Deploy and Host Fedora Desktop (i3 tiling WM) in your browser on Railway

A Fedora desktop that runs in the cloud and opens in any modern browser, with the i3 tiling window manager, keyboard driven and extremely light, ideal for developers who live in terminals and want a fast remote workspace.

About Hosting Fedora Desktop (i3 tiling WM) in your browser

The template runs the open source LinuxServer.io image webtop:fedora-i3 as one Railway service. The Fedora i3 desktop is streamed to your browser over Railway's HTTPS domain on port 3000, and HTTP basic auth protects it with CUSTOM_USER and a generated PASSWORD that you copy from the service Variables. A volume is mounted at /config, the desktop user's home folder, so your files, settings and browser profiles survive restarts and redeploys. The first boot takes a minute or two.

Common Use Cases

A minimal, keyboard-driven Linux workspace you can open from any device
Terminals, editors and dev tools side by side on a tiny memory budget
A remote dev box that keeps running when your laptop is closed

Dependencies for Fedora Desktop (i3 tiling WM) in your browser Hosting

No other services: one container plus a volume
A modern browser; Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari all work

Implementation Details

Open the Railway domain, sign in with CUSTOM_USER and PASSWORD, and the desktop loads. The desktop user has passwordless sudo, so you can install software:

sudo dnf install -y htop neovim

Give the service at least 768 MB of memory for a smooth session. Image: lscr.io/webtop:fedora-i3 (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-webtop).

Why Deploy Fedora Desktop (i3 tiling WM) in your browser 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 Fedora Desktop (i3 tiling WM) in your browser 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.