---
title: "Deploy Mixpost Lite"
description: "Social media management tool"
category: "Automation"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/mixpost-lite
---

# Deploy Mixpost Lite

Social media management tool

**[Deploy Mixpost Lite on Railway](https://railway.com/template/mixpost-lite)**

- **Creator:** Techulus
- **Category:** Automation
- **Total deploys:** 24

## Template content

### mixpost https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/homarr-labs/dashboard-icons/png/mixpost.png

- **Image:** inovector/mixpost
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Redis https://cdn.sanity.io/images/sy1jschh/production/0ce0bfdcfbdbf69662b1116671f97c2dd788b655-157x157.svg

- **Image:** redis:8.2.1
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "rm -rf $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH/lost+found/ && exec docker-entrypoint.sh redis-server --requirepass $REDIS_PASSWORD --save 60 1 --dir $RAILWAY_VOLUME_MOUNT_PATH"`

### MySQL https://devicons.railway.app/i/mysql.svg

- **Image:** mysql:9.4
- **Start command:** `docker-entrypoint.sh mysqld --innodb-use-native-aio=0 --disable-log-bin --performance_schema=0 --innodb-buffer-pool-size=1G`

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Mixpost Lite on Railway

Mixpost Lite is a free, open-source, self-hosted social media management tool. It allows you to create, schedule, publish, and manage social media content across Facebook Pages, X (Twitter), and Mastodon from a single dashboard—without monthly subscription fees, artificial limits, or vendor lock-in. Think of it as a self-hosted alternative to Buffer or Hootsuite.

## About Hosting Mixpost Lite

Hosting Mixpost Lite requires running a Laravel-based PHP application with supporting services. The core application handles the web interface and scheduling logic, while MySQL stores your posts, accounts, and workspace data. Redis manages the queue system for background jobs like publishing scheduled posts and fetching analytics. The application needs a publicly accessible domain to communicate with social platform APIs for OAuth authentication and content publishing. Environment variables configure database connections, application URLs, and encryption keys for secure data storage.

## Common Use Cases

- Schedule and publish social media posts across multiple platforms from one unified dashboard
- Manage social media for multiple brands or clients using separate workspaces
- Maintain full control and privacy over your social media data without relying on third-party SaaS platforms

## Dependencies for Mixpost Lite Hosting

- MySQL 8.0 (for storing posts, accounts, and application data)
- Redis (for queue processing and background job management)

### Deployment Dependencies

- [Mixpost Lite Docker Image](https://hub.docker.com/r/inovector/mixpost)
- [Mixpost Documentation](https://docs.mixpost.app/lite/)
- [Mixpost GitHub Repository](https://github.com/inovector/mixpost)

### Implementation Details

Key environment variables required:

```
APP_NAME=Mixpost
APP_URL=https://your-domain.railway.app
APP_KEY=base64:... (generate using Laravel key generator)

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=${{MySQL.MYSQLHOST}}
DB_PORT=${{MySQL.MYSQLPORT}}
DB_DATABASE=${{MySQL.MYSQLDATABASE}}
DB_USERNAME=${{MySQL.MYSQLUSER}}
DB_PASSWORD=${{MySQL.MYSQLPASSWORD}}

REDIS_HOST=${{Redis.REDISHOST}}
REDIS_PORT=${{Redis.REDISPORT}}
REDIS_PASSWORD=${{Redis.REDISPASSWORD}}
```

The application exposes port 80 and requires persistent storage mounted at `/var/www/html/storage/app` for uploaded media and logs.

## Why Deploy Mixpost Lite 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 Mixpost Lite 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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