---
title: "Deploy ZincSearch"
description: "Lightweight search engine with a web UI and an Elasticsearch-style API"
category: "Other"
url: https://railway.com/deploy/zincsearch-1
---

# Deploy ZincSearch

Lightweight search engine with a web UI and an Elasticsearch-style API

**[Deploy ZincSearch on Railway](https://railway.com/template/zincsearch-1)**

Machine-readable deploy manifest (JSON, validated by TemplateCI): https://railway.com/deploy/zincsearch-1/manifest.json

- **Creator:** zer0person's Projects
- **Category:** Other
- **Total deploys:** 1

## Template content

### ZincSearch

- **Image:** public.ecr.aws/zinclabs/zincsearch:0.4.10
- **Public domain:** Yes

## Documentation

# Deploy and Host ZincSearch on Railway

[ZincSearch](https://github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch) is a lightweight search engine written in Go: it indexes JSON documents and offers a web UI plus an Elasticsearch-compatible API for ingesting and searching them.

## About Hosting ZincSearch

This template runs the official `public.ecr.aws/zinclabs/zincsearch:0.4.10` image on port 4080 with a persistent volume at `/data` for indexes. The first admin account is created from the service variables `ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_USER` and `ZINC_FIRST_ADMIN_PASSWORD`; both are generated at deploy time. Open the service Variables tab to read them, then sign in at the public URL.

## Common Use Cases

- Full-text search over application logs and documents
- A small alternative to Elasticsearch for apps that need basic search
- Ingest data through the Elasticsearch-compatible bulk API

## Dependencies for ZincSearch Hosting

- One service with a volume; nothing else

### Deployment Dependencies

- [ZincSearch on GitHub](https://github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch)
- [Docker image](https://gallery.ecr.aws/zinclabs/zincsearch)

## Why Deploy ZincSearch on Railway?

Railway gives you a public HTTPS URL, a persistent volume and automatic restarts with no server to maintain. The admin login is protected by a generated password, so the instance is not open to strangers.


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