Deploy and Host Firefox Cloud on Railway

Firefox Cloud is a lightweight containerized environment that allows you to run the Firefox browser remotely and access it through your web browser. It provides a full desktop-grade browsing experience in the cloud with secure password-protected VNC access.

About Hosting Firefox Cloud

Hosting Firefox Cloud on Railway enables you to spin up a cloud-based Firefox instance without complex setup. By leveraging a Docker image, you can expose the Firefox UI over the web through a built-in VNC-over-HTTP service. With Railway’s automated deployment and scaling, you don’t need to manage servers manually. You can configure variables such as timezone and password protection to suit your needs, making this setup flexible for development, testing, or general browsing tasks.

Common Use Cases

Securely browse the web from a cloud-hosted Firefox instance
Test websites and apps in an isolated, reproducible environment
Provide a remote browser for lightweight cloud desktop usage

Dependencies for Firefox Cloud Hosting

Dockerized Firefox image: jlesage/docker-firefox
Railway account with container deployment support

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Required environment variable:

VNC_PASSWORD=YourPassword

Why Deploy Firefox Cloud 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 Firefox Cloud 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.