# Trigger.dev

> Code-native background jobs and event-driven agent execution with full observability

**Category:** Triggers & Scheduling  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**Status:** active  
**Tags:** open-source, self-hostable, managed, typescript  
**Website:** https://trigger.dev  
**Canonical:** https://www.frameworkr.com/tools/triggerdev

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## What it is

Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for running background jobs and event-driven workflows in TypeScript. It provides durable task execution, retries, concurrency controls, and a real-time dashboard for monitoring job runs. Unlike cron-only schedulers, Trigger.dev supports complex multi-step workflows that can run for minutes or hours without timeout.

## Best for

TypeScript agents that need reliable, long-running background execution — scheduled scans, event-triggered research, batch processing — with a production-grade monitoring dashboard built in.

## Who it's for

TypeScript engineers who want infrastructure-as-code for their agent's execution model. Open-source and self-hostable; managed cloud available for teams who don't want to run it themselves.

## Agent architecture fit

Trigger.dev is the execution scheduler in your agent blueprint. Rather than triggering agents manually or through fragile cron jobs, Trigger.dev defines when agents run (on schedule, on event, on webhook) and ensures they complete reliably — with retries, timeouts, and a full audit log. For blueprints that run continuously or respond to external events, this is the layer that makes the agent autonomous rather than manually operated.

## Alternatives

- **Inngest** — when you need event-driven functions with a broader ecosystem of integrations and a fully managed cloud service
- **Zapier** — when you need no-code trigger management that non-technical team members can control


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_Reviewed by Frameworkr — https://www.frameworkr.com/tools/triggerdev_