Deploy flowcomments-template

Deploy and Host Flowcomments on Railway

Flowcomments is source-available Instagram comment and DM automation. Deploy the self-host core on Railway in one click: web app, background worker, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

About Hosting Flowcomments on Railway

This template provisions:

• App — Next.js + Prisma, built from the GitHub Dockerfile (web + worker in one service)
• PostgreSQL — managed database (DATABASE_URL)
• Redis — managed queue for automations (REDIS_URL)

On first boot the container runs prisma migrate deploy, starts the web server, and starts the worker when REDIS_URL is set.

Public networking and a healthcheck on /api/health are included. After deploy, complete the setup wizard and point the Meta webhook at your Railway domain.

Common Use Cases

• Self-host Instagram comment-to-DM automation without managing Postgres/Redis yourself
• Run a private Flowcomments instance for a brand or agency with encrypted credentials
• Spin up a staging environment that mirrors production (app + worker + databases)

Dependencies for Flowcomments Hosting

• Railway account (Hobby plan recommended for always-on Redis + Postgres)
• GitHub access to clone/deploy NathanConde-dev/flowcomments
• Meta Developer App with Instagram messaging and comment permissions

Deployment Dependencies

• Flowcomments repository — app source and Dockerfile
• Railway deploy guide — post-deploy checklist
• Meta for Developers — App credentials and webhook configuration

Why Deploy Flowcomments on Railway

• One-click stack with databases already wired via variable references
• HTTPS public domain out of the box (NEXT_PUBLIC_URL follows RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN)
• Healthcheck on /api/health and restart policy for the app service
• Push-to-deploy from GitHub main after the template forks the project

After Deploy

1. Open the public Railway URL and complete the setup wizard (/setup) — create the admin account and Meta App credentials.
2. Generate a public domain if the template did not assign one, then confirm NEXT_PUBLIC_URL matches https://YOUR_DOMAIN.
3. In Meta for Developers, set the webhook callback to: https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/webhook
4. Connect Instagram under Settings → Instagram.

Environment Variables