developer/Xcode/CodingAssistant/ClaudeAgentConfig/projects:/root/Library/Developer/Xcode/CodingAssistant/ClaudeAgentConfig/projects:ro
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/tests/test_docker_setup.py b/tests/test_docker_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83104f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_docker_setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Static checks for Docker setup (no docker build required — stdlib only)."""
+
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+class TestDockerSetup(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_dockerfile_exists_and_uses_python(self):
+        df = (ROOT / "Dockerfile").read_text()
+        self.assertRegex(df, r"(?m)^FROM\s+python:",
+                         "Dockerfile must use a Python base image")
+
+    def test_compose_exposes_dashboard_port(self):
+        compose = (ROOT / "compose.yaml").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("8080", compose)
+
+    def test_compose_mounts_claude_home(self):
+        compose = (ROOT / "compose.yaml").read_text()
+        self.assertTrue(
+            re.search(r"(~|\$HOME|\$\{HOME\})/\.claude", compose),
+            f"compose.yaml must bind-mount ~/.claude; got:\n{compose}",
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()