Deploy and Host Manyfold on Railway

Manyfold is a self-hosted digital asset manager for 3D print files. Browse models in interactive 3D, organise by tags, creators, and collections, share privately or on the Fediverse, and keep STL/3MF libraries tidy on disk.

About Hosting Manyfold

This template runs the standard Manyfold stack: the app (web UI plus background workers), PostgreSQL for metadata, and Redis 8 for cache and Sidekiq jobs. Only the app is public; the database and Redis stay on private networking. Persist a single volume at /models for your library (Railway allows one volume per service). First boot runs database prepare and may take a minute before /health is ready. After deploy, create an admin account, point a library at /models, and upload a small model to confirm storage and workers.

Common Use Cases

Personal or makerspace library for STL, 3MF, and related 3D print assets
Shared team catalogue with tags, collections, and creator metadata
Federated sharing of models across Manyfold instances / the Fediverse

Dependencies for Manyfold Hosting

Manyfold app (manyfold3d/manyfold)
PostgreSQL 15
Redis 8 (password required in REDIS_URL on Railway)

Deployment Dependencies

Upstream project: https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold
Product site & docs: https://manyfold.app/
Docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/manyfold3d/manyfold
Self-host configuration: https://manyfold.app/sysadmin/configuration.html

Implementation Details

Public entry: app on port 3214, healthcheck /health
REDIS_URL must include Redis auth (Railway Redis 8 rejects unauthenticated clients)
One volume on app at /models; upstream’s plugins path is ephemeral on Railway

Why Deploy Manyfold 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 Manyfold 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.