---
title: "Deploy ashim"
description: "Self-hosted AI image studio with 45+ tools, pipelines, and REST API"
category: "AI/ML"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/ashim
---

# Deploy ashim

Self-hosted AI image studio with 45+ tools, pipelines, and REST API

**[Deploy ashim on Railway](https://railway.com/template/ashim)**

- **Creator:** kmaki's Projects
- **Category:** AI/ML

## Template content

### app

- **Image:** ashimhq/ashim:1.15.9
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# 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

| Service | Image | Port | Volume |
|---------|-------|------|--------|
| app | ashimhq/ashim:1.15.9 | 1349 | - |

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