diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1efc07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+node_modules
+dist
+coverage
+.vite
+*.log
+.env
+.env.*
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d99f60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+FROM node:22-alpine AS build
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+FROM nginx:1.27-alpine
+
+COPY docker/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY --from=build /app/dist/ /usr/share/nginx/html/
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1/ >/dev/null || exit 1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7ddedd..b62c12b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,41 @@ npm run build    # production build → dist/
 
 Built with Svelte 5, TypeScript, Vite and TipTap 3 (ProseMirror).
 
+### Docker
+
+The production image builds the static application with Node.js and serves it
+with Nginx. No application server or persistent volume is required; documents
+remain in the browser.
+
+Build and run the image directly:
+
+```bash
+docker build -t edentext .
+docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:8080:80 edentext
+```
+
+Then open <http://localhost:8080>.
+
+Alternatively, use Docker Compose:
+
+```bash
+docker compose up --build -d
+```
+
+The Compose service binds EdenText to <http://localhost:8080> by default. To use
+a different host port, set `EDENTEXT_PORT`, for example:
+
+```bash
+EDENTEXT_PORT=8081 docker compose up --build -d
+```
+
+Set `EDENTEXT_BIND_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0` to make the service reachable from other
+machines. When finished, stop and remove it with:
+
+```bash
+docker compose down
+```
+
 ## Contributing
 
 Contributions are welcome — see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Merging
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ba3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  edentext:
+    build:
+      context: .
+    image: edentext:local
+    ports:
+      - "${EDENTEXT_BIND_ADDRESS:-127.0.0.1}:${EDENTEXT_PORT:-8080}:80"
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/docker/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749b270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name _;
+
+    root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    index index.html;
+
+    location / {
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache";
+    }
+
+    location /assets/ {
+        expires 1y;
+        add_header Cache-Control "public, immutable";
+        try_files $uri =404;
+    }
+}