Deploy and Host drawDB on Railway

What is drawDB?

drawDB is a free, intuitive web-based tool for designing database entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs) and generating SQL scripts. Operate entirely in your browser without account creation, enabling you to visually build, model, and export database schemas for various SQL platforms with ease.

About Hosting drawDB

Hosting drawDB involves deploying a JavaScript/Node.js application that provides an interactive web-based ERD editor and SQL generator. With Railway, you can easily deploy the drawDB frontend and backend, ensuring high availability and simplified configuration. Railway manages your infrastructure—handling builds, environment variables, scaling, and providing a public URL. You can integrate database services and connect drawDB to external storage or servers for sharing and collaboration features. Set up can be completed via a GitHub repository, with Railway automatically configuring build steps and supporting environment variables for features like file sharing.

Common Use Cases

• Visual database modeling for application development
• Collaborative schema design for development teams
• Instant SQL script generation for rapid prototyping

Dependencies for drawDB Hosting

• Node.js and npm (for building and running the application)
• (Optional) Docker for containerized deployments

Deployment Dependencies

• GitHub repository with drawDB source code: https://github.com/drawdb-io/drawdb
• drawDB website: https://www.drawdb.app

Why Deploy drawDB 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 drawDB 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.