Trigger.dev is an open-source platform designed to simplify the creation and management of background jobs and AI infrastructure. It allows developers to write workflows in standard async code, handling queues, elastic scaling, retries, and observability without requiring infrastructure management.
Key features include:
- No Timeouts: Ensures reliable execution of long-running tasks without interruption.
- Automatic Retries: Configurable retry policies for handling failures and ensuring task completion.
- Observability: Real-time monitoring and tracing of tasks for debugging and performance analysis.
- AI Agents: Tools for building and deploying AI agents with human-in-the-loop functionality.
- Realtime API: Connects frontend applications to background tasks, providing real-time status updates.
- Concurrency & Queues: Control the number of tasks running simultaneously to manage resources effectively.
- Scheduled Tasks: Durable cron schedules for reliable task execution without timeouts.
- Build Extensions: Customize the build process with extensions for Python, Prisma, Puppeteer, and more.
Use cases include:
- Building AI-powered applications with reliable background processing.
- Automating complex workflows with multiple stages and dependencies.
- Integrating frontend applications with backend tasks for real-time updates.
- Scheduling recurring tasks for maintenance, data processing, and reporting.
