Services, domains and TLS
Add a domain and Caddy issues and renews the certificate. Routing is handled in the control plane, with no separate proxy to run.
Railway alternative
Railway-style simplicity on your own infrastructure
Connect a repo, get a running service with a domain, TLS, a database and logs. The difference is that it runs on servers you own and the usage meter is yours.
curl -fsSL https://levelrail.com/install.sh | sudo sh
What you get
Databases next to your app
Create a managed database, link it to a service, and connect over the internal network. Backups are scheduled and checked.
Observability without an add-on
Metrics, log search and deploy markers overlaid on charts answer which deploy changed things without installing Grafana.
Railway and Levelrail
Railway is a managed cloud. Levelrail is software you run.
RailwayLevelrail
Where it runsVendor-managed cloudYour Linux servers, one to many
Pricing modelUsage-basedYour own server cost, nothing per service
PreviewsEnvironments per PRPreview environments per pull request with automatic teardown
Data locationWith the vendorOn your nodes: secrets, metrics and logs are stored locally unless you configure an export
Running in three steps
- 1
Install
One script on a Linux server.
- 2
Connect your repo
GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.
- 3
Add a domain
Point DNS and the certificate follows.
Frequently asked questions
Can I scale across several servers?
Yes. Extra servers join with a one-time token and a small agent. Placement is explicit, and cordon and drain are supported.
Is there a managed cloud version?
No. Levelrail is self-hosted software only today.
Can I import from Railway?
There is no Railway importer. You deploy from the same git repos and recreate env vars and domains.
Is it open source?
Yes, Apache 2.0.
Run your own Railway
Start with one small server and see how little it asks of it.