diff --git a/docker/runpod/Dockerfile b/docker/runpod/Dockerfile
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+# Optional Dockerfile for DiffSplat: GPU dev + services for RunPod
+# Non-invasive: lives at repo root under docker/runpod/
+
+FROM nvidia/cuda:12.1.1-devel-ubuntu22.04
+
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
+# Core system deps
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    openssh-server \
+    nginx \
+    curl wget ca-certificates \
+    git \
+    build-essential \
+    python3 python3-pip python3-dev \
+    # cuDNN 9 for CUDA 12 provider paths (ONNX/Torch)
+    libcudnn9-cuda-12 \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Python: Torch cu121 + tools (pin to known-good)
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip wheel setuptools && \
+    pip3 install --no-cache-dir \
+      torch==2.3.1+cu121 torchvision==0.18.1+cu121 torchaudio==2.3.1+cu121 \
+        --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121 && \
+    pip3 install --no-cache-dir xformers==0.0.27 jupyterlab filebrowser-cli
+
+# App deps if present
+COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
+RUN if [ -f /tmp/requirements.txt ]; then pip3 install --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.txt; fi
+
+# SSH daemon setup
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/sshd /root/.ssh && \
+    chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+
+# Expose standard service ports
+EXPOSE 22 80 9090 9999
+
+# Add startup script
+COPY docker/runpod/start.sh /start.sh
+RUN chmod +x /start.sh
+
+CMD ["/start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/runpod/start.sh b/docker/runpod/start.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+log() { echo "[start] $*"; }
+
+start_nginx() {
+  if command -v nginx >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "Starting nginx on :80"
+    service nginx start || nginx
+  else
+    log "nginx not installed; skipping"
+  fi
+}
+
+setup_ssh() {
+  log "Configuring SSH"
+  mkdir -p /var/run/sshd /root/.ssh
+  chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+  # Host keys
+  if [ ! -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key ]; then
+    ssh-keygen -A
+  fi
+  # Authorized keys from env
+  if [ -n "${PUBLIC_KEY:-}" ]; then
+    echo "$PUBLIC_KEY" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+  fi
+  # Start SSHD
+  /usr/sbin/sshd
+  log "SSH running. Example: ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa -p 22 root@<host>"
+}
+
+start_jupyter() {
+  if command -v jupyter >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    local token_flag=""
+    if [ -n "${JUPYTER_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
+      token_flag="--ServerApp.token=${JUPYTER_PASSWORD} --ServerApp.password=''"
+    fi
+    log "Starting JupyterLab on :9999"
+    nohup jupyter lab --no-browser --ip=0.0.0.0 --port=9999 $token_flag >/var/log/jupyter.log 2>&1 &
+  else
+    log "Jupyter not installed; skipping"
+  fi
+}
+
+start_filebrowser() {
+  if command -v filebrowser >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "Starting FileBrowser on :9090"
+    nohup filebrowser -r / -p 9090 >/var/log/filebrowser.log 2>&1 &
+  else
+    log "FileBrowser not installed; skipping"
+  fi
+}
+
+export_env() {
+  log "CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=${CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES:-not-set}"
+}
+
+start_nginx
+setup_ssh
+start_jupyter
+start_filebrowser
+export_env
+
+log "Container started. Services: SSH:22, Nginx:80, FileBrowser:9090, Jupyter:9999"
+log "Tail logs: tail -f /var/log/jupyter.log /var/log/filebrowser.log"
+
+sleep infinity