Deploy and Host Shields.io on Railway

Shields.io is the service behind the badges in millions of READMEs: build status, versions, downloads, coverage and custom static badges as SVG.

About Hosting Shields.io

This template runs the official shieldsio/shields:next image. The server listens on Railway's PORT, so there is nothing to configure: open the public URL to see the badge builder, or request badges directly, e.g. /badge/build-passing-green. Some services need tokens for higher rate limits (e.g. a GitHub token as GH_TOKEN); add them as service variables later, as described in the self-hosting docs.

Common Use Cases

Serve badges for private or internal services
Avoid public rate limits for busy READMEs
Custom static and dynamic JSON badges

Dependencies for Shields.io Hosting

One stateless service; no database or volume

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy Shields.io on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL and automatic restarts with no server to maintain. Your own badge server is online in a minute.