What is Monero Bar?

Monero Bar is a lightweight web dashboard that visualizes real-time Monero network data—like block height, difficulty, hashrate, and recent blocks—in a clean, minimal UI. It’s designed for quick insights without running a full explorer, making it ideal for users who want fast, simple visibility into the network.

About Hosting Monero Bar

Hosting Monero Bar is pretty straightforward compared to running a full blockchain explorer. The app itself is just a frontend (and sometimes a thin backend) that fetches live data from Monero nodes or APIs. You don’t need to store the blockchain locally unless you want full control over your data source. Most setups involve deploying the app, configuring an RPC endpoint (like a public node or your own), and optionally caching results for performance. The main challenge isn’t compute—it’s choosing a reliable data source and keeping latency low.

Common Use Cases

Monitoring the latest Monero blocks, difficulty, and network stats in real time
Embedding a simple Monero stats dashboard into a website or project
Running a personal or public lightweight alternative to full block explorers

Dependencies for Monero Bar Hosting

Node.js runtime (for building/running the app)
Access to a Monero RPC node (local or remote)

Deployment Dependencies

Monero Bar official site: https://monero.bar
GitHub repository: https://github.com/islemci/monerobar
A Monero node RPC endpoint (e.g., http://localhost:18081 or a remote node)

Deploy and Host

You can easily start by setting your Redis port and password for the deployment.

Why Deploy Monero Bar 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 Monero Bar 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.