---
title: "Deploy Memgraph Lab"
description: "[Updated Aug 2026] Production Ready Memgraph Lab Instance"
category: "Storage"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/memgraph-lab
---

# Deploy Memgraph Lab

[Updated Aug 2026] Production Ready Memgraph Lab Instance

**[Deploy Memgraph Lab on Railway](https://railway.com/template/memgraph-lab)**

- **Creator:** Ramadan Omar's Projects
- **Category:** Storage

## Template content

### Memgraph Lab https://memgraph.com/docs/memgraph-logo-navigation.svg

- **Image:** memgraph/lab:3.12.0
- **Health check:** /
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Memgraph Lab on Railway

Memgraph Lab is the visual interface for the Memgraph graph database: write Cypher
queries, explore your graph visually, import data, and monitor your instance from the
browser. This template deploys Lab on its own public URL, ready to connect to a
Memgraph instance running in the same project or anywhere else.

## About Hosting Memgraph Lab

Lab is a lightweight Node.js web app, and this template runs the official
`memgraph/lab` image pinned to a specific version. It gets a public URL with a
healthcheck and starts ready to use: open it in the browser, create a connection to
your Memgraph instance, and start querying. You bring the connection details. If Lab
shares a Railway project with a Memgraph service, use the private network hostname
(for a service named "Memgraph" that is `memgraph.railway.internal`, port 7687).
Databases outside the project work too, over any reachable host and port. Lab itself
stores no data, so it needs no volume and very little memory.

## Common Use Cases

- **A hosted UI for your Memgraph database**: add Lab to the project running your
  Memgraph instance and give the whole team a query interface in the browser, no
  local installs
- **Interactive graph exploration**: visualize nodes and relationships, style them,
  and share query collections while prototyping your data model
- **Data import and inspection**: load CSV files, run migrations, and check what your
  application actually wrote to the graph

## Dependencies for Memgraph Lab Hosting

- A running Memgraph instance to connect to. Deploy our Memgraph template into the
  same Railway project and connect over the private network, or point Lab at any
  Memgraph host you already have.

### Deployment Dependencies

Docs and tools you will use alongside Lab:

- [Memgraph Lab user manual](https://memgraph.com/docs/data-visualization)
- [Memgraph documentation](https://memgraph.com/docs)
- [Cypher query language manual](https://memgraph.com/docs/querying)

### Implementation Details

Connecting takes a few seconds: open Lab's public URL, click **New connection**, and
choose **Memgraph instance**. Enter your database's host and port. Inside the same
Railway project that is the private hostname, for example
`memgraph.railway.internal` and port `7687` when the database service is named
"Memgraph". If your database has authentication enabled (it should), pick
**Username/password** and enter its credentials.

Good to know:

- Optional: if you want the connect form pre-filled, add `QUICK_CONNECT_MG_HOST` and
  `QUICK_CONNECT_MG_PORT` as environment variables on the Lab service. The template
  deliberately leaves them out, since only you know where your database lives.
- Lab's live log-streaming tab needs direct browser access to the database's port
  7444, which Railway does not expose. Use Railway's log viewer on the database
  service instead.

## FAQ

### How do I know this template will be maintained?

It is built and maintained by [Webified](https://webified.eu), a software agency. We
use the same Memgraph setup in commercial projects for paying clients, so we have a
direct interest in keeping it healthy. Versions are pinned, and we review new
releases before bumping them. If you run into anything, ask in the template's support
thread on Railway.

### Does Lab store my graph data?

No. Lab is a stateless viewer, and your data lives in the Memgraph instance it
connects to. You can delete and redeploy Lab freely without touching your graph.

## Why Deploy Memgraph Lab 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 Memgraph Lab 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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