diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ A big thanks goes to b1gMail founder Patrick Schlangen. He released b1gMail as f
 ## Getting started
 It is recommended to install the b1gMail developer copy on a local web server,
 e.g. standard Apache/PHP/MySQL on Linux or Wamp on Windows. Even better results
-on Windows can be achieved with a WSL setup.
+on Windows can be achieved with a WSL setup. If you use Docker, you can also 
+use our docker template in `docker-dev`.
 
 In order to install a development environment, proceed as follows:
 1. Clone the repository
diff --git a/dev-docker/.env b/dev-docker/.env
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Docker by default uses the folder name to isolate different projects. This might however be a problem because we call our folder "dev", which might also be how other projects call their folders. To avoid any collisions, we use an idea from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50947938/docker-compose-orphan-containers-warning
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=b1gmail-dev
diff --git a/dev-docker/Dockerfile b/dev-docker/Dockerfile
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+FROM php:8.2-apache
+
+# From the official documentation on https://hub.docker.com/_/php
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+        libfreetype6-dev \
+        libjpeg62-turbo-dev \
+        libpng-dev \
+        libicu-dev \
+    && docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-freetype --with-jpeg \
+    && docker-php-ext-install -j$(nproc) gd
+
+# See https://github.com/docker-library/php/issues/391
+RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli
+
+RUN docker-php-ext-install intl
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diff --git a/dev-docker/README.md b/dev-docker/README.md
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+**THIS SETUP IS ONLY MEANT FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES!**
+
+> Make sure you have Docker installed on your system.
+
+In order to start a development server, simply run `docker compose up`. This will start an apache server with php (on `localhost:5000`), a mysql database, and phpmyadmin (on `localhost:3100`).
+
+The credentials for the database that you will later also need when installing b1gmail:
+
+- Host: `db` (Yes, you don't need to use any IP address or similar. Just `db` is sufficient.)
+- Database name: `b1gmail`
+- Username: `user`
+- Password: `password`
+
+In order to log in to phpmyadmin, use the following credentials:
+
+- Username: `root`
+- Password: `root`
+
+Important when recreating the containers: We don't only store data in the database, but also in `/src/temp/` and `/src/data/`. You might need to delete files and folders in these directories. You can delete everything from `/src/data/` and `/src/temp/` except for the following files:
+
+- `/src/data/.htaccess`
+- `/src/data/index.html`
+- `/src/temp/.htaccess`
+- `/src/temp/index.html`
+- `/src/temp/cache/dummy`
+- `/src/temp/session/dummy`
+- `/src/serverlib/config.inc.php`
+
+A script for automation is included. If you want to use a "hacky" approach for now: Simply delete these `/src/data/` and `/src/temp/` directories and then use git to revert the changes.
diff --git a/dev-docker/docker-compose.yml b/dev-docker/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.9'
+
+services:
+  php:
+    build: .
+    networks:
+      - default
+    ports:
+      - '5000:80'
+    volumes:
+      - ../src:/var/www/html
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+
+  db:
+    image: mariadb
+    networks:
+      - default
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: b1gmail
+      MYSQL_USER: user
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
+    ports:
+      - '3306:3306'
+
+  phpmyadmin:
+    image: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:5
+    ports:
+      - '3100:80'
+    depends_on:
+      - db
diff --git a/dev-docker/remove_tempfiles.sh b/dev-docker/remove_tempfiles.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+rm -Rf ../src/data
+mkdir ../src/data
+touch ../src/data/.htaccess
+touch ../src/data/index.html
+rm -Rf ../src/temp
+mkdir ../src/temp
+mkdir ../src/temp/cache
+mkdir ../src/temp/session
+touch ../src/temp/.htaccess
+touch ../src/temp/index.html
+touch ../src/temp/cache/dummy
+touch ../src/temp/session/dummy
+tee ../src/temp/.htaccess <<EOF
+<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+	Require all denied
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+	Deny from all
+</IfModule>
+EOF
+tee ../src/data/.htaccess <<EOF
+<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+	Require all denied
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+	Deny from all
+</IfModule>
+EOF