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+## Docker Decompose
+
+This utility is designed for building and exporting containers running via Docker Compose.
+As a result, the utility generates images as `.tar` files.
+These files can later be imported into Mikrotik CHR.
+
+## Installation
+
+- Install the `git` and `php` packages to run the script
+- Navigate to the directory where you want to download the utility
+
+```shell
+cd /opt
+```
+
+- Download the code from Git
+
+```shell
+git clone https://git.kirillius.ru/kirillius/docker-decompose.git
+```
+
+- Navigate to the directory
+
+```shell
+cd docker-decompose
+```
+
+- Allow the utility to be executed
+
+```shell
+chmod +x docker-decompose.php
+```
+
+- Create a symbolic link in PATH to run the utility
+
+```shell
+ln -s /opt/docker-decompose/docker-decompose.php /usr/bin/docker-decompose
+```
+
+## Usage Example
+
+```shell
+cd folder_contains_docker-compose.yml_file
+docker-decompose
+```
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