diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+++ b/.dockerignore
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+**/.git
+**/.github
+**/.venv
+**/node_modules
+**/dist
+**/build
+**/out
+**/__pycache__
+**/*.pyc
+**/*.pyo
+**/*.pyd
+**/*.log
+**/.DS_Store
+**/Thumbs.db
+**/.vscode
+**/.idea
+**/coverage
+**/tmp
+**/.pytest_cache
+**/.mypy_cache
+**/.ruff_cache
+**/CMakeUserPresets.json
+**/compile_commands.json
+**/vcpkg
+**/third_party/pdfium/depot_tools
+**/third_party/pdfium/checkout
+**/third_party/pdfium/install
+**/third_party/skia/depot_tools
+**/third_party/skia/checkout
+**/third_party/skia/install
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  gateway:
+    build:
+      context: ./gateway
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    image: pdf-engine-gateway:dev
+    container_name: pdf-engine-gateway
+    environment:
+      PDFENGINE_ENVIRONMENT: dev
+      PDFENGINE_ENGINE_AVAILABLE: "false"
+      PORT: 8000
+    ports:
+      - "8000:8000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./gateway:/home/app
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8000/health').read()" ]
+      interval: 20s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 10s
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: ./frontend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      target: development
+    image: pdf-engine-frontend:dev
+    container_name: pdf-engine-frontend
+    environment:
+      VITE_GATEWAY_URL: http://gateway:8000
+    ports:
+      - "5173:5173"
+    volumes:
+      - ./frontend:/app
+      - /app/node_modules
+    depends_on:
+      - gateway
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/frontend/.dockerignore b/frontend/.dockerignore
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+node_modules/
+dist/
+.vite/
+.git/
+.gitignore
+*.log
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
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+FROM node:20-alpine AS base
+ENV NODE_ENV=development
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY package*.json ./
+RUN npm ci
+
+FROM base AS development
+COPY . .
+EXPOSE 5173
+CMD ["npm", "run", "dev", "--", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "5173"]
+
+FROM base AS build
+COPY . .
+RUN npm run build
+
+FROM nginx:1.27-alpine AS production
+COPY --from=build /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
+EXPOSE 80
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/gateway/.dockerignore b/gateway/.dockerignore
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+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.venv/
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.coverage
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+.git/
+.gitignore
diff --git a/gateway/Dockerfile b/gateway/Dockerfile
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+++ b/gateway/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
+    PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
+    PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1 \
+    PORT=8000
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        build-essential \
+        cmake \
+        ninja-build \
+        pkg-config \
+        git \
+        libjpeg-dev \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        libpng-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN groupadd --system app \
+    && useradd --system --gid app --create-home --home-dir /home/app app
+
+WORKDIR /home/app
+
+COPY pyproject.toml README.md ./
+RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -e ".[dev]"
+
+COPY app ./app
+COPY tests ./tests
+
+RUN chown -R app:app /home/app
+USER app
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]