diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
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+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+input
+models
+notebooks
+output
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# 3.10.11-bullseye,  has python, git, but relatively small (<250MB)
+ARG BASE_IMAGE="python@sha256:88fb365ea5d52ec8f5799f40a4742b9fb3c91dac92f7048eabaae194a25ccc28"
+ARG GPU_MAKE="nvidia"
+ARG UID=1000
+ARG GID=1000
+
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+ARG GPU_MAKE
+ARG UID
+ARG GID
+
+SHELL [ "/bin/bash", "-uec"]
+RUN \
+  --mount=target=/var/lib/apt/lists,type=cache,sharing=locked \
+  --mount=target=/var/cache/apt,type=cache,sharing=locked \
+<<'EOF'
+  apt-get update
+  apt-get install -yq git-lfs
+  echo "comfyui" >> /etc/hostname
+EOF
+
+# run instructions as user
+USER ${UID}:${GID}
+# run python from future venv
+ENV PATH="/app/venv/bin:${PATH}"
+# copy context to obvious location
+COPY --chown=${UID}:${GID} ./ /app
+# create cache directory *with user permissions*
+WORKDIR /app/.cache
+# default to app directory
+WORKDIR /app
+# set pip cache location
+ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME="/app/.cache/pip"
+# run with mounted cache
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/.cache,uid=${UID},gid=${GID} <<'EOF'
+  mkdir -p /app/.cache/transformers
+  # choose package index based on chosen hardware
+  if [ "${GPU_MAKE}" = "nvidia" ]; then
+    EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118"
+    EXTRAS="xformers"
+  elif [ "${GPU_MAKE}" = "amd" ]; then
+    EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm5.4.2"
+    EXTRAS=""
+  elif [ "${GPU_MAKE}" = "cpu" ]; then
+    EXTRA_INDEX_URL="https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"
+    EXTRAS=""
+  else
+    echo "Unknown GPU_MAKE provided as docker build arg."
+    exit 2
+  fi
+  # create virtual environment to manage packages
+  python -m venv venv
+  # install framework packages
+  pip install \
+    --extra-index-url "${EXTRA_INDEX_URL}" \
+    install \
+    torch \
+    torchvision \
+    torchaudio \
+    ${EXTRAS}
+  pip install -r requirements.txt
+EOF
+
+# default environment variables
+ENV COMFYUI_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0
+ENV COMFYUI_PORT=8188
+ENV COMFYUI_EXTRA_ARGS=""
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE="/app/.cache/transformers"
+# default start command
+CMD bash -c "python -u main.py --listen ${COMFYUI_ADDRESS} --port ${COMFYUI_PORT} ${COMFYUI_EXTRA_ARGS}"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
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+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  comfyui:
+    user: "1000:1000"
+    build: .
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          devices:
+            - driver: nvidia
+              count: 1
+              capabilities: [gpu]
+    ports:
+      - "8188:8188"
+    volumes:
+      - "./models:/app/models"
+      - "./input:/app/input"
+      - "./temp:/app/output/temp"
+      - "./output:/app/output"