---
title: "Deploy Hono Drizzle Postgres Starter"
description: "A powerful Hono Backend with Drizzle and Postgres for Node.js/Bun"
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/hIiRi5
---

# Deploy Hono Drizzle Postgres Starter

A powerful Hono Backend with Drizzle and Postgres for Node.js/Bun

**[Deploy Hono Drizzle Postgres Starter on Railway](https://railway.com/template/hIiRi5)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/hIiRi5/manifest.json

- **Creator:** John Fu Lin's Projects
- **Category:** Starters
- **Total deploys:** 22

## Template content

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:latest

### hono-drizzle-postgres-railway

- **Source:** aeither/hono-drizzle-postgres-railway

## Documentation

# REST API with DB

A powerful Hono Backend with Drizzle and Postgres for Node.js/Bun

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## Overview

This project demonstrates a robust REST API built with Hono, using Drizzle ORM for database operations with PostgreSQL. It's designed to run on Bun, providing a fast and efficient backend solution. The project structure allows for easy deployment on Railway, making it ideal for rapid development and scaling.

## Key Features

- Fast REST API using Hono framework
- Database integration with Drizzle ORM and PostgreSQL
- Runs on Bun for improved performance
- Easy deployment to Railway
- Health check endpoint for monitoring
- User management API endpoint
- Dockerized for consistent environments

## Setup

To install dependencies:

```bash
bun install
```

Set up your .env file with your database URL:

```bash
DATABASE_URL=your_postgres_url_here
```

## DB

To generate database migrations, use the following command:

```bash
bun run db:generate
```

To apply the generated migrations to the database, run:

```bash
bun run db:push
```

To seed the database with sample data, execute:

```bash
bun run db:seed
```

## Develop

To run the application locally, execute the following command in your terminal:

```bash
bun run dev
```

## Deploy

Initialize your project:

```bash
railway init
```

To deploy the bot on Railway:

```bash
railway up
```

Remember to set the `DATABASE_URL` environment variable in your Railway project settings.

![DATABASE_URL](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/eab66d70-ebe5-42fa-b1dd-3859cdbc199a)

## Learn More

- [Hono Documentation](https://hono.dev/)
- [Drizzle ORM Documentation](https://orm.drizzle.team/)
- [Bun Documentation](https://bun.sh/docs)
- [Railway Documentation](https://docs.railway.app/)
- [Repository](https://github.com/aeither/railway-rest-api-with-db)


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