---
title: "Deploy Pocketbase Standalone [Aug 26]"
description: "Open source backend — SQLite, REST API, auth, admin UI · Updated Aug 26"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/pocketbase-standalone
---

# Deploy Pocketbase Standalone [Aug 26]

Open source backend — SQLite, REST API, auth, admin UI · Updated Aug 26

**[Deploy Pocketbase Standalone [Aug 26] on Railway](https://railway.com/template/pocketbase-standalone)**

- **Creator:** Marco Quintella's Projects
- **Category:** Other

## Template content

### pocketbase

- **Source:** https://github.com/marco-quintella/pocketbase-standalone
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host PocketBase on Railway

## About Hosting

Railway provides a modern, streamlined platform for deploying web applications and databases. This template bundles **PocketBase** — the open source backend in a single binary (SQLite database, REST API, auth, file storage and admin UI) — configured to run out of the box with a persistent volume.

## Why Deploy

Deploying this template gives you a complete backend in ~2 minutes:

- **Single-binary backend** — SQLite embedded, zero database configuration
- **REST API + realtime** — auto-generated for every collection you create
- **Auth built-in** — email/password, OAuth2, and session management out of the box
- **Admin UI** — manage collections and records at `/_/`
- **Official binary pinned** — v0.39.10 downloaded from the official GitHub release (not a stale community image)
- **Production-ready defaults** — healthcheck endpoint for Railway monitoring and persistent storage via volume

## Common Use Cases

- **MVPs and side projects** — ship a backend without managing a separate database server
- **Mobile/web app backends** — auth, storage and REST API for your frontend
- **Internal tools** — quick admin dashboards with the built-in UI
- **Learning projects** — a full backend stack in one binary

## Dependencies for

This template requires:

### Deployment Dependencies

- **Volume** — mount a volume at `/pb_data` (SQLite database + uploaded files live there; without it all data is lost on redeploy)
- **`PORT`** — fixed to `8090` (Railway routes traffic/healthchecks by this variable)
- **`PB_ADMIN_EMAIL` / `PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD`** — optional; when set, the superuser is created automatically on first boot (or create one via the admin UI at `/_/`)

## Getting Started

1. Click **Deploy on Railway**
2. In the deploy wizard, set `PORT=8090` and optionally `PB_ADMIN_EMAIL`/`PB_ADMIN_PASSWORD`
3. Add a volume mounted at `/pb_data`
4. Open the generated domain — admin UI is at `/_/`

## Next Steps

- **Create collections** — via the admin UI or the REST API
- **Connect your frontend** — use the API base URL of your Railway domain
- **Add file storage** — uploads are stored in the `/pb_data` volume automatically
- **Custom domain** — add one to your Railway service

## License

MIT (PocketBase)

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