---
title: "Deploy Sim Studio"
description: "A lightweight, user-friendly platform for building AI agent workflows."
category: "AI/ML"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/sim-studio
---

# Deploy Sim Studio

A lightweight, user-friendly platform for building AI agent workflows.

**[Deploy Sim Studio on Railway](https://railway.com/template/sim-studio)**

- **Creator:** Rees
- **Category:** AI/ML
- **Total deploys:** 144

## Template content

### realtime https://www.simstudio.ai/favicon/favicon.ico

- **Image:** ghcr.io/simstudioai/realtime:latest
- **Public domain:** Yes

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

- **Image:** pgvector/pgvector:pg17
- **Start command:** `/bin/sh -c "unset PGPORT; docker-entrypoint.sh postgres --port=5432"`

### migrations https://www.simstudio.ai/favicon/favicon.ico

- **Image:** ghcr.io/simstudioai/migrations:latest
- **Start command:** `bun run db:migrate`

### simstudio https://www.simstudio.ai/favicon/favicon.ico

- **Image:** ghcr.io/simstudioai/simstudio:latest
- **Health check:** /
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation



# Deploy and Host Sim Studio on Railway

Sim Studio is a lightweight, user-friendly platform for building AI agent workflows. It provides an intuitive interface for creating, managing, and deploying AI-powered automation workflows with support for local and cloud-based models.

## About Hosting Sim Studio

### Deployment Steps

All required settings are pre-configured, but there are many other configuration options for LLMs, emails, etc.

1.  Import the template and wait for all services to be running
2.  Make sure the `migrations` service shows as `COMPLETED` before continuing, otherwise you won’t be able to register!
3.  Click on the `simstudio` service and visit the domain (you can also add your own!)
4.  Click on **Start now** on the homepage and create an account

For more configuration options, take a look at the [.env.example file](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/blob/main/apps/sim/.env.example) for the most important ones, or the [.env.ts file](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/blob/main/apps/sim/lib/env.ts) for an extensive list\*. _(\*it seems many of these variables are unused or deprecated!)_

### Post-Deployment Setup

If you wish to prevent other users accessing your server, you can set the `DISABLE_REGISTRATION` environment variable to `true`.

## Dependencies for Sim Studio Hosting

### Deployment Dependencies

| Service | Version | Purpose | Source Image |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| simstudio | latest | Main app | [GitHub](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/pkgs/container/simstudio) |
| realtime | latest | Socket.io server | [GitHub](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/pkgs/container/realtime) |
| migrations | latest | Database migrations | [GitHub](https://github.com/simstudioai/sim/pkgs/container/migrations) |
| pgvector | 17  | Database | [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/pgvector/pgvector) |

## Resource Requirements

- **Memory**: 5GB+ recommended
- **CPU**: Low
- **Storage**: Database grows with usage

## Troubleshooting

For common issues and community support, visit the [Railway Community Forum](https://station.railway.com/discuss/thread/sim-studio-c43e7a8f).

## Template Changelog

### 10 July, 2025

- Initial template release

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## Common Use Cases

- **Customer Support Automation** - Build AI workflows that automatically categorize support tickets, generate responses, and route inquiries to appropriate teams
- **Content Creation Pipelines** - Create workflows that generate blog posts, social media content, or marketing materials using AI models with human review steps
- **Data Processing & Analysis** - Automate data collection, cleaning, and analysis workflows that process files, APIs, and databases with AI-powered insights
- **Lead Qualification** - Design workflows that automatically score leads, enrich contact data, and trigger personalized outreach based on AI analysis
- **Document Automation** - Build workflows that generate contracts, reports, or documentation by combining templates with AI-generated content
- **Social Media Management** - Create automated posting schedules, content optimization, and engagement monitoring across multiple platforms
- **Email Campaign Optimization** - Develop workflows that personalize email content, optimize send times, and analyze campaign performance using AI
- **Research & Summarization** - Automate information gathering from multiple sources and generate comprehensive summaries or reports

## Why Deploy Sim Studio 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 Sim Studio 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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