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What is Trigger.dev?

Trigger.dev is an open source background jobs framework that lets you write reliable workflows in plain async code. Run long-running AI tasks, handle complex background jobs, and build AI agents with built-in queuing, automatic retries, and real-time monitoring. No timeouts, elastic scaling, and zero infrastructure management required.

We provide everything you need to build and manage background tasks: a CLI and SDK for writing tasks in your existing codebase, support for both regular and scheduled tasks, full observability through our dashboard, and a Realtime API with React hooks for showing task status in your frontend. You can use Trigger.dev Cloud or self-host on your own infrastructure.

Learn the concepts

<CardGroup cols={2}> <Card title="Writing tasks" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/tasks/overview" color="#3B82F6"> Tasks are the core of Trigger.dev. Learn what they are and how to write them. </Card> <Card title="Triggering tasks" icon="bullseye-pointer" href="/triggering" color="#fbbf24"> Learn how to trigger tasks from your codebase. </Card> <Card title="Runs" icon="person-running" href="/runs" color="#EA189E"> Runs are the instances of tasks that are executed. Learn how they work. </Card> <Card title="API keys" icon="key" href="/apikeys" color="#EAEA08"> API keys are used to authenticate requests to the Trigger.dev API. Learn how to create and use them. </Card> </CardGroup>

Explore by feature

<CardGroup> <Card title="Scheduled tasks (cron)" icon="clock" href="/tasks/scheduled" color="#EAEA08"> Scheduled tasks are a type of task that is scheduled to run at a specific time. </Card> <Card title="Realtime API" icon="loader" href="/realtime" color="#22C55E"> The Realtime API allows you to trigger tasks and get the status of runs. </Card> <Card title="React hooks" icon="react" href="/realtime/react-hooks" color="#3B82F6"> React hooks are a way to show task status in your frontend. </Card> <Card title="Waits" icon="calendar-clock" href="/wait" color="#F59E0B"> Waits are a way to wait for a task to finish before continuing. </Card> <Card title="Errors and retries" icon="message-exclamation" href="/errors-retrying" color="#F43F5E" > Learn how to handle errors and retries. </Card> <Card title="Concurrency & Queues" icon="line-height" href="/queue-concurrency" color="#D946EF"> Configure what you want to happen when there is more than one run at a time. </Card> <Card title="Wait for token (human-in-the-loop)" icon="hand" href="/wait-for-token" color="#EAEA08" > Pause runs until a token is completed via an approval workflow. </Card> <Card title="Build extensions" icon="gear" href="/config/extensions/overview" color="#22C55E"> Customize the build process or the resulting bundle and container image. </Card> </CardGroup>

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Extension	What it does	Docs
prismaExtension	Use Prisma with Trigger.dev	prismaExtension docs
pythonExtension	Execute Python scripts in Trigger.dev	pythonExtension docs
playwright	Use Playwright with Trigger.dev	playwright extension docs
puppeteer	Use Puppeteer with Trigger.dev	puppeteer extension docs
lightpanda	Use Lightpanda with Trigger.dev	lightpanda extension docs
ffmpeg	Use FFmpeg with Trigger.dev	ffmpeg extension docs
aptGet	Install system packages with aptGet	aptGet extension docs
additionalFiles	Copy additional files to the build directory	additionalFiles docs
additionalPackages	Include additional packages in the build	additionalPackages docs
syncEnvVars	Automatically sync environment variables to Trigger.dev	syncEnvVars docs
esbuildPlugin	Add existing or custom esbuild plugins to your build process	esbuildPlugin docs
emitDecoratorMetadata	Support for the emitDecoratorMetadata TypeScript compiler	emitDecoratorMetadata docs
audioWaveform	Support for Audio Waveform in your project	audioWaveform docs

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Getting help

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