Deploy and Host Obsidian in your browser on Railway

The full Obsidian desktop app running in the cloud and streamed to any browser. Open the same vault from a work laptop, a Chromebook or an iPad, with community plugins and themes, and without installing anything.

About Hosting Obsidian in your browser

The template runs the open source LinuxServer.io image obsidian:latest as one Railway service. Obsidian runs inside a minimal desktop and is streamed to your browser over Railway's HTTPS domain on port 3000. HTTP basic auth protects it with CUSTOM_USER and a generated PASSWORD that you copy from the service Variables. A volume is mounted at /config, so your vaults, plugins and settings survive restarts and redeploys. The first boot takes a minute or two.

Common Use Cases

One Obsidian vault you can open from any device, including locked-down work computers
Running community plugins that only work in the desktop app
An always-on notes workspace without paying for a sync service

Dependencies for Obsidian in your browser Hosting

No other services: one container plus a volume
Any modern browser on the device you open it from

Implementation Details

Open the Railway domain and sign in with CUSTOM_USER and PASSWORD; Obsidian opens full screen. Upload and download files and copy and paste between your device and the cloud through the side panel. Give the service at least 1 GB of memory. Image: lscr.io/obsidian:latest (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-obsidian).

Why Deploy Obsidian in your browser 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 Obsidian in your browser 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.