---
title: "Deploy shadowbroker"
description: "Shadowbroker is a real-time OSINT geospatial intelligence platform"
category: "Observability"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/shadowbroker
---

# Deploy shadowbroker

Shadowbroker is a real-time OSINT geospatial intelligence platform

**[Deploy shadowbroker on Railway](https://railway.com/template/shadowbroker)**

- **Creator:** kmaki's Projects
- **Category:** Observability
- **Total deploys:** 30

## Template content

### shadowbroker

- **Image:** ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-frontend@sha256:eca2fdaedc3029934287daf61f8385ce205dd2d098fa8ebe55214d81271461a3
- **Public domain:** Yes

### shadowbroker-backend

- **Image:** ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-backend@sha256:64b70ad2c98dbdb6460737dea71a4061b5ad4b56c2dd4984c72ca72fbf6db9ea

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host Shadowbroker on Railway

## About Hosting

[Shadowbroker](https://github.com/BigBodyCobain/Shadowbroker) is a self-hosted, open-source geospatial OSINT dashboard that combines aviation, maritime, satellite, conflict, environmental, and network intelligence overlays into a single map interface.

This template deploys Shadowbroker as a **two-service architecture** aligned with upstream containers:

- `shadowbroker` (Next.js frontend, public)
- `shadowbroker-backend` (FastAPI backend, private)

Both services use upstream GHCR images pinned by digest for deterministic deployments:

- `ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-frontend@sha256:eca2fdaedc3029934287daf61f8385ce205dd2d098fa8ebe55214d81271461a3`
- `ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-backend@sha256:64b70ad2c98dbdb6460737dea71a4061b5ad4b56c2dd4984c72ca72fbf6db9ea`

## Why Deploy

- **Complete self-hosted OSINT node** — run a powerful global intelligence dashboard under your control.
- **Separated frontend/backend topology** — public UI with private API service over Railway private networking.
- **No mandatory external DB** — backend stores runtime data directly under `/app/data`.
- **Upstream-pinned images** — stable template behavior with explicit version tags.
- **Template-ready rollout** — reusable, one-click baseline for personal or team deployments.

## Common Use Cases

- Personal geopolitical and situational awareness dashboard.
- OSINT research workstation with many public signal layers in one map.
- Team-shared threat monitoring node with controlled admin access.
- Private deployment for analysts who do not want third-party telemetry collection.
- Reproducible infrastructure baseline for extending Shadowbroker with custom data sources.

## Dependencies for Deployment

### Deployment Dependencies

| Dependency | Details |
|---|---|
| **Frontend Image** | `ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-frontend@sha256:eca2fdaedc3029934287daf61f8385ce205dd2d098fa8ebe55214d81271461a3` |
| **Backend Image** | `ghcr.io/bigbodycobain/shadowbroker-backend@sha256:64b70ad2c98dbdb6460737dea71a4061b5ad4b56c2dd4984c72ca72fbf6db9ea` |
| **Public Port** | `shadowbroker` on `3000` (`PORT=3000`) |
| **Backend Port** | `shadowbroker-backend` on `8000` |
| **Private Networking** | `BACKEND_URL=http://${{shadowbroker-backend.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:8000` |
| **Required Security Var** | `ADMIN_KEY` (recommended as generated secret) |
| **Optional Data Vars** | `AIS_API_KEY`, `OPENSKY_CLIENT_ID`, `OPENSKY_CLIENT_SECRET`, `LTA_ACCOUNT_KEY` |
| **Database/Cache** | None required by default |
| **Start Command Override** | Not required (use upstream image defaults) |


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