Deploy and Host copyparty on Railway

copyparty is a portable file server written in Python. It serves a fast web UI for browsing, uploading with resumable chunked transfers, and downloading folders as zip or tar, and also speaks WebDAV, FTP and SFTP. It indexes files for search and can read media tags, thumbnails and music metadata.

About Hosting copyparty

This template runs the official copyparty/ac:1.20.24 image with a config file written at start from Railway variables. One admin account from COPYPARTY_ADMIN_USER and a generated COPYPARTY_ADMIN_PASSWORD gets full access to the shared root; anonymous visitors get nothing (401). Files live on a Railway volume at /w, and the search index and media tags (e2dsa, e2ts) are built there too, so uploads survive redeploys. The Railway proxy is trusted for client IPs. The image is small and fits the Hobby plan; storage is the main cost, so size the volume to your files. Add more accounts or folders by editing the start command.

Common Use Cases

A private file drop for sending and receiving large files
A web and WebDAV front end for a shared team folder
A self-hosted media library with search and thumbnails

Dependencies for copyparty Hosting

copyparty/ac:1.20.24 (official image)
A Railway volume at /w

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Service	Source	Networking	Storage
copyparty	`copyparty/ac:1.20.24`	public domain on 3923	volume at `/w`

Variable	Default	Purpose
`COPYPARTY_ADMIN_USER`	`admin`	Account with full access
`COPYPARTY_ADMIN_PASSWORD`	generated	Its password
`COPYPARTY_NAME`	`copyparty`	Server name shown in the UI

Notes:

The start command writes /cfg/railway.conf; edit it to add users, read-only shares or upload-only folders.
WebDAV works over the Railway domain at https:/// with the same account.

This is a community-maintained deployment package and does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by the copyparty project.

Why Deploy copyparty 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 copyparty 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.