---
title: "Deploy Openfront Social"
description: "Opensource Micro.blog alternative based on Next.js and Keystone.js"
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/openfront-social
---

# Deploy Openfront Social

Opensource Micro.blog alternative based on Next.js and Keystone.js

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

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

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

## Template content

### openfront-social

- **Source:** https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-social
- **Start command:** `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 Social with Railway

Openfront Social is a self-hostable personal publishing application. Creators use a studio to organize a profile, collections, and items, publish their own site, and review publication history. Readers browse published profiles and collections without receiving access to the creator's private workspace.

## About Hosting Openfront Social

This template provisions the application from [its GitHub repository](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-social), 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 studio through dedicated dashboard workspaces and permission-controlled data screens.

### Storefront
Published content uses `/[handle]`, `/[handle]/[collection]`, and `/[handle]/[collection]/[slug]`. Profile publication, collection visibility, and item status determine what becomes public.

### Creator Studio
Manage a personal profile, collections, draft items, publication, archiving, restoration, privacy, destinations, and history at `/dashboard/studio`.

### Publication Snapshots
Publication records preserve content snapshots and provenance. Publication fences coordinate content versions and consent so that a local intent is not confused with an external delivery.

### Destination Consent
External publication jobs require explicit destination consent. An unconfigured provider reports that nothing was sent; connected-account and job records are not proof of active social-network publishing.

## Common Use Cases

- Creator Studio
- Publication Snapshots
- Destination Consent

## Dependencies for Openfront Social Hosting

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

### Deployment Dependencies

- [openfront-social on GitHub](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-social)
- [Full README and onboarding instructions](https://github.com/openshiporg/openfront-social#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 Social 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 Social 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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