Deploy Documenso
The Open Source DocuSign Alternative
Documenso
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What is Documenso?
Documenso is the open-source alternative to DocuSign — a secure, self-hostable e-signature platform for signing, sending, and managing digital documents. It offers enterprise-grade features like compliant signatures, team collaboration, templates, API integration, audit logs, and AI-assisted field detection, all while prioritising privacy, customisation, and transparency.
About Hosting Documenso
Bring your own SMTP details, once added, no other setup is required! This is an alternative working one-click install template.
Common Use Cases
- Personal and freelance document signing — Quickly send contracts, NDAs, or proposals to clients with fast, trackable digital signatures to close deals efficiently.
- Team and enterprise workflows — Collaborate on agreements, create reusable templates, manage bulk actions, and maintain audit trails for compliance in business operations.
- Embedded & integrated signing — Embed the signing experience into custom apps/websites or automate via API for seamless integration into CRMs, SaaS tools, or internal systems.
Dependencies for Documenso Hosting
- PostgreSQL database (required for storing users, documents, signatures)
- SMTP email provider/service (required for sending signature requests, notifications; e.g. Amazon SES, Resend or SendGrid)
Deployment Dependencies
- GitHub repository: https://github.com/documenso/documenso (clone or fork for custom deploys)
- Official docs for self-hosting: https://docs.documenso.com/developers/self-hosting
Why Deploy Documenso 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 Documenso 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.
Template Content
Documenso
documenso/documensoNEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_HOST
The host for the SMTP server for SMTP transports.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_PORT
The port for the SMTP server for SMTP transports.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_SECURE
Whether to force the use of TLS for the SMTP server for SMTP transports.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_PASSWORD
The password for the SMTP server for the smtp-auth transport.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_USERNAME
The username for the SMTP server for the smtp-auth transport.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_FROM_NAME
The sender name for the “from” address.
NEXT_PRIVATE_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS
The email address for the “from” address.