Deploy and Host Calendar Workbench on Railway

Calendar Workbench is an open-source tool for print-ready Gregorian calendars, ISO week checks, Julian/Gregorian conversion, and a small JSON API with OpenAPI documentation.

About Hosting Calendar Workbench

Deploy the public GitHub repository as one Railway service. Railway builds the included Dockerfile and starts the Node.js server on the platform-provided PORT. The app needs no database, account setup, or environment secrets. The template configures the HTTP proxy for port 8080 and checks /health before a deployment completes.

Common Use Cases

Create printable monthly and yearly calendars in A4 or US Letter layouts.
Inspect leap years, ISO week-year boundaries, and UTC-safe date behavior.
Convert proleptic Julian and Gregorian dates or integrate calendar data through JSON endpoints.

Dependencies for Calendar Workbench Hosting

Node.js 20 or newer (included in the Docker build).
No database, external runtime packages, or required environment variables.

Implementation Details

The service listens on Railway's PORT (8080 by default locally), exposes a /health endpoint, and serves the web app, API, and OpenAPI schema from one process. For an always-on demo, keep one replica. Railway Serverless can reduce idle compute usage, with a possible cold start on the next request.

Why Deploy Calendar Workbench on Railway?

Railway builds and runs the service from GitHub, provides a public HTTP endpoint, and handles health checks and deployment updates. Start with the resources included in your plan and monitor Usage while a demo is live.

Source Code & Documentation

Source: https://github.com/mateopedersen/calendar-workbench
Live demo: https://calendar-workbench-production.up.railway.app/
API guide: https://calendar-workbench-production.up.railway.app/docs
OpenAPI: https://calendar-workbench-production.up.railway.app/openapi.json
Calendar references: https://www.betacalendars.com/ · https://www.betacalendars.com/january-calendar.html · https://www.betacalendars.com/monthly-calendar

Calendar Workbench is an independent project and is not affiliated with BetaCalendars.