Deploy and Host Memos on Railway

About Hosting

Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking application built for fast capture, lightweight knowledge management, and personal or team documentation. Railway is a managed hosting platform that offers simple deployment, public networking, HTTPS, and persistent storage options while allowing users to retain control over their data.

Tech Stack

• Application: Memos
• Runtime: Go monolithic app
• Database: SQLite (embedded by default)
• Storage: Persistent volume mounted at /var/opt/memos

Why Deploy on Railway

• Supports simple Docker image deployment
• Provides persistent storage without server maintenance
• Includes built-in public domain and TLS
• Makes redeployment and rollback straightforward
• Works well for lightweight self-hosted productivity apps

Common Use Cases

• Personal knowledge base and daily notes
• Team internal updates and lightweight documentation
• Self-hosted alternative to cloud note apps
• Quick capture for ideas, tasks, and internal records

Deployment Notes

• This deployment uses the pinned container image neosmemo/memos:0.26.2
• The application listens on port 5230
• Railway routing should use PORT=5230
• The application itself should also be configured with MEMOS_PORT=5230
• Persistent data should be stored through a mounted volume at /var/opt/memos
• The default SQLite database is stored inside the mounted volume

Dependencies for Memos on Railway

Deployment Dependencies