diff --git a/.dockerignire b/.dockerignire
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebd21a9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignire
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.github
+.vscode*
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5a13c0f7..b0dea47b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             export NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
             node build/package.js
-      - name: Build and pack extension
+      - name: Build and pack extension (windows)
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' }}
         run: |
             $env:NODE_OPTIONS="--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch"
diff --git a/.vscodeignore b/.vscodeignore
index 1afd33a2..f88bb994 100644
--- a/.vscodeignore
+++ b/.vscodeignore
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ vendor/**
 azure-pipelines.yml
 build/**
 assets/platform/**
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
 
 # A platform-specific directory in assets/platform/ will be added to the end of
 # this file by the packaging script.
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d1ae694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+FROM ubuntu:23.10
+
+# # set timezone ?
+RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc/Universal /etc/localtime 
+
+# install utility packages
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install -y openssh-server openssh-sftp-server bash sudo zsh net-tools vim git python3.11 curl wget
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+# install node js
+ENV NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm
+ENV NODE_VERSION=18.20.4
+RUN mkdir -p $NVM_DIR && export NVM_DIR=$NVM_DIR && curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash 
+RUN source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh \
+    && nvm install $NODE_VERSION \
+    && nvm alias default $NODE_VERSION \
+    && nvm use default
+ENV NODE_PATH=$NVM_DIR/v$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules
+ENV PATH=$NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin:$PATH
+
+
+# install project tool dependancies
+RUN npm install -g gulp node-gyp @vscode/vsce
+RUN apt install -y g++-multilib build-essential libudev-dev unzip
+
+# SSHD configuration
+EXPOSE 22/tcp
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/sshd
+
+
+# Volume configuration
+VOLUME ["/host_dir"]
+
+# User configuration
+RUN usermod --shell /bin/bash -aG sudo ubuntu
+WORKDIR /home/ubuntu
+USER ubuntu:ubuntu
+
+# configure powerlevel10k
+RUN git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
+RUN echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>~/.zshrc
+
+# copy the repository into the container
+COPY --chown=ubuntu:ubuntu . /vscode-arduino
+
+# clone arduino tools
+RUN wget https://downloads.arduino.cc/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -P /home/ubuntu
+RUN node /vscode-arduino/build/checkHash.js /home/ubuntu/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz eb68bddc1d1c0120be2fca1350a03ee34531cf37f51847b21210b6e70545bc9b
+RUN tar -xvf /home/ubuntu/arduino-1.8.19-linux64.tar.xz -C /home/ubuntu
+USER root:root
+RUN ln -s /home/ubuntu/arduino-1.8.19/arduino /usr/bin/arduino
+USER ubuntu:ubuntu
+
+# install npm dependencies
+WORKDIR /vscode-arduino
+ENV CXX="g++" 
+ENV CC="gcc" 
+RUN npm install
+
+WORKDIR /home/ubuntu
+USER root:root
+RUN cat ~/.bashrc >> .bashrc
+RUN echo "export NODE_PATH=$NVM_DIR/v$NODE_VERSION/lib/node_modules" >> .bashrc
+RUN echo "export PATH=$NVM_DIR/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin:$PATH" >> .bashrc
+RUN echo "export NODE_OPTIONS=\"--openssl-legacy-provider --no-experimental-fetch\"" >> .bashrc
+RUN echo "source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" >> .bashrc
+RUN cat .bashrc >> .zshrc
+ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/bash", "-c", "/usr/sbin/sshd && su ubuntu"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a9de148..11d046d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ To *run and develop*, do the following:
 
 To *test*, press <kbd>F5</kbd> in VS Code with the "Launch Tests" debug configuration.
 
+You can also use `docker buid -t vscode-arduino:0.7.1 .` in order to create a container to compile the codebase
+Then you can run `docker run --name vscode_arduino_builder -it -v <some local folder>:/host_dir vscode-arduino:0.7.1`
+
 ## Code of Conduct
 This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct). For more information please see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/#howadopt) or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.