trigger.dev

TypeScript platform for durable background tasks and AI agent workflows

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Stars: 16.5k
License: Apache-2.0
Last commit: Oct 2026
Last release: Oct 2026
Language: TypeScript

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Overview

Trigger.dev is a TypeScript SDK and runtime for writing long-running background tasks in your own codebase and deploying them to a managed cloud or a self-hosted instance. Tasks run without timeouts and get retries, queues, checkpointing, waitpoints for human approval, realtime streaming to frontends, and per-run tracing. Build extensions let tasks use system packages such as Python, FFmpeg and browsers.

Who it is for: TypeScript developers running long-running AI jobs and agent backends

Strengths

Tasks have no timeouts, with checkpointing and automatic retries for long AI jobs
Waitpoints pause a run until a human approves, rejects or gives feedback
Realtime API and React hooks stream run state and LLM output to the frontend
Self-hostable with Docker Compose or an official Helm chart for Kubernetes

Weaknesses

Code-first and TypeScript/JavaScript only; no visual workflow builder
Managed cloud is the primary path; self-hosting needs extra setup and services
Not an agent framework; you bring your own LLM libraries and orchestration
Self-hosting resource requirements are not stated in the README

What it needs

no GPU

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How to choose

Decide between a visual builder (faster to start) and code-first (easier to test and version).
Check how workflows are exported; vendor-specific JSON makes migration costly.
Look at the license for the server part; several are AGPL or source-available.

Health

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License in plain words

Apache-2.0 Permissive

Use it at work: Yes
Change it and rebrand it: Yes
Sell it or host it for others: Yes

Your part: Keep the notices and mark the files you change. It also grants you the contributors’ patent rights.

A plain summary, not legal advice. Read the license on GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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