Deploy and Host Karakeep (AI Bookmark Everything) on Railway

Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is an open-source, self-hosted "bookmark everything" app. Save links, notes, and images, and let AI automatically tag and organize them. Full-text search is powered by Meilisearch, while a headless Chrome instance archives full-page snapshots and screenshots so your bookmarks never rot.

About Hosting Karakeep (AI Bookmark Everything)

This template deploys Karakeep as three connected services: the Karakeep web app and background workers, a Meilisearch full-text search engine, and a headless Chromium browser for crawling and archiving pages. Private networking, shared secrets, and persistent volumes are all wired up automatically — the app data and the search index each get their own volume, and the Meilisearch master key plus auth secret are generated on first deploy. Just deploy, open the public URL, and create the first (admin) account.

Common Use Cases

• A self-hosted read-it-later and bookmark manager with full-page archival
• A personal knowledge base of links, notes, and images with AI auto-tagging
• A privacy-friendly alternative to Pocket, Raindrop, or Instapaper

Dependencies for Karakeep (AI Bookmark Everything) Hosting

• Meilisearch (full-text search engine)
• A headless Chromium browser (page crawling & screenshots)

Deployment Dependencies

• Karakeep project: https://karakeep.app
• Karakeep documentation: https://docs.karakeep.app
• GitHub: https://github.com/karakeep-app/karakeep

Implementation Details

The karakeep service reaches meilisearch and chrome over Railway's private network via MEILI_ADDR and BROWSER_WEB_URL. To enable AI-based tagging and summaries, add an OPENAI_API_KEY variable to the karakeep service; every other feature works without it.

Why Deploy Karakeep (AI Bookmark Everything) 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 Karakeep (AI Bookmark Everything) 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.