# docker compose create Creates containers for a service. ### Options | Name | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `--build` | | | Build images before starting containers. | | `--force-recreate` | | | Recreate containers even if their configuration and image haven't changed. | | `--no-build` | | | Don't build an image, even if it's missing. | | `--no-recreate` | | | If containers already exist, don't recreate them. Incompatible with --force-recreate. | | `--pull` | `string` | `missing` | Pull image before running ("always"\|"missing"\|"never") |