#Deploy and Host poetic-hope on Railway

poetic-hope (a.k.a. Friend Online Notifier) is a real-time notification app built with Node.js, Express, and Socket.IO. It lets you and your friends see when someone comes online and even sends browser notifications. Lightweight, simple, and great for quick presence updates.

About Hosting poetic-hope

Hosting poetic-hope on Railway makes your app publicly accessible with zero setup hassle. Railway automatically builds your project using your package.json, installs dependencies, and runs your start script inside a secure container. This way, your app is instantly live on a public URL that you can share with friends. You don’t need to manage servers, Nginx, or Docker manually — Railway takes care of scaling, redeployments, and logs. All you need to do is push code to GitHub or connect your repo to Railway.

Why Deploy poetic-hope 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 poetic-hope 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.

Common Use Cases

Friends use it to get real-time notifications when someone comes online.

Study buddies can use it as a break-time alert system.

Developers can extend it into a team presence or chat app.

Dependencies for poetic-hope Hosting

Node.js (v18+ recommended)

npm (for installing packages)

Express (serves frontend and API)

Socket.IO (enables real-time communication)

Deployment Dependencies

Express Documentation

Socket.IO Documentation

Railway Deployment Guide