Deploy and Host Memos on Railway

About Hosting

Deploy Memos, the open-source, Markdown-native note-taking app, on Railway with one click. Single container, PostgreSQL-ready, persistent storage, and zero configuration.

Memos is an open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool inspired by Obsidian and Flomo. It features:

• Timeline-first UI for quick capture
• Markdown-native editing with live preview
• Tag-based organization with full-text search
• Mobile-responsive web UI (works as PWA)
• REST and gRPC APIs for integration
• MIT licensed — completely free

Why Deploy

• One-click deploy — no setup, no config
• Total data ownership — your notes, your infrastructure
• Radical simplicity — single Go binary, ~20MB image, <128MB RAM
• Persistent 50GB volume for data that survives redeploys
• PostgreSQL-ready for production-grade persistence
• Auto health checks and automatic restarts
• Always up-to-date — uses stable Docker tag

Common Use Cases

• Personal Knowledge Base — Daily notes, journal, and quick capture
• Family Updates — Private timeline for sharing with loved ones
• Developer Snippets — Code snippets, debugging logs, and documentation
• Team Wiki — Lightweight internal documentation and knowledge sharing
• Research Notes — Links, quotes, and idea trails organized by tags

Key Metrics

• 61,000+ GitHub stars
• 20 million+ Docker pulls
• 500+ community contributors
• MIT licensed

Dependencies for Memos

Deployment Dependencies

Resources

• Upstream source: https://github.com/usememos/memos
• Documentation: https://usememos.com/docs
• Template repo: https://github.com/INAPP-Mobile/railway-memos
• Docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/neosmemo/memos
• Community Discord: https://discord.gg/tfPJa4UmAv