Deploy and Host ArchiveBox on Railway

Published on the Railway marketplace: https://railway.com/deploy/archivebox

ArchiveBox is an open-source, self-hosted web archiver that turns URLs, bookmarks, RSS feeds, and research sources into durable offline captures. It can save HTML, SingleFile pages, screenshots, PDFs, WARC files, media, metadata, and links in a portable filesystem and SQLite collection you control.

About Hosting ArchiveBox

Hosting ArchiveBox on Railway uses one digest-pinned container, a public HTTPS service on port 8000, and a persistent volume at /data. The image bundles Chrome, wget, yt-dlp, SingleFile, and readability, while the startup command initializes or migrates the collection before serving the UI. This template creates an admin account, keeps the public index and snapshots readable, and disables anonymous additions. Railway health-checks /public/. Retrieve the generated admin password from the deployment, back up /data, and review ArchiveBox security guidance before archiving private material or exposing snapshots publicly.

Common Use Cases

Preserve personal bookmarks, RSS feeds, and research sources in durable files.
Capture HTML, screenshots, PDFs, media, and WARC files for investigations or institutional collections.
Browse and manage a searchable archive through a self-hosted web interface.

Dependencies for ArchiveBox Hosting

The official archivebox/archivebox:0.7.4 image, pinned to its immutable image digest.
One Railway persistent volume mounted at /data for the SQLite index, configuration, logs, and archived snapshots.
A Railway HTTPS service domain targeting container port 8000.

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy ArchiveBox 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 ArchiveBox 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.