---
title: "Deploy Linkding"
description: "Minimal self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, search and a REST API"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/linkding-2
---

# Deploy Linkding

Minimal self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, search and a REST API

**[Deploy Linkding on Railway](https://railway.com/template/linkding-2)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/linkding-2/manifest.json

- **Creator:** Agaz Self-Host
- **Category:** Other

## Template content

### linkding https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons/svg/linkding.svg

- **Image:** sissbruecker/linkding:1.47.0@sha256:e35cb50e0581178f245125ffaa909c565416c94c9f22ace305a7d234a4345522
- **Health check:** /health
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host linkding on Railway

linkding is a self-hosted bookmark manager built to be minimal and fast. You save links with tags, notes and descriptions, then find them again with full-text search, bundles and read-later lists. It has browser extensions, a REST API, RSS feeds, sharing between users and Netscape HTML import and export.

## About Hosting linkding

linkding runs as a single Python (Django + uWSGI) container that serves the web UI and the API on port 9090 and runs background tasks such as favicon and preview downloads. By default it stores everything in an SQLite database under `/etc/linkding/data`, so hosting it needs a persistent volume at that path and a public HTTPS domain. Behind an HTTPS proxy, logins and form posts only work when `LD_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` names the public URL. There is no public sign-up: the first admin user is created at startup from environment variables, and further users are added in the admin panel.

## Common Use Cases

* Keep a private, searchable archive of articles, docs and references with tags and notes
* Run a read-later list and save pages from the browser extension or bookmarklet
* Share a curated link collection with a small team, or feed bookmarks to other tools through the REST API

## Dependencies for linkding Hosting

* The official `sissbruecker/linkding` Docker image (1.47.0, pinned by digest)
* A Railway volume mounted at `/etc/linkding/data` for the SQLite database, secret key, favicons and previews

### Deployment Dependencies

* [linkding on GitHub](https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding)
* [linkding 1.47.0 release](https://github.com/sissbruecker/linkding/releases/tag/v1.47.0)
* [Installation docs](https://linkding.link/installation/)
* [Configuration options](https://linkding.link/options/)
* [REST API docs](https://linkding.link/api/)

### Implementation Details

The template deploys one service from `sissbruecker/linkding:1.47.0@sha256:e35cb50e0581178f245125ffaa909c565416c94c9f22ace305a7d234a4345522`, with a volume at `/etc/linkding/data`, a public domain on port 9090 and a health check on `/health`.

* `LD_SUPERUSER_NAME` (default `admin`) and `LD_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD` (generated with `${{secret(24)}}`) create the first admin on the first start. Find the password in the service's Variables tab. Changing these variables later does not change an existing user; change the password in the app instead.
* `LD_CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS` is set to `https://${{RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}`. If you add a custom domain, add it here as well, comma-separated (for example `https://${{RAILWAY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}},https://links.example.com`), or logins on that domain fail with "CSRF verification failed".
* The database is SQLite in WAL mode, which is linkding's default and is enough for personal and small-team use. For HTML snapshots of saved pages, switch the image to the `1.47.0-plus` tag, which bundles Chromium and needs more memory.
* REST API: create a token under Settings, then Integrations, then call `https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/bookmarks/` with the header `Authorization: Token YOUR_TOKEN`.

## Why Deploy linkding 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 linkding 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.



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