Trigger.dev

Open-source background jobs with no timeouts

trigger.dev · Free tier; usage-based cloud

Trigger.dev: open-source TypeScript background jobs that can run for hours — long AI tasks, video processing, big syncs — with retries and observability.

Capabilities

Capabilities

  • Long-running tasks (no serverless timeout), queues, schedules, realtime status
  • Open source self-host or cloud free tier

Best for

  • Long AI/video/import jobs a serverless function cannot finish

Not for

  • Sub-second latency work (it is a job runner, not an API)