---
title: "Deploy Alpine Linux Web Terminal"
description: "A tiny, fast Alpine Linux terminal in your browser, password protected"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/alpine-linux-web-terminal
---

# Deploy Alpine Linux Web Terminal

A tiny, fast Alpine Linux terminal in your browser, password protected

**[Deploy Alpine Linux Web Terminal on Railway](https://railway.com/template/alpine-linux-web-terminal)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/alpine-linux-web-terminal/manifest.json

- **Creator:** Nermin Sabanovic's Projects
- **Category:** Other

## Template content

### Alpine Linux Terminal https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/simple-icons@13.21.0/icons/alpinelinux.svg

- **Source:** nerminsabanovic31/railway-web-terminals
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Alpine Linux Web Terminal on Railway

A Alpine Linux terminal that runs in the cloud and opens in any browser. Sign in with a password and get a full bash shell with sudo, a persistent home folder and a tmux session that keeps running when you close the tab. No SSH client or keys needed.

## About Hosting Alpine Linux Web Terminal

The template builds `alpine/Dockerfile` from the open source repo github.com/nerminsabanovic31/railway-web-terminals on top of the official `alpine:3.22` image. [ttyd](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd) serves a full shell over Railway's HTTPS domain, protected by HTTP basic auth with `USERNAME` and a generated `PASSWORD` that you copy from the service Variables. The shell runs inside tmux, so closing the tab never kills your work, and the home folder lives on a volume at `/data`, so files survive restarts and redeploys.

## Common Use Cases

- A Alpine Linux shell you can open from any device, including phones, tablets and Chromebooks
- Running scripts, bots, cron jobs and long downloads that keep going when you close the tab
- Learning Linux or testing software on Alpine Linux without a local virtual machine

## Dependencies for Alpine Linux Web Terminal Hosting

- No other services: one container plus a volume
- Any modern browser; works on phones and tablets too

### Implementation Details

Open the Railway domain, sign in with `USERNAME` and `PASSWORD`, and you are in a bash shell as a user with passwordless sudo. Preinstalled: git, curl, wget, vim, nano, htop, tmux, Python 3 with pip and a C compiler. Install anything else with:

```bash
sudo apk add 
```

Close the tab at any time; reopen the domain to land back in the same tmux session. 512 MB of memory is plenty for most work.

## Why Deploy Alpine Linux Web Terminal on Railway?


Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying Alpine Linux Web Terminal on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.



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