Deploy and Host Focalboard on Railway

Focalboard is an open-source, self-hosted project management tool with kanban boards, tables, galleries and calendars.

About Hosting Focalboard

This template runs the mattermost/focalboard image with a persistent volume at /opt/focalboard/data, so boards and uploaded files survive redeploys. The data is stored in a built-in SQLite database. On first visit register the first account; it becomes the administrator. Note that the upstream project is community-maintained and its published image has not been updated recently.

Common Use Cases

Kanban boards for small teams and personal projects
Lightweight task tracking with table and calendar views
A self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion and Asana

Dependencies for Focalboard Hosting

One service with a volume; nothing else

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Focalboard on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL, a persistent volume and automatic restarts with no server to maintain. Open the URL right after the deploy and register your account first.