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+services:
+  db:
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
+    container_name: memegoat-db
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER:-app}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-app}
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB:-app}
+    ports:
+      - "5432:5432"
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    container_name: memegoat-redis
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+
+  s3:
+    image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2025-04-08T15-41-24Z
+    container_name: memegoat-s3
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "9000:9000"
+      - "9001:9001"
+    environment:
+      MINIO_ROOT_USER: ${S3_ACCESS_KEY:-minioadmin}
+      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${S3_SECRET_KEY:-minioadmin}
+    command: server /data --console-address ":9001"
+    volumes:
+      - minio_data:/data
+
+  mail:
+    image: axllent/mailpit
+    container_name: memegoat-mail
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "1025:1025" # smtp
+      - "8025:8025" # web ui
+
+  backend:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: backend/Dockerfile
+      target: base
+    container_name: memegoat-backend
+    command: pnpm run --filter @memegoat/backend start:dev
+    volumes:
+      - .:/usr/src/app
+      - /usr/src/app/node_modules
+      - /usr/src/app/backend/node_modules
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    environment:
+      NODE_ENV: development
+      POSTGRES_HOST: db
+      POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
+      POSTGRES_DB: ${POSTGRES_DB:-app}
+      POSTGRES_USER: ${POSTGRES_USER:-app}
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-app}
+      REDIS_HOST: redis
+      REDIS_PORT: 6379
+      S3_ENDPOINT: s3
+      S3_PORT: 9000
+      S3_ACCESS_KEY: ${S3_ACCESS_KEY:-minioadmin}
+      S3_SECRET_KEY: ${S3_SECRET_KEY:-minioadmin}
+      S3_BUCKET_NAME: ${S3_BUCKET_NAME:-memegoat}
+      MAIL_HOST: mail
+      MAIL_PORT: 1025
+      MAIL_USER: ""
+      MAIL_PASS: ""
+      MAIL_FROM: ${MAIL_FROM:-noreply@memegoat.local}
+      DOMAIN_NAME: ${DOMAIN_NAME:-localhost}
+      JWT_SECRET: ${JWT_SECRET:-super-secret-jwt-key-change-me-in-prod}
+      ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${ENCRYPTION_KEY:-01234567890123456789012345678901}
+      PGP_ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${PGP_ENCRYPTION_KEY:-super-secret-pgp-key}
+      SESSION_PASSWORD: ${SESSION_PASSWORD:-super-secret-session-password-32-chars}
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+      - redis
+      - s3
+
+  frontend:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: frontend/Dockerfile
+      target: base
+    container_name: memegoat-frontend
+    command: pnpm run --filter @memegoat/frontend dev
+    volumes:
+      - .:/usr/src/app
+      - /usr/src/app/node_modules
+      - /usr/src/app/frontend/node_modules
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3000"
+    environment:
+      NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: http://localhost:3000
+    depends_on:
+      - backend
+
+volumes:
+  postgres_data:
+  minio_data: