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Railway Has a Free Deployment Platform — From GitHub Repo to Live URL in 60 Seconds

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A developer needed to deploy a Node.js app with PostgreSQL. Heroku wanted $14/month. Setting up a VPS meant managing the OS, Docker, SSL, backups.

Railway deploys from GitHub with zero config. Connect repo, get a URL. Databases included. $5/month free credit covers small projects.

What Railway Offers for Free

  • $5 Free Credit/Month - Enough for 1-2 small services
  • GitHub Deploy - Push to deploy automatically
  • Databases - PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB one-click
  • Environment Variables - Managed secrets
  • Custom Domains - Free SSL on custom domains
  • Logs - Real-time log streaming
  • Cron Jobs - Scheduled tasks
  • Private Networking - Service-to-service communication

Quick Start 

npm install -g @railway/cli
railway login
railway init
railway up  # deployed!
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Website: railway.app - $5/month free credit

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