Deploy and Host Bureaucat on Railway

Bureaucat is a no-nonsense open-source task and approval workflow manager. It ships as a single Go binary with an embedded frontend, PostgreSQL-backed storage, JWT auth, and S3-compatible file uploads.

About Hosting Bureaucat

This template deploys codingcoffee/bureaucat:v0.16.15 with managed PostgreSQL and SeaweedFS (S3 API on port 8333) for uploads. The app runs bureaucat serve --migrate on port 1341. Bureaucat requires path-style S3, which SeaweedFS provides. Set JWT_SECRET carefully; database and object-store wiring are prefilled over Railway private networking.

Common Use Cases

Lightweight team task tracking with approvals
Internal request / workflow queues without heavy SaaS tools
Self-hosted alternative to simple project boards

Dependencies for Bureaucat Hosting

PostgreSQL — tasks, users, and workflow state
SeaweedFS — S3-compatible uploads (path-style)
Public domain — HTTP UI/API on port 1341

Deployment Dependencies

Bureaucat repository
Public Docker image — codingcoffee/bureaucat:v0.16.15
SeaweedFS — chrislusf/seaweedfs

Implementation Details

At deploy time you mainly set:

JWT_SECRET — signing secret (min 32 characters)

DATABASE_URL and S3_ENDPOINT are wired to Postgres and SeaweedFS.

Why Deploy Bureaucat 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 Bureaucat 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.