Deploy and Host Picsur on Railway

Picsur is a self-hostable image-sharing service inspired by Imgur. It supports multiple image formats and offers anonymous uploads, user accounts, and a public gallery. It's built for speed, flexibility, and ease of deployment, with support for ShareX, image editing, and a robust API.

About Hosting Picsur

Hosting Picsur involves deploying a web service that handles image uploads, conversions, user management, and role-based permissions. It requires a backend database and can be deployed instantly with no configuration using Railway. Once deployed, it offers a ShareX-compatible endpoint, anonymous and authenticated uploads, image expiration, albums, and a fully documented API—all accessible via a simple web UI.

Common Use Cases

Self-hosted Imgur alternative for communities or personal use
Anonymous or account-based image uploading with album support
Programmatic image upload and management via API or ShareX

Dependencies for Picsur Hosting

PostgreSQL (included in the template)

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Click the "Deploy on Railway" button or click here
No configuration needed—just click "Deploy"
Monitor until both the PostgreSQL and Picsur services are running
Go to the service:
- Copy the admin password from environment variables
- Navigate to the deployed domain
- Login as admin with the copied password

Why Deploy Picsur 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 Picsur 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.