Deploy and Host Quefy on Railway

Quefy is a self-hosted, multi-user audio streaming platform that lets users create shared listening rooms for YouTube, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Built with Docker support, it provides synchronized playback, real-time collaboration, optional Spotify integration, and persistent storage for uploaded authentication cookies, making it ideal for private music streaming communities.

About Hosting Quefy

Hosting Quefy on Railway provides a fast and reliable way to deploy your own collaborative music streaming platform without managing infrastructure. Railway automatically handles HTTPS, networking, deployments, and scaling while running the official Docker image. Quefy supports synchronized playback across multiple users, persistent storage for uploaded YouTube and SoundCloud cookies, and optional Spotify Premium integration through OAuth credentials. With Railway Volumes, your uploaded cookies and application data remain persistent across deployments, making it suitable for both personal and community-hosted listening rooms.

Common Use Cases

• Create private synchronized listening rooms for friends and communities.
• Self-host a collaborative music platform supporting YouTube, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
• Deploy a persistent Docker-based audio streaming server with optional Spotify integration.

Dependencies for Quefy Hosting

• Railway Volume (recommended for persistent application data and uploaded cookies)
• Spotify Developer Application (optional, only required for Spotify Premium playback)

Deployment Dependencies

• Official GitHub Repository: https://github.com/Snoozyman/quefy
• Docker Image: https://hub.docker.com/r/snoozyman/quefy
• Spotify Developer Dashboard (Optional): https://developer.spotify.com/dashboard

Implementation Details

Docker Image

snoozyman/quefy:latest

Public Networking

• Enable HTTP Public Networking
• Target Port: 3000

Persistent Volume

Mount Path:

/app/data

Environment Variables (Basic)

PORT=3000
SPOTIFY_MARKET=US

Environment Variables (Spotify Integration - Optional)

PORT=3000
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=YOUR_CLIENT_ID
SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET
SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI=https://YOUR_RAILWAY_DOMAIN/api/spotify/callback
SPOTIFY_MARKET=US

Optional YouTube/SoundCloud Cookies

YT_DLP_COOKIES=/data/cookies.txt

Mount your cookies file to:

/data/cookies.txt

Alternatively, upload cookies directly through the Quefy web interface, which is the recommended approach.

Why Deploy Quefy 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 Quefy 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.