Trigger.dev is an open source platform and SDK which allows you to create long-running background jobs. Write normal async code, deploy, and never hit a timeout.
- JavaScript and TypeScript SDK
- No timeouts
- Retries (with exponential backoff)
- Queues and concurrency controls
- Schedules and crons
- Full Observability; logs, live trace views, advanced filtering
- React hooks to interact with the Trigger API from your React app
- Pipe LLM streams straight to your users through the Realtime API
- Trigger tasks and display the run status and metadata anywhere in your app
- Custom alerts, get notified by email, Slack or webhooks
- No infrastructure to manage
- Elastic (scaling)
- Works with your existing tech stack
Create tasks where they belong: in your codebase. Version control, localhost, test and review like you're already used to.
import { task } from "@trigger.dev/sdk/v3"; //1. You need to export each task export const helloWorld = task({ //2. Use a unique id for each task id: "hello-world", //3. The run function is the main function of the task run: async (payload: { message: string }) => { //4. You can write code that runs for a long time here, there are no timeouts console.log(payload.message); }, });
Use our SDK to write tasks in your codebase. There's no infrastructure to manage, your tasks automatically scale and connect to our cloud. Or you can always self-host.
We support Development, Staging, and Production environments, allowing you to test your tasks before deploying them to production.
View every task in every run so you can tell exactly what happened. We provide a full trace view of every task run so you can see what happened at every step.
The quickest way to get started is to create an account and project in our web app, and follow the instructions in the onboarding. Build and deploy your first task in minutes.
- Quick start - get up and running in minutes
- How it works - understand how Trigger.dev works under the hood
- Guides and examples - walk-through guides and code examples for popular frameworks and use cases
If you prefer to self-host Trigger.dev, you can follow our self-hosting guide.
We also have a dedicated self-hosting channel in our Discord server for support.
To setup and develop locally or contribute to the open source project, follow our development guide.