---
title: "Deploy Openfront Financial"
description: "Opensource Robinhood alternative based on Next.js and Keystone.js"
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/openfront-financial
---

# Deploy Openfront Financial

Opensource Robinhood alternative based on Next.js and Keystone.js

**[Deploy Openfront Financial on Railway](https://railway.com/template/openfront-financial)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/openfront-financial/manifest.json

- **Creator:** Openship
- **Category:** Starters

## Template content

### openfront-financial

- **Source:** https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-financial
- **Start command:** `npm run migrate && next start`
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:18

## Buckets

- **Storage**

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Openfront Financial with Railway

Openfront Financial is a self-hostable portfolio and financial-operations application for paper and reviewed record workflows. Users can explore markets, portfolios, orders, activity, watchlists, and funding records. Operators manage account connections, approvals, compliance records, reporting, and provider observations; the included Alpaca adapter accepts paper-trading credentials only.

## About Hosting Openfront Financial

This template provisions the application from [its GitHub repository](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-financial), PostgreSQL, and a private native Railway Bucket named `Storage`. The database starts empty; no demo records or reusable credentials are included. Initialize the application using the repository's onboarding instructions after deployment.

`DATABASE_URL` references Postgres and the five `S3_*` variables reference the Storage bucket. Generated per deployment: `SESSION_SECRET`.

The app gets a Railway-generated public domain. No custom domains are included.

### Admin Dashboard
Manage reporting, tasks, store settings, transfers, compliance, accounts, portfolio, orders, advisory through dedicated dashboard workspaces and permission-controlled data screens.

### Storefront
The public market surface includes `/markets` and `/markets/[symbol]`. Signed-in customer routes cover portfolio, trade, orders, activity, watchlist, and funding; these screens do not imply authorization for live brokerage or bank execution.

### Portfolio & Account Records
Maintain brokerage connections, accounts, positions, assets, prices, snapshots, watchlists, tax lots, dividends, and statements.

### Orders, Transfers & Ledgers
Track orders, fills, transfers, bank-account records, deposits and withdrawals, financial transactions, journals, and postings. Paper or locally recorded activity must not be confused with settled external funds.

### Approval & Provider Governance
Review compliance records, connection consent, provider imports and observations, approval policies, agent proposals, decisions, and execution evidence. Provider connection and sync workflows are restricted to supported paper configurations.

## Common Use Cases

- Portfolio & Account Records
- Orders, Transfers & Ledgers
- Approval & Provider Governance

## Dependencies for Openfront Financial Hosting

The app needs a PostgreSQL database and S3-compatible object storage. Both are provisioned by this template.

### Deployment Dependencies

- [openfront-financial on GitHub](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-financial)
- [Full README and onboarding instructions](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-financial#readme)
- [Railway Buckets](https://docs.railway.com/guides/storage-buckets)

### Implementation Details

Next.js and Keystone 6 with a GraphQL API, Prisma, and PostgreSQL. Payments, email, and other external providers need their own operator configuration; this template does not activate them.

## Why Deploy Openfront Financial 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 Openfront Financial 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.


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