Trigger.dev

About Trigger.dev

Trigger.dev gives TypeScript developers a way to define background tasks and run them outside a request-response cycle. Move one slow operation, such as generating a report, into a task, then inspect a run and test how retries behave when a dependency fails. It can be useful when a serverless function timeout or long-running worker makes a web request awkward. The project provides a managed service and publishes self-hosting guidance. Background execution still needs sensible inputs, limits and idempotent handling of side effects. Compare the deployment requirements, concurrency settings and worker limits with the workload you expect, particularly if jobs may perform large file operations or call rate-limited APIs.