Deploy and Host PocketBase on Railway

PocketBase is an open source backend in a single binary: an embedded SQLite database with realtime subscriptions, user authentication, file storage and an admin dashboard.

About Hosting PocketBase

This template runs the community ghcr.io/muchobien/pocketbase:latest image (PocketBase has no official image) with a volume at /pb_data, so the database and uploads survive redeploys. Set PB_ADMIN_EMAIL to your email when deploying: the superuser is created on start with the generated PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD (see the service variables). Then sign in at /_/.

Common Use Cases

Backend for web and mobile apps without writing a server
Prototypes and small production apps with auth and file uploads
Realtime data and REST API on one URL

Dependencies for PocketBase Hosting

One service with a volume; nothing else

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy PocketBase on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL, a persistent volume and automatic restarts with no server to maintain.