Deploy TrailBase

Deploy and Host TrailBase on Railway

TrailBase is an open, single-executable application server built on Rust and SQLite. It gives you type-safe REST and realtime APIs over your tables, authentication with OAuth providers, file uploads, a JavaScript and WebAssembly runtime and an admin UI. Client libraries exist for TypeScript, Dart, Rust, Python, C#, Swift, Kotlin and Go.

About Hosting TrailBase

This template deploys TrailBase v0.33.22 from the official image with its data directory on a Railway volume, so the database, uploads and migrations survive redeploys. On first start the default admin@localhost account is renamed to your admin email and given a generated password; on later starts the password is re-applied from the variable. The admin UI is at /_/admin. The server listens on IPv4 and IPv6, so other services can use the private URL. TrailBase is very light and fits the Hobby plan. Back up the volume regularly, since it holds the SQLite database and uploaded files.

Common Use Cases

• A self-hosted backend for web and mobile apps with auth and realtime APIs
• Prototyping products on SQLite with an admin UI
• A lightweight alternative to larger backend-as-a-service platforms

Dependencies for TrailBase Hosting

• trailbase/trailbase:0.33.22 (official image)
• A Railway volume at /app/traildepot

Deployment Dependencies

• TrailBase documentation
• TrailBase v0.33.22 release
• TrailBase on GitHub
• Railway volumes

Implementation Details

curl -X POST "https:///api/auth/v1/login" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "admin@example.com", "password": ""}'

Notes:

• The start command starts the server, then sets the admin account with the trail user CLI; keep it when editing the service.
• Set TRAILBASE_ADMIN_EMAIL to a real address before the first deploy, if you plan to use email flows.

This is a community-maintained deployment package and does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by the TrailBase project or its maintainers.

Why Deploy TrailBase 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 TrailBase 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.