diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..953ee8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/python
+{
+	"name": "Python 3",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:0-3.10",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {}
+	},
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	"forwardPorts": [8000],
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt && npm install && mkdir -p data && python3 manage.py migrate",
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		"vscode": {
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-python.python"
+			]
+		}
+	},
+
+	"remoteUser": "vscode"
+}
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index ee4a7d5..a658cdf 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@
 /build
 /out
 /.git
+/.devcontainer
 
 /.dockerignore
 /.gitignore
+/.gitattributes
 /Dockerfile
 /docker-compose.yml
 /*.sh
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1312090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+* text=auto
+*.sh text eol=lf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a80f3b4..a6213f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -247,3 +247,23 @@ Start the Django development server with:
 python3 manage.py runserver
 ```
 The frontend is now available under http://localhost:8000
+
+### DevContainers
+
+This repository also supports DevContainers: [![Open in Remote - Containers](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Remote%20-%20Containers&message=Open&color=blue&logo=visualstudiocode)](https://vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode://ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers/cloneInVolume?url=git@github.com:sissbruecker/linkding.git)
+
+Once checked out, only the following commands are required to get started:
+
+Create a user for the frontend:
+```
+python3 manage.py createsuperuser --username=joe --email=joe@example.com
+```
+Start the Node.js development server (used for compiling JavaScript components like tag auto-completion) with:
+```
+npm run dev
+```
+Start the Django development server with:
+```
+python3 manage.py runserver
+```
+The frontend is now available under http://localhost:8000