From da914134979a1242558e0d251f95fdd2ddc0a216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jah-yee <jah-yee@github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:36:40 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add Dockerfile for containerized deployment

- Based on python:3.11-slim
- Includes cmake, build-essential, git for building
- Initializes git submodules
- Builds the project with CMake
- Adds run_inference.py to PATH

Closes #433
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 Dockerfile | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Dockerfile

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c4feb456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# BitNet.cpp Docker Image
+# For running 1-bit LLM inference on CPU
+
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
+    cmake \
+    build-essential \
+    git \
+    wget \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy project files
+COPY . .
+
+# Initialize git submodules
+RUN git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+# Build the project
+RUN cmake -B build && cmake --build build --config Release
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/app/build/bin:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# Default command - show help
+CMD ["python3", "run_inference.py", "--help"]