---
title: "Deploy Rivet Starter"
description: "Self-host Rivet with a starter application on Railway"
category: "Starters"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/rivet-starter
---

# Deploy Rivet Starter

Self-host Rivet with a starter application on Railway

**[Deploy Rivet Starter on Railway](https://railway.com/template/rivet-starter)**

- **Creator:** Rivet
- **Category:** Starters
- **Total deploys:** 55
- **Verified:** Yes

## Template content

### Rivet https://www.rivet.gg/icons/favicon-32x32.png

- **Image:** rivetkit/engine:latest
- **Start command:** `rivet-engine start`
- **Health check:** /health
- **Public domain:** Yes

### Postgres https://devicons.railway.app/i/postgresql.svg

- **Image:** ghcr.io/railwayapp-templates/postgres-ssl:17

### Example App https://nodejs.org/static/images/favicons/favicon.png

- **Source:** https://github.com/rivet-dev/template-railway
- **Health check:** /api/rivet/health
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Rivet Starter on Railway

[Rivet](https://rivet.dev) manages stateful workloads for AI agents, durable compute, or realtime use cases.

## About Hosting Rivet Starter

**Quickstart**

Read the [Rivet quickstart](https://www.rivet.dev/docs) to learn how to get started building backends with Rivet.

**Accessing your example RivetKit application**

1. Navigate to _Example App_ then _Deployments_
3. Cilck the `*.railway.app` URL
3. This will connect you to an example app using Rivet Actors

**Accessing the Rivet dashboard**

1. Navigate to _Rivet_ then _Variables_
2. Copy the secret value of `RIVET__AUTH__ADMIN_TOKEN`
3. Navigate to _Rivet_ then _Deployments_ and click the `*.railway.app` URL
4. Paste your token
5. You can now see the connected Railway runner & all of your actors


## Common Use Cases

- AI agent orchestration
- Durable workflows
- Background jobs
- Multiplayer & real-time apps
- Local-first sync
- Rate limiting
- Stream processing

## Why Deploy Rivet Starter 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 Rivet Starter 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.


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