Deploy and Host Cal.com on Railway

About Hosting

Railway provides a modern, streamlined platform for deploying web applications and databases. This template bundles Cal.com — the open-source Calendly alternative for scheduling, booking and appointments — running on the official Docker image with a managed Postgres database. One-click deploy, persistent data, zero lock-in.

Why Deploy

Deploying this template gives you a production-ready scheduling platform in minutes:

Calendly alternative, self-hosted — unlimited bookings, no per-seat pricing, full control of your data
Official image pinned — calcom/cal.com:v6.2.0 from Docker Hub (not a stale community build)
Migrations automated — Prisma migrate deploy runs on every boot, so your schema is always current
Public URL auto-configured — NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBAPP_URL and NEXTAUTH_URL are derived from your Railway domain at runtime
Postgres included — the template provisions a managed Postgres database pre-wired to the app
Production-ready defaults — healthcheck on /, restart policy, persistent storage

Common Use Cases

SaaS and agencies — embed scheduling in your product or offer booking as a service
Consultants and coaches — 1:1 meetings, discovery calls, and paid appointments
Recruiting and HR — interview slots, onboarding sessions, candidate scheduling
Teams and departments — round-robin routing, collective availability, and event types

Dependencies for

This template requires:

Deployment Dependencies

Postgres — a managed Railway Postgres database (the wizard wires DATABASE_URL automatically)
PORT — fixed to 3000 (Railway routes traffic/healthchecks by this variable)
NEXTAUTH_SECRET — random 32+ char secret for authentication (auto-generated in the wizard)
CALENDSO_ENCRYPTION_KEY — random 32+ char secret for encrypting sensitive data (auto-generated in the wizard)
DATABASE_DIRECT_URL — connection URL for migrations (same as DATABASE_URL for Railway Postgres)

Getting Started

Click Deploy on Railway
In the deploy wizard, the Postgres service and variables are pre-configured
Wait ~3 minutes for the image pull and initial migrations
Open the generated domain — create your admin account and start scheduling

Next Steps

Configure event types — set up your first booking types from the dashboard
Connect your calendar — integrate Google Calendar, Outlook, or CalDAV
Custom domain — add one to your Railway service for a branded booking page
Add Redis (optional) — set REDIS_URL for advanced caching and rate limiting

License

AGPL-3.0 (Cal.com)