Deploy and Host Kothai on Railway

Kothai is a self-hosted save-all manager with optional AI. Drop links, images, and text into one box. A remote AI reads and indexes everything so you can search by meaning and ask questions answered from your own stuff. One SQLite file, no cloud account required.

About Hosting Kothai

This template deploys the Kothai lite image, which sends inference to a remote endpoint (OpenAI, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible API) instead of running models locally. It includes a persistent volume for the SQLite database and uploads. Set your API key during deploy or through the app's first-run screen. The lite image uses around 300 MB of RAM and 475 MB of disk, making it well suited for Railway's Hobby plan. Set KOTHAI_PASSWORD to protect your instance since Railway gives it a public URL.

Common Use Cases

Personal knowledge base — save articles, screenshots, and notes from across the web and search them later by meaning, not keywords
AI-powered Q&A over your bookmarks — ask questions in plain English and get cited answers built only from what you saved
Team link archive — a shared instance where a small team collects and retrieves research, references, and inspiration

Dependencies for Kothai Hosting

Persistent volume — mounted at /app/data for the SQLite database and uploads (included in this template)
Remote inference endpoint — an OpenAI-compatible API (OpenAI, OpenRouter, self-hosted Ollama) with an API key

Why Deploy Kothai 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 Kothai 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.