Trigger.dev

Judgement

What it is

Framework or platform

What it does

A TypeScript platform for writing background jobs, scheduled tasks and durable AI agent workflows in code, with retries, queues and observability.

Adopt it when

Your TypeScript app needs long-running or retried background work and you want it in code rather than a visual builder.

Watch out

Self-hosting is involved, so most teams end up on the paid cloud.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Cloud service, self-hosted server and library

Built with

TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL and Redis

How established

Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v4.8.3.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Trigger.dev → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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