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Trigger.dev

Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying AI agents, workflows, and durable serverless functions in TypeScript.

  • AI
  • Automation
  • Development
Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying AI agents, workflows, and durable serverless functions in TypeScript. It provides long-running tasks with retries, queues, observability, and elastic scaling for developers who need reliable, timeout-free background processing.

Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid (not listed)
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

78/100 Good

Maintained
100last commit 4 days ago
Popular
8416,523 GitHub stars
Easy to install
251 install platform, install notes
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

GitHub stars
16,523
Open issues
232
Last commit
2026-10-10
Latest release
v4.7.3
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
unknown

Checked 3 days ago - source: GitHub (triggerdotdev/trigger.dev)

Resources & Compatibility

Requirements not published yet.

First-install notes

  • Create and store your Trigger.dev API key In your Trigger.dev dashboard, make a secret API token (called a named environment API key) and set it as TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY if you're using the SDK. Without a valid key, API requests fail and your app can't list deployments or runs. source

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Checked 3 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

Is the self-hosted version of Trigger.dev functionally identical to the cloud version?

It is functionally the same as Trigger.dev Cloud with some exceptions, but Trigger.dev does not guarantee how it will perform on self-hosted infrastructure.

Who is responsible for updates and security in a self-hosted Trigger.dev deployment?

You are responsible for provisioning resources, handling updates, and managing security and scaling.

What API key does the SDK need to list deployments or runs?

Create a named environment API key and set it as TRIGGER_SECRET_KEY; without a valid key, API requests fail and the app cannot list deployments or runs.

Can a self-hosted Trigger.dev instance use custom exposed URLs?

Self-hosting gives you full control over the environment, deployment process, and the URLs you expose the service on.

Answers sourced from github.com, trigger.dev, trigger.dev

Community

Collected 3 days ago - public community threads