Deploy and Host Thunderbird in your browser on Railway

The Thunderbird email, calendar and contacts app running in the cloud and streamed to any browser. Keep all your mail accounts in one place you can open from any computer, with your profile on a volume.

About Hosting Thunderbird in your browser

The template runs the open source LinuxServer.io image thunderbird:latest as one Railway service. Thunderbird runs inside a minimal desktop and is streamed to your browser over Railway's HTTPS domain on port 3000. HTTP basic auth protects it with CUSTOM_USER and a generated PASSWORD that you copy from the service Variables. A volume is mounted at /config, so your mail profile, accounts and settings survive restarts and redeploys. The first boot takes a minute or two.

Common Use Cases

All your email accounts in one inbox you can reach from any device
An always-on mail client that keeps filters and downloads running
Using Thunderbird on computers where you cannot install apps

Dependencies for Thunderbird in your browser Hosting

No other services: one container plus a volume
Any modern browser on the device you open it from

Implementation Details

Open the Railway domain and sign in with CUSTOM_USER and PASSWORD; Thunderbird opens full screen. Upload and download files and copy and paste between your device and the cloud through the side panel. Give the service at least 1 GB of memory. Image: lscr.io/thunderbird:latest (https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-thunderbird).

Why Deploy Thunderbird in your browser 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 Thunderbird in your browser 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.