Deploy and Host Excalidraw on Railway

Excalidraw is a free, open-source virtual whiteboard for creating hand-drawn style diagrams directly in the browser. It requires no account, stores nothing on third-party servers, and exports to PNG and SVG — making it a popular tool for engineers, designers, and teams.

About Hosting Excalidraw

Excalidraw is a single-container static web app served via nginx. There is no database, no authentication layer, and no runtime configuration required. Hosting it on Railway takes under a minute — Railway pulls the official excalidraw/excalidraw Docker image, provisions a public HTTPS URL, and handles SSL automatically. No environment variables, no volume mounts, no external services needed.

Common Use Cases

Sketching system design and architecture diagrams during technical interviews
Collaborative wireframing and UI mockups for product and engineering teams
Teaching and presenting technical concepts with clean, hand-drawn visuals

Dependencies for Excalidraw Hosting

Docker — Excalidraw is distributed as an official Docker image (excalidraw/excalidraw:latest)
None else — no database, no SMTP, no external APIs required

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Excalidraw 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 Excalidraw 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.