Deploy and Host Campfire on Railway

Campfire is an installable, self-hosted group chat system. Easily invite people. Make rooms. @mentions, DMs, and mobile support. The basics done right. And since you get the code and host it yourself, you can customize it however you’d like for your own use. Plus, you own your data.

Campfire was created by the folks at Basecamp, checkout their public GitHub repo at https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire

About Hosting Campfire

Campfire is a Ruby on Rails application that uses SQLite to store its data, so you’ll need a persistent volume attached to the application. This template provides all the necessary configurations to go from zero to a production-ready deployment, including environment setup, volume mounting, and basic application settings. With these defaults, you can get Campfire running quickly while maintaining control over your data.

Common Use Cases

• Internal team collaboration for startups or small businesses
• Community or hobbyist chat platforms
• Self-hosted alternatives to commercial messaging apps

Dependencies for Campfire Hosting

• A VAPID key that can be generated using https://vapidkeys.com

Deployment Dependencies

• https://vapidkeys.com

Why Deploy Campfire 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 Campfire 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.