Deploy and Host keen-green on Railway

Media Vault is a self-hosted video and photo server you deploy in one click. Save videos from links, upload photos and videos straight from your phone, then stream and browse everything from a clean mobile-friendly gallery.

About Hosting keen-green

What it does

Save videos from any link (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, Twitch, direct MP4s) with live progress, speed, and ETA
Upload photos and videos from your device (up to 500 MB per file)
Stream video with seeking — range-request playback that starts instantly and scrubs smoothly
Photo gallery with All / Photos / Videos tabs, lightbox viewer, and one-tap downloads
Persistent library on a Railway volume — your media survives redeploys
Storage meter so you always know how much space is left
Permanent delete for anything you remove
Optional MEDIA_TOKEN password lock for private libraries

How it works One service (Node.js + Express) with a mounted volume at /data. Downloads run through yt-dlp, uploads through a multipart endpoint, and playback uses HTTP range streaming. No database needed — the library index is a JSON file on the volume.

Common Use Cases

Save videos from any link to build a personal watch-later library
Upload photos and videos from your phone and browse them in a clean gallery
Stream your own media collection with instant seeking on any device

Dependencies for keen-green Hosting

MEDIA_DIR — where files live (default ./media; set to /data/media with the volume)
MEDIA_TOKEN — optional; when set, every API call and stream needs ?token= or the x-media-token header
PORT — set automatically by Railway
A Railway volume mounted at /data (included in this template)

Why Deploy keen-green 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 keen-green 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.

After deploy Open the service URL and you're in your vault. Paste a video link to save it, or hit Upload to add photos and videos from your phone.