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 One can get started quickly by using the example [`docker-compose.yml`](https://github.com/thelounge/docker-lounge/blob/master/docker-compose.yml) file. [What is docker-compose?](https://docs.docker.com/compose/)
 
 ```sh
-$ docker-compose up --detach
+$ docker compose up --detach
 ```
 
 or starting a container manually: