Deploy DumbBudget

Deploy and Host DumbBudget on Railway

DumbBudget is a self-hosted personal budget app for tracking income, expenses, and account balances. It lets you categorize transactions, filter spending by date or type, and export financial records to CSV. With PIN-protected access and support for multiple currencies, DumbBudget is a simple way to manage your personal finances from your browser.

About Hosting DumbBudget

Deploy DumbBudget on Railway to access your personal budgeting app through a public web domain. The template configures the application port to 3000 and mounts a persistent volume at /app/data to retain your budget data across redeployments.

Set the required DUMBBUDGET_PIN variable to protect access to your instance. You can also customize the currency, site title, and instance name to suit your needs. Once deployment is complete, open your service's auto-generated Railway domain to access DumbBudget and start recording your income and expenses.

Common Use Cases

• Personal expense tracking: Record income and expenses to keep track of your finances.
• Household budgeting: Monitor shared household spending and categorize transactions.
• Financial record keeping: Filter transactions by date or type and export records to CSV for further analysis.

Dependencies for DumbBudget Hosting

• DumbBudget for personal budgeting and expense tracking.
• Railway Persistent Volume mounted at /app/data to retain application data.

Implementation Details

• Access URL: Use the auto-generated Railway public domain after deployment.
• HTTP port: 3000.
• Persistent storage: /app/data.
• Required variable: DUMBBUDGET_PIN must be set to a PIN of your choice.
• Optional configuration: Set CURRENCY to a supported currency code. Customize SITE_TITLE and INSTANCE_NAME if needed.

Why Deploy DumbBudget 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 DumbBudget 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.