How do I deploy SearXNG on Railway?

You can deploy SearXNG on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: sear-xng-0f8afa08, or click "Get template help" for this template for more assistance.

Deploy and Host SearXNG with Railway

SearXNG is a free, open-source, privacy-respecting meta-search engine that aggregates results from over 70 search services without tracking users or storing search history.

About Hosting SearXNG

Hosting SearXNG gives you a private search engine under your own control. Because SearXNG proxies queries to upstream search engines, it requires no database and holds no persistent state — making it one of the lightest services to run. The main operational concern is keeping the secret key consistent across redeployments (so existing sessions stay valid) and optionally restricting admin access with a password. Railway handles TLS termination, health checking via /healthz, and automatic restarts on failure.

Common Use Cases

Personal privacy search — stop being tracked across searches by Google, Bing, and similar services
Team or org-internal search portal — deploy once, share the URL internally
Self-hosted alternative to DuckDuckGo — full control over which engines are enabled and weighted
Research and OSINT — aggregate results from multiple engines simultaneously without fingerprinting
Development and testing — inspect and modify the search pipeline without third-party rate limits

Dependencies for SearXNG Hosting

SearXNG is a single-service deployment with no external dependencies:

SearXNG — the search engine itself (Python/Flask, runs as a single container)

Deployment Dependencies

Implementation Details

SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY is injected into settings.yml at container startup via entrypoint.sh. It must be a consistent hex string across redeployments — the Railway template variable function ${{secret(64, "abcdef0123456789")}} generates a stable value per deploy.

SEARXNG_ADMIN_PASSWORD, if set, enables password-protected access to the admin preferences panel at /preferences.

Why Deploy SearXNG 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 SearXNG 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.