Deploy and Host Openfront Rideshare with Railway

Openfront Rideshare is a self-hostable ride-booking and fleet-operations application for independent drivers and fleets. Riders can discover services, request quotes and rides, and review trip status. Operators manage drivers, dispatch, trip transitions, support, safety records, and manual payment records.

About Hosting Openfront Rideshare

This template provisions the application from its GitHub repository, 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 settings, drivers, dispatch, safety, my driving, finance, trips through dedicated dashboard workspaces and permission-controlled data screens.

Storefront

The public service surface connects /book, ride confirmation pages at /rides/[confirmationCode], and rider accounts with request status and trip history. Private trip access uses request proofs or trip tokens rather than confirmation codes alone.

Quotes, Requests & Dispatch

Define service areas, availability, fare rules, and ride services; create quotes and requests, offer rides to drivers, accept or decline offers, and transition trips.

Driver & Fleet Operations

Maintain fleet memberships, drivers, vehicles, compliance documents, policies, and driver workspaces.

Support, Safety & Finance

Record cancellations, messages, reviews, support cases, safety incidents, payment observations, refunds, ledger entries, and payouts. The included payment adapter is manual; mapping and notification implementations do not establish live automated dispatch or payment-provider service.

Common Use Cases

Quotes, Requests & Dispatch
Driver & Fleet Operations
Support, Safety & Finance

Dependencies for Openfront Rideshare Hosting

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

Deployment Dependencies

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 Rideshare 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 Rideshare 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.