Deploy and Host Go on Railway

Deploy statically compiled Go binaries on Railway using Nixpacks. Railway auto-detects your Go project via go.mod, builds it in a clean container, and runs it without needing a Dockerfile. Works for servers, workers, and one-shot scripts.

About Hosting Go

Railway uses Nixpacks to build your Go project automatically — no Dockerfile needed. Just include a go.mod file and a main() function. For HTTP services, Railway exposes the $PORT env var. For one-off scripts, set restartPolicyType = "never" in railway.toml.

Custom build or binary name? Add a nixpacks.toml to override build/start commands.

Common Use Cases

Background workers / task runners
One-off CLI-style jobs

Dependencies for Go Hosting

go.uber.org/zap for structured logging

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

func main() {
	logger.Info("Starting application", zap.String("version", "1.0.0"))
	
	shared.InitialiseAppSettings(".")
	
	// Example of different log levels and structured logging
	logger.Info("Application initialized successfully")
	
	// Simulate some work with logging examples
	for i := 0; i &lt; 5; i++ {
		logger.Debug("Processing item", 
			zap.Int("item_number", i),
			zap.Duration("processing_time", time.Millisecond*100))
		
		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
		
		if i == 3 {
			logger.Warn("Item processing took longer than expected", 
				zap.Int("item_number", i),
				zap.String("reason", "network_delay"))
		}
	}
	
	logger.Info("Application completed successfully", 
		zap.Duration("total_runtime", time.Since(time.Now().Add(-500*time.Millisecond))))
}

Why Deploy Go 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 Go 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.