Deploy and Host ashim on Railway

About Hosting ashim on Railway

ashim runs as a single Docker service on Railway using the upstream image, giving you a fast browser-based image studio with built-in API and no external database dependencies.

Tech Stack

• ashim (Node.js/Fastify + React UI)
• Docker image deployment (ashimhq/ashim:1.15.9)
• SQLite local storage inside container paths
• Railway managed runtime and public edge domain

Why Deploy ashim on Railway

Railway gives one-click container deployment, simple environment variable management, and instant public access for ashim's web UI and API without custom infrastructure.

Common Use Cases

• Self-hosted image editing and conversion toolbox
• Local AI image workflows (background removal, enhancement, OCR)
• Team-friendly browser UI for batch and pipeline image processing
• Internal REST API endpoint for automated media workflows

Deployment Notes

• Container listens on 1349; PORT=1349 is set for Railway routing.
• Upstream startup command is preserved (no custom startCommand).
• This template uses no volume mount by default; data is ephemeral unless you add a Railway volume.
• Auth is enabled with explicit initial credentials via DEFAULT_USERNAME and DEFAULT_PASSWORD.
• MAX_UPLOAD_SIZE_MB is set to 1024 to avoid Fastify startup failure when set to 0 in this image build.
• RATE_LIMIT_PER_MIN is set to 1000 so API endpoints remain usable after deployment.

Dependencies for ashim on Railway

This template uses a single self-contained app service and does not require Postgres/Redis.

Deployment Dependencies