---
title: "Deploy Hono REST API"
description: "A fast REST API powered by hono with beautiful documentation."
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/nBepLC
---

# Deploy Hono REST API

A fast REST API powered by hono with beautiful documentation.

**[Deploy Hono REST API on Railway](https://railway.com/template/nBepLC)**

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

- **Creator:** Sean Cassiere's Projects
- **Category:** Starters
- **Total deploys:** 17

## Template content

### simple-node-hono-api-server

- **Source:** SeanCassiere/simple-node-hono-api-server
- **Start command:** `npm run start`
- **Health check:** /health
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

This is a dead simple REST API powered by Node and [Hono](https://hono.dev/), with some beautiful API documentation by [Scalar](https://docs.scalar.com/swagger-editor).

No assumptions have been made. From your code formatter and linter, all the way to your database, no solutions have been prescribed. You pick what works best for you!

Endpoints:
- `/docs` OpenAPI 3 documentation viewable with Scalar.
- `/openapi.v1.yaml` OpenAPI 3 documentation in YAML format.
- `/api/v1/` The base URL for the API.

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