Deploy and Host AnythingMCP on Railway

AnythingMCP is an open-source MCP gateway. It connects Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot and Cursor to 700+ business systems (SAP Business One, Odoo, DATEV, Shopify, HubSpot, SQL databases) and turns any REST/OpenAPI, SOAP, GraphQL or OData API into MCP tools without writing code.

About Hosting AnythingMCP

This template runs the official helpcodeai/anythingmcp image (dashboard and API in one container) next to a PostgreSQL database. Secrets (JWT_SECRET, ENCRYPTION_KEY) are generated for you, and the public Railway domain is wired into the URLs automatically. After the first deploy, open the domain and sign up: the first account becomes the admin, everyone else joins by invitation. Add connectors from the catalog, then connect your AI client to https:///mcp; Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor sign in with OAuth. If you add a custom domain, update SERVER_URL, FRONTEND_URL, CORS_ORIGIN and NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL.

Common Use Cases

Let Claude or ChatGPT read and draft in your ERP, accounting or online shop (SAP Business One, Odoo, DATEV, Shopify, WooCommerce)
Turn an internal REST, SOAP or GraphQL API into MCP tools for your team, without writing an MCP server
Give AI agents controlled access to a SQL database, with roles, per-tool rate limits and an audit log of every call

Dependencies for AnythingMCP Hosting

PostgreSQL (included in this template)
Optional: Redis for shared rate limits and caching across replicas

Deployment Dependencies

Docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/helpcodeai/anythingmcp
Source code (AGPL-3.0): https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp
Documentation and guides: https://anythingmcp.com/guides

Implementation Details

The public domain points at the web app on port 3000, which proxies /api, /mcp, /.well-known and /auth to the backend on port 4000. The healthcheck is /health. Uploaded files for File Share live in /data/files inside the container; use AnythingMCP Cloud or the Docker Compose setup if you need them to persist across redeploys.

Why Deploy AnythingMCP 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 AnythingMCP 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.