diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..563ddf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+**/node_modules
+data
+.git
+*.log
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3e655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends android-tools-adb \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install deps first so this layer is cached unless package.json changes.
+COPY server/package.json server/package-lock.json ./server/
+RUN cd server && npm ci --omit=dev
+
+COPY server ./server
+COPY public ./public
+
+WORKDIR /app/server
+EXPOSE 8787
+CMD ["node", "src/index.js"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 970cdf0..477ef22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@ LAN. Add to the home screen and it behaves like an installed app.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Node.js 18+ and `adb` (Android platform-tools) installed **on the machine
-  running the server** — not on the phone.
-  - macOS: `brew install android-platform-tools`
-  - Debian/Ubuntu: `sudo apt install android-tools-adb` (or
-    `android-sdk-platform-tools`)
-  - Windows: download "SDK Platform-Tools" from developer.android.com and
-    put `adb.exe` on PATH
-- The TV and this server on the same local network.
+- Docker and Docker Compose on any always-on machine on your home network (a
+  Pi, NAS, old laptop, home server).
+- The TV and that machine on the same local network.
+
+`adb` does **not** need to run on bare metal — it's a plain TCP client that
+dials out to the TV's IP once network/wireless debugging is on, so it works
+fine from inside a container with normal bridge networking. No host
+networking, USB passthrough, or privileged mode required. The container
+image bundles `adb` itself, so nothing else needs installing on the host.
 
 ## Set up the TV
 
@@ -51,32 +52,74 @@ LAN. Add to the home screen and it behaves like an installed app.
 ## Run the server
 
 ```sh
-cd server
-npm install
-npm start
+docker compose up -d --build
 ```
 
 This serves the app at `http://<this-machine's-LAN-IP>:8787`. Open that URL
 on your phone, add your TV by IP in Settings (⚙), then optionally "Add to
 Home Screen" for a full-screen, app-like remote.
 
-Override the port with `PORT=9000 npm start`, or point at a non-default
-`adb` binary with `ADB_BIN=/path/to/adb npm start`.
+Saved TVs persist in `./data/devices.json` on the host (bind-mounted into
+the container), so they survive `docker compose down`/rebuilds. Override the
+port by changing the `PORT` environment variable and the left side of the
+`ports` mapping in `docker-compose.yml`.
+
+### Adding this as a service in another docker-compose stack
+
+If you're folding this into a larger compose project rather than running it
+standalone, you have two straightforward options:
+
+1. **Vendor the source** (git submodule or subtree at, say,
+   `services/tv-adb-remote/`) and point that stack's compose file at it:
+   ```yaml
+   services:
+     tv-adb-remote:
+       build: ./services/tv-adb-remote
+       ports:
+         - "8787:8787"
+       volumes:
+         - ./services/tv-adb-remote/data:/app/data
+       restart: unless-stopped
+   ```
+2. **Build and push an image** (e.g. to GHCR or Docker Hub) from this repo's
+   CI, then reference it by tag instead of a build context — no vendored
+   source in the other repo at all:
+   ```yaml
+   services:
+     tv-adb-remote:
+       image: ghcr.io/<you>/tv-adb-remote:latest
+       ports:
+         - "8787:8787"
+       volumes:
+         - ./tv-adb-remote-data:/app/data
+       restart: unless-stopped
+   ```
+   This fits a "docker nearly exclusively" stack best if most of its other
+   services are already referenced as prebuilt images rather than local
+   build contexts — ask if you want a GitHub Actions workflow added here to
+   publish the image on push.
+
+Either way, the only two things the other repo's compose file needs to get
+right are the port mapping and a persistent volume for `/app/data`.
 
 ## Development
 
 ```sh
 cd server
+npm install
 npm test
 ```
 
 Runs the server's unit tests (command construction, input validation,
-device persistence) using Node's built-in test runner — no real TV
-required.
+device persistence) using Node's built-in test runner — no real TV, and no
+Docker, required. Useful for iterating on server code before rebuilding the
+image.
 
 ## Project layout
 
 ```
+Dockerfile        Bundles adb + the server into one image
+docker-compose.yml  Standalone run config (port 8787, data/ volume)
 server/          Express app + ADB bridge (source of truth for control logic)
   src/adb.js        Thin wrapper around the `adb` CLI (connect/pair/keyevent/…)
   src/keycodes.js   Android KeyEvent constants used by the remote buttons
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9674616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: tv-adb-remote
+
+services:
+  tv-adb-remote:
+    build: .
+    image: tv-adb-remote
+    container_name: tv-adb-remote
+    hostname: tv-adb-remote
+    ports:
+      - "8787:8787"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/app/data
+    environment:
+      - PORT=8787
+    restart: unless-stopped