# Docker Recommended and the easiest way how to start to use of Spooty is using docker. Just run docker command or use docker compose configuration. ### Docker command ```shell docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v /path/to/downloads:/spooty/backend/downloads raiper34/spooty:latest ``` ### Docker compose ```yaml services: spooty: image: raiper34/spooty:latest container_name: spooty restart: unless-stopped ports: - "3000:3000" volumes: - /path/to/downloads:/spooty/backend/downloads ``` ### Environment variables Name | Description | --- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| FORMAT | Format of downloaded files (currently fully supported only `mp3` but you can try whatever you want from [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#Muxers)) |