diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+node_modules
+.svelte-kit
+build
+data
+.git
+docs
+tests
+*.log
+.env
+.env.local
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1.7
+
+FROM node:22-alpine AS builder
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Alpine needs build tools for better-sqlite3 native module
+RUN apk add --no-cache python3 make g++ libc6-compat
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Remove dev dependencies for the runtime image
+RUN npm prune --omit=dev
+
+FROM node:22-alpine AS runner
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/build ./build
+COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
+COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
+
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+ENV HOST=0.0.0.0
+ENV PORT=3000
+ENV DATABASE_PATH=/data/kochwas.db
+ENV IMAGE_DIR=/data/images
+
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --retries=3 \
+  CMD wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/api/health > /dev/null || exit 1
+
+CMD ["node", "build/index.js"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
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+services:
+  kochwas:
+    build: .
+    image: kochwas:latest
+    ports:
+      - '3000:3000'
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/data
+    environment:
+      - DATABASE_PATH=/data/kochwas.db
+      - IMAGE_DIR=/data/images
+      - SEARXNG_URL=http://searxng:8080
+      - NODE_ENV=production
+    depends_on:
+      - searxng
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  searxng:
+    image: searxng/searxng:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./searxng:/etc/searxng
+    environment:
+      - BASE_URL=http://searxng:8080/
+      - INSTANCE_NAME=kochwas-search
+    restart: unless-stopped