Deploy appsmith-standalone

Deploy and Host Appsmith on Railway

About Hosting

Railway provides a modern, streamlined platform for deploying web applications and databases. This template bundles Appsmith — the open-source platform for building internal tools, admin panels, and dashboards — running on the official Docker image with built-in storage. One-click deploy, persistent data, zero vendor lock-in.

Why Deploy

Deploying this template gives you a full internal-tools platform in minutes:

• Open-source internal tools builder — drag-and-drop UI, no frontend code required
• Official image pinned — appsmith/appsmith-ce:v2.2 from Docker Hub (not a stale community build)
• Self-contained — MongoDB and Redis are embedded in the image; no external database services needed
• Persistent storage — mount a volume at /appsmith-stacks to keep your apps and data across redeploys
• Production-ready defaults — healthcheck on /api/v1/health, restart policy
• 40+ prebuilt widgets — tables, forms, charts, maps, and more, connectable to any REST/GraphQL API or database

Common Use Cases

• Internal tools — admin panels, dashboards, and CRUD interfaces for your team
• Operations — inventory, order management, support ticket views
• Data visualization — connect Postgres, MySQL, or any REST API and build dashboards
• Startups — ship internal tooling without hiring frontend developers

Dependencies for

This template requires:

Deployment Dependencies

• Volume — mount a volume at /appsmith-stacks (MongoDB + Redis + uploads live there; without it all data is lost on redeploy)
• PORT — fixed to 80 (Railway routes traffic/healthchecks by this variable)
• APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD — encryption password for secrets (auto-generated in the wizard)
• APPSMITH_ENCRYPTION_SALT — encryption salt for secrets (auto-generated in the wizard)

Getting Started

1. Click Deploy on Railway
2. In the deploy wizard, set PORT=80 and the encryption variables
3. Add a volume mounted at /appsmith-stacks
4. Wait ~3 minutes for first boot (embedded MongoDB initialization)
5. Open the generated domain — create your admin account

Next Steps

• Create your first app — from a template or blank canvas
• Connect a datasource — Postgres, MySQL, REST API, or any of the 40+ integrations
• Custom domain — add one to your Railway service

License

Apache-2.0 (Appsmith)