Deploy and Host OpenClaw on Railway

OpenClaw is a self-hosted AI agent gateway — all your chats, one OpenClaw. It connects a persistent AI agent to chat channels like Telegram, giving you an assistant with memory, skills, cron automations, and a web Control UI instead of a stateless one-off chatbot.

About Hosting OpenClaw

This template builds OpenClaw from source against a pinned release and runs it behind a lightweight setup wizard, so you can deploy without touching a terminal. A Railway Volume mounted at /data persists your config, credentials, and agent memory across deploys and restarts. On first boot, visit /setup (protected by a password you choose) to connect a model provider and a chat channel, and your agent goes live at your Railway domain.

Common Use Cases

A personal AI assistant you can message from Telegram anywhere
Scheduled automations (check-ins, reports, reminders) via built-in cron
A dedicated, isolated agent per use case, each with its own workspace and memory

Dependencies for OpenClaw Hosting

A model provider API key (e.g. OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic)
A chat channel bot token (e.g. a Telegram bot token from @BotFather)

Why Deploy OpenClaw 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 OpenClaw 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.