diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cab671e2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/php:8.3-bookworm
+
+# Install PHP 8.3
+RUN apt update && apt install -y libjpeg-dev mariadb-client libpng-dev libxml2-dev libwebp-dev libzip-dev libsodium-dev \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN docker-php-ext-configure gd --with-jpeg --with-webp \
+    && docker-php-ext-configure zip \
+    && docker-php-ext-install bcmath gd pdo_mysql zip sodium \
+    && docker-php-ext-enable bcmath gd pdo_mysql zip sodium
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ec2bb9d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/php
+{
+    "name": "PHP",
+    "dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yaml",
+    "service": "app",
+    "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
+    // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+    "forwardPorts": [
+        80
+    ],
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
+            "version": "24",
+            "pnpmVersion": "latest",
+            "nvmVersion": "latest"
+        }
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "fill-labs.dependi",
+                "ecmel.vscode-html-css",
+                "p42ai.refactor",
+                "bradlc.vscode-tailwindcss",
+                "MaxvanderSchee.web-accessibility",
+                "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
+                "xdebug.php-pack"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..265c90aca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+services:
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/workspaces:cached
+
+    command: sleep infinity
+    environment:
+      DB_CONNECTION: mariadb
+      DB_HOST: mariadb
+      DB_PORT: 3306
+      DB_DATABASE: panel
+      DB_USERNAME: pterodactyl
+      DB_PASSWORD: secret
+
+      REDIS_HOST: redis
+      REDIS_PASSWORD: null
+      REDIS_PORT: 6379
+
+      MAIL_MAILER: smtp
+      MAIL_HOST: mailhog
+      MAIL_PORT: 1025
+      MAIL_USERNAME: null
+      MAIL_PASSWORD: null
+      MAIL_ENCRYPTION: null
+      MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS: no-reply@example.com
+      MAIL_FROM_NAME: "Pterodactyl Panel"
+
+    networks:
+      - devcontainer-net
+
+    depends_on:
+      - mariadb
+      - mailhog
+      - redis
+
+  mariadb:
+    image: mariadb:12.0-noble
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpassword
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: panel
+      MYSQL_USER: pterodactyl
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: secret
+      TZ: UTC
+    command:
+      - --character-set-server=utf8mb4
+      - --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+      - --max-allowed-packet=64M
+    volumes:
+      - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql
+    expose:
+      - "3306"
+    networks:
+      - devcontainer-net
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        [
+          "CMD-SHELL",
+          "mysqladmin ping -h localhost -p${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1",
+        ]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+
+  mailhog:
+    image: mailhog/mailhog:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "8025:8025" # Web UI
+      - "1025:1025" # SMTP
+    environment:
+      MH_UI_BIND_ADDR: "0.0.0.0:8025"
+      MH_SMTP_BIND_ADDR: "0.0.0.0:1025"
+    networks:
+      - devcontainer-net
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -fsS http://localhost:8025/ >/dev/null || exit 1"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 10s
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["redis-server", "--appendonly", "yes"]
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    networks:
+      - devcontainer-net
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 10s
+
+volumes:
+  mariadb_data:
+
+networks:
+  devcontainer-net:
+    driver: bridge
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f59b05d1f2..7f571e6e65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public/assets/manifest.json
 docker-compose.*
 !docker-compose.example.yml
 !docker-compose.example.yaml
+!.devcontainer/docker-compose.yaml
 
 # for image related files
 misc