Trigger.dev
An open-source platform for building and deploying fully-managed AI agents and long-running workflows in TypeScript, with durable task execution, automatic retries, queues, human-in-the-loop pauses, and full observability.
Best When
You are building AI agents or workflows in TypeScript that need to run longer than serverless limits allow, with production-grade reliability, retries, and observability built in.
Avoid When
Your workflows are short-lived and simple enough for standard serverless functions, or your team works exclusively in non-TypeScript languages.
Use Cases
- • Building AI agents that need to run for minutes or hours without serverless function timeouts
- • Durable multi-step AI workflows with automatic retry on failure and human approval gates
- • Scheduled AI tasks (cron) running up to yearly intervals
- • Batch AI processing pipelines with queue management and concurrency control
- • AI workflows requiring custom system packages, browser automation, or Python script execution
Not For
- • Simple webhook receivers or short-lived API handlers (overkill for sub-second tasks)
- • Teams needing a no-code workflow builder (Trigger.dev is code-first TypeScript)
- • Non-TypeScript/JavaScript projects without willingness to add a Node.js component
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