Installation

Railpack is available as a CLI tool. The latest release is available on GitHub.

The BuildKit frontend is available as a Docker image on GHCR.

Mise

We love mise, and you can install Railpack using mise:

mise use github:railwayapp/railpack@latest

Curl

Download Railpack from GH releases and install automatically

curl -sSL https://railpack.com/install.sh | sh

You can also customize the version, destination, and other config options:

curl -sSL https://railpack.com/install.sh |
  RAILPACK_VERSION=0.2.3 sh -s -- --bin-dir ~/.local/bin

GitHub Releases

Go to the latest release and download the railpack binary for your platform.

From Source

git clone https://github.com/railwayapp/railpack.git
cd railpack
go build -o railpack ./cmd/...

./railpack --help

Supported Platforms

Linux and MacOS are supported.

Windows builds are generated but not officially supported. That being said, PRs are welcome to fix any Windows-specific bugs.

Agent Skill

The repository includes an Agent Skill that teaches compatible coding agents how to configure RAILPACK_* variables, construct railpack.json, and run builds locally.

Install it for the current project with the Skills CLI:

npx skills add railwayapp/railpack --skill railpack

Help

Need help? Check out our Help page for support options.