Deploy and Host Stirling PDF (All-in-One PDF Tools) on Railway

Stirling PDF is a powerful, locally-hosted web app for working with PDFs. Merge, split, rotate, compress, convert, watermark, sign, add or remove passwords, run OCR, and 50+ other operations — all in your browser, with your files never leaving your own server.

About Hosting Stirling PDF (All-in-One PDF Tools)

This template runs Stirling PDF as a single self-contained container behind a public HTTPS domain, with a persistent volume for settings and any added OCR language packs. No external database is required. Login is enabled by default: sign in as admin using the auto-generated password stored in the service's SECURITY_INITIALLOGIN_PASSWORD variable, then change it in settings. To run it as an open, no-login tool instead, set SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN=false.

Common Use Cases

• A private, self-hosted alternative to Adobe Acrobat online, Smallpdf, or iLovePDF
• Batch PDF operations for a team without uploading documents to a third party
• OCR and text extraction from scanned documents on your own infrastructure

Dependencies for Stirling PDF (All-in-One PDF Tools) Hosting

• None — Stirling PDF is a single stateless service with no database requirement.

Deployment Dependencies

• Stirling PDF project: https://www.stirlingpdf.com
• Documentation: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF

Implementation Details

The container listens on port 8080 (mapped to the public domain) and persists configuration to a volume mounted at /configs. Initial admin credentials come from SECURITY_INITIALLOGIN_USERNAME and an auto-generated SECURITY_INITIALLOGIN_PASSWORD.

Why Deploy Stirling PDF (All-in-One PDF Tools) 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 Stirling PDF (All-in-One PDF Tools) 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.