---
title: "Deploy openmaic"
description: "Multi-agent AI classroom — one-click lessons from any topic. Self-hosted."
category: "AI/ML"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/openmaic-1
---

# Deploy openmaic

Multi-agent AI classroom — one-click lessons from any topic. Self-hosted.

**[Deploy openmaic on Railway](https://railway.com/template/openmaic-1)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/openmaic-1/manifest.json

- **Creator:** derekcheungsa's Projects
- **Category:** AI/ML
- **Total deploys:** 2

## Template content

### openmaic

- **Source:** https://github.com/derekcheungsa/OpenMAIC
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host OpenMAIC — Multi-Agent AI Classroom

Deploy OpenMAIC on Railway with one click. OpenMAIC (from Tsinghua's MAIC team)
is an open-source multi-agent learning platform: describe a topic or upload
your materials, and an AI teacher together with a classroom of agent students
builds a full lesson — slides, quizzes, interactive HTML simulations, and
project-based learning — in minutes.

This template deploys a fork of OpenMAIC tuned for Railway, with a Dockerfile
fixed for Railway's builder (upstream cache-mount directives removed) so the
image builds cleanly from source.

## About Hosting

Hosting OpenMAIC on Railway gives you a private, always-on AI classroom with
zero infrastructure work. Railway builds the Docker image from your connected
GitHub repository, provides HTTPS automatically, and keeps a public URL live.
Self-hosting means your lesson content, uploaded materials, and API keys stay
under your control instead of a third-party SaaS. Because the service builds
from a fork you own, you can add features or pull upstream changes and every
push redeploys automatically.

## Why Deploy

- One-click lesson generation from a topic or your own documents
- Multi-agent classroom: AI teachers and peer agents lecture, discuss, and answer in real time
- Rich scenes: slides, quizzes, interactive simulations, project-based learning
- Whiteboard and text-to-speech: agents draw diagrams and explain out loud
- Export lessons as editable .pptx or interactive .html
- Works with 20+ LLM providers — bring your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, OpenRouter, and more)

## Common Use Cases

- Personal learning coach for any topic, on your own infrastructure
- Study-group server: generate lessons once, share the URL with classmates
- Corporate training: turn internal documents into interactive courseware
- Tutoring prep: convert curricula into quizzes and simulations in minutes
- Safe environment for kids — self-hosted means you control model choice and access

## Dependencies for Deployment

### Deployment Dependencies

- At least one LLM provider API key (e.g. `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`) — all other providers are optional
- Optional: `DEFAULT_MODEL` to pin which model the classroom uses
- Optional extras, each independently enabled by its own key: TTS (ElevenLabs, Azure, Qwen), image generation, video generation, web search (Tavily, Exa, Brave), and PDF parsing (MinerU)
- No database required — runs standalone out of the box


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