Deploy NoteDiscovery - self-hosted Notion and Evernote alternative

Deploy and Host NoteDiscovery on Railway

What is NoteDiscovery?

NoteDiscovery is an MIT-licensed, self-hosted Markdown knowledge base. It provides a modern web editor, full-text search, backlinks, tags, favorites, themes, graph view, HTML export, a REST API, and MCP integration for supported AI clients.

About Hosting NoteDiscovery

This template runs the official ghcr.io/gamosoft/notediscovery:latest container as a single Python web service on port 8000. Railway supplies the public HTTPS domain and manages the container lifecycle.

Your notes are stored as plain Markdown and related files under /app/data. The template automatically mounts a Railway volume at that path so notes survive application redeploys and restarts. Keep an independent backup of important notes.

NoteDiscovery's built-in authentication is optional and designed for a single user. If the service is publicly reachable, enable authentication and replace the upstream default password. It is not a multi-user identity system and does not provide roles or SSO.

Common Use Cases

• Personal Markdown knowledge base or second brain
• Private documentation hub for a single user or small trusted group
• Searchable wiki with backlinks, tags, and graph view
• Notes API and MCP integration for compatible automation and AI tools
• Self-hosted alternative for users who prefer portable Markdown files

Dependencies for NoteDiscovery Hosting

• A Railway account
• Persistent storage is provisioned automatically through a Railway volume mounted at /app/data
• A strong password and generated session secret when authentication is enabled

Deployment Dependencies

• NoteDiscovery source repository
• Official NoteDiscovery container image
• Authentication guide

Why Deploy NoteDiscovery on Railway?

Railway turns the official container into a managed HTTPS service without requiring you to configure a server, TLS certificate, or port forwarding. The setup is one application container, one public domain, and one Railway volume automatically mounted at /app/data for persistent notes. Railway also provides deployment logs, restart controls, resource metrics, and usage-based billing in one dashboard.

Software licensing is free under the MIT License. Railway infrastructure and storage usage are billed separately according to the resources your deployment consumes.