Deploy and Host NewsNow on Railway

About Hosting NewsNow on Railway

NewsNow runs cleanly on Railway as a single Docker image service, giving you one-click deployment and instant browser access to a real-time news dashboard. Railway handles public networking and runtime env management while upstream image defaults stay intact.

Tech Stack

• Node.js (Nitro server)
• React + Vite frontend
• SQLite (better-sqlite3)
• Docker (GHCR image)

Why Deploy NewsNow on Railway

Railway provides fast image-based deployment, simple environment variable management, and built-in public domains. This fits NewsNow well because the upstream container already includes a ready production entrypoint and web UI.

Common Use Cases

• Personal real-time news dashboard
• Team-shared trend monitoring page
• Self-hosted headline aggregation with optional GitHub login sync

Deployment Notes

Use the pinned upstream image ghcr.io/ourongxing/newsnow:v0.0.39 for stability. Set PORT=4444 so Railway routes to the container listener. Leave GitHub OAuth vars empty if you want login disabled by default; enable later by setting G_CLIENT_ID and G_CLIENT_SECRET. INIT_TABLE=true should be kept for first startup.

Dependencies for NewsNow on Railway

This template uses a single HTTP service with no required external database service.

Deployment Dependencies