railway

Setup

npm i -g @railway/cli

Verify installation:

railway --version

Always use --json flag when calling commands programmatically (where supported).

Authentication

railway login

Check auth status:

railway whoami

Resources

Projects

Command	Description
railway init	Create a new Railway project
railway link	Link current directory to an existing project
railway unlink	Unlink current directory from a project
railway status	Show current project and environment status

Deployments

Command	Description
railway up	Deploy current directory
railway deploy	Deploy with build logs
railway logs	View deployment logs
railway logs --follow	Stream deployment logs

Variables

Command	Description
railway variables	List all environment variables
railway variables set KEY=value	Set an environment variable
railway variables delete KEY	Delete an environment variable

Services

Command	Description
railway service	Select a service in the current project
railway domain	Generate or show a service domain

Run

Command	Description
railway run <command>	Run a command with Railway environment variables injected
railway shell	Open a shell with Railway environment variables

Global Flags

Flag	Description
--json	Output result as JSON
--environment <name>	Specify environment
--service <name>	Specify service