How do I deploy Coral Talk on Railway?

You can deploy Coral Talk on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: coral-talk-3d4deb68, or join our Discord community for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Coral Talk on Railway

Coral Talk is an open-source community discussion and commenting platform originally built to power large-scale publisher communities. It provides real-time conversations, moderation tools, user authentication, and extensible APIs, making it suitable for media sites, blogs, and content-driven platforms that want high-quality engagement.

About Hosting Coral Talk

Hosting Coral Talk involves running the Coral application alongside its required data services. Coral relies on MongoDB for primary data storage and Redis for caching, queues, and real-time functionality. On Railway, this setup maps cleanly to a multi-service deployment: one application service plus managed MongoDB and Redis services. Environment variables are used to wire services together, while Railway handles networking, scaling, restarts, and secrets management. No manual infrastructure provisioning or VM management is required.

Common Use Cases

Powering comments and discussions on news or media websites
Adding moderated community conversations to blogs or content platforms
Running a standalone discussion community with custom authentication
Integrating commenting via Coral’s APIs into existing products

Dependencies for Coral Talk Hosting

MongoDB – primary datastore for users, comments, and configuration
Redis – caching, background jobs, and real-time features

Deployment Dependencies

Official Coral repository: https://github.com/coralproject/talk
MongoDB (Railway managed service or external)
Redis (Railway managed service or external)

Implementation Details

The Coral app is typically deployed as a single service.
Required connection strings (e.g. MONGODB_URI, REDIS_URL) are provided via environment variables.
Persistent storage is handled entirely by MongoDB; no application volume is required unless custom uploads are enabled.

Why Deploy Coral Talk 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 Coral Talk 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.