Railway Has a Free API: Deploy Apps Without Thinking About Infrastructure

What is Railway? Railway is a modern Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that deploys your apps directly from GitHub with zero configuration. Push code, get a URL. It supports any language, any framework, and includes databases, cron jobs, and private networking out of the box. Why Railway? $5 free credit/month — enough for small apps and side projects Zero config — auto-detects language, framework, and build system Instant databases — PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB in one click Private networking — services communicate securely without public exposure CLI + API — full control programmatically Quick Start # Install CLI npm install -g @railway/cli # Login and deploy railway login railway init railway up # That's it. You have a deployed app. Deploy from GitHub # Link to a GitHub repo railway link # Every push to main auto-deploys git push origin main # Railway builds and deploys automatically Add a Database # Add PostgreSQL to your project railway add -p postgresql # Connection string is aut