Deploy and Host Poznote on Railway

A modern and intuitive note manager to capture, organize and easily find all your important notes.

About Hosting Poznote

Poznote is a lightweight, self-hosted note-taking application built with PHP and SQLite. Deploying Poznote gives you complete control over your data with zero vendor lock-in. Notes are stored as plain HTML files, making them readable even without the application. The platform requires minimal resources while offering powerful features like rich text editing, tagging, workspaces, file attachments, and a full REST API. Perfect for individuals who value privacy and data ownership.

Common Use Cases

Personal Knowledge Base - Organize your thoughts, ideas, and learnings in one secure place
Personal Documentation - Project notes, meeting minutes, and technical documentation
Research & Academic Notes - Collect and organize research materials with tags and powerful search
Daily Journaling - Keep a private journal with rich formatting and file attachments
Project Management - Track tasks, ideas, and project details across multiple workspaces

Dependencies for Poznote Hosting

PHP 8.3+ - Server-side runtime for the application
SQLite 3 - Lightweight database for metadata and organization
Apache/Web Server - HTTP server to serve the application
Persistent Storage - Volume for database, notes, and attachments

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

Environment Variables:

POZNOTE_USERNAME - Your Poznote Username
POZNOTE_PASSWORD - Your Poznote Password

Volume Mount: A persistent volume is mounted to /var/www/html/data to ensure your notes and attachments survive container restarts.

Why Deploy Poznote 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 Poznote 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.