diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 07d3b82..ae6db6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -114,4 +114,3 @@ dj_local_conf_old.json
 **/*~
 **/#*#
 **/.#*
-docker-compose.y*ml
diff --git a/docs/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8d84bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# MODE="LIVE|QA|PUSH" PACKAGE=element_interface UPSTREAM_REPO=https://github.com/datajoint/element-interface.git HOST_UID=$(id -u) docker compose -f docs/docker-compose.yaml up --build
+#
+# navigate to http://localhost/
+version: "2.4"
+services:
+  docs:
+    build:
+      dockerfile: docs/.docker/Dockerfile
+      context: ../
+      args:
+        - PACKAGE
+    image: ${PACKAGE}-docs
+    environment:
+      - PACKAGE
+      - UPSTREAM_REPO
+      - MODE
+      - GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_KEY 
+      - PATCH_VERSION
+    volumes:
+      - ../docs:/main/docs
+      - ../${PACKAGE}:/main/${PACKAGE}
+    user: ${HOST_UID}:anaconda
+    ports:
+      - 80:80
+    command:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - |
+        git config --global --add safe.directory /main
+        set -e
+        export PATCH_VERSION=$$(cat /main/$${PACKAGE}/version.py | grep -oE '\d+\.\d+\.[a-z0-9]+')
+        if echo "$${MODE}" | grep -i live &>/dev/null; then
+            mkdocs serve --config-file ./docs/mkdocs.yaml -a 0.0.0.0:80
+        elif echo "$${MODE}" | grep -iE "qa|push" &>/dev/null; then
+            echo "INFO::Delete gh-pages branch"
+            git branch -D gh-pages || true
+            echo "INFO::Fetch upstream gh-pages"
+            git fetch $${UPSTREAM_REPO} gh-pages:gh-pages && git switch gh-pages || git switch --orphan gh-pages && git commit --allow-empty -m "init commit"
+            echo "INFO::mike"
+            mike deploy --config-file ./docs/mkdocs.yaml -u $$(grep -oE '\d+\.\d+' /main/$${PACKAGE}/version.py) latest
+            mike set-default --config-file ./docs/mkdocs.yaml latest
+            if echo "$${MODE}" | grep -i qa &>/dev/null; then
+                mike serve --config-file ./docs/mkdocs.yaml -a 0.0.0.0:80
+            elif echo "$${MODE}" | grep -i push &>/dev/null; then
+                echo "INFO::Push gh-pages to upstream"
+                git push $${UPSTREAM_REPO} gh-pages
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "Unexpected mode..."
+            exit 1
+        fi
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