Deploy and Host fronted on Railway

What is fronted?
Fronted is a lightweight frontend service that provides a user-facing interface for interacting with backend systems. It typically serves static assets, handles routing, and connects users to core services like authentication, messaging, or APIs. By deploying fronted, you enable a clean, accessible entry point for your application stack.

About Hosting fronted

Hosting fronted on Railway involves deploying a frontend service that can serve static files or act as a proxy to backend APIs. The process requires configuring environment variables for service URLs, client IDs, and themes, while ensuring integration with supporting services like MAS, Synapse, and LiveKit. Railway simplifies this by auto-injecting domains and managing secrets, so you don’t need to manually configure hostnames or credentials. With Railway, fronted can be deployed quickly, scaled automatically, and integrated seamlessly with other services in your stack, making it ideal for production-ready frontend hosting.

Why Deploy fronted 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 fronted 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.

Common Use Cases

Hosting a frontend interface for a Matrix-based communication stack

Serving static assets for Element Web or custom web clients

Acting as a proxy layer to connect users with MAS, Synapse, and LiveKit services

Dependencies for fronted Hosting

Backend services: MAS, Synapse, LiveKit, and JWT service for authentication and communication

Environment variables: Properly configured URLs, client IDs, and secrets to link fronted with backend services

Deployment Dependencies

Railway-managed environment variable injection (RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN, RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN)

Railway Documentation

Matrix Synapse Documentation

Matrix Authentication Service (MAS)

LiveKit Documentation