Inngest
Durable execution, events and queues platform for reliable workflows and background jobs.
Jobs, queues and workflows npm Apache-2.0
How Inngest is used
Inngest is a dependency in 17 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 291 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is BullMQ (34 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (91.8%), Lucide React (89.7%), Class Variance Authority (86.3%).
Inngest popularity over time
Gid Score 54: downloads 67, use in agent projects 66, GitHub stars 12, downloads trend 71 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Inngest
| Next.js | 91.8% of Inngest projects · 5.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lucide React | 89.7% of Inngest projects · 4.5× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 86.3% of Inngest projects · 5.3× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 86.3% of Inngest projects · 4.6× more than average |
| clsx | 85.9% of Inngest projects · 4.4× more than average |
| Inngest Agent Kit | 80.8% of Inngest projects · 5013.3× more than average |
| tw-animate-css | 77.3% of Inngest projects · 8.5× more than average |
| Radix UI | 74.9% of Inngest projects · 5.7× more than average |
From all 291 projects in our scan that use Inngest, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Inngest as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install inngest |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Next.js (265), TypeScript / JavaScript (25), Python (1) |
| Example projects | cheeseburgertony/evoke, WebDevSimplified/job-board-ai, knoxiboy/DoubtDesk, code-with-antonio/next15-meet-ai, BernieTv/Lovable-Clone |
Alternatives to Inngest
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Inngest are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BullMQ npm Fast, reliable Redis-backed queue for jobs and messages in Node.js. |
62 | 34 (0.7%) | 5.8M | 9,522 | MIT |
| Workflow DevKit npm · new in the catalog Vercel's SDK for durable, resumable workflows in TypeScript. |
46 | 8 (0.2%) | 1.1M | 2,463 | Apache-2.0 |
| Trigger.dev npm · new in the catalog Background jobs and long-running tasks in TypeScript, with retries and queues. |
54 | 6 (0.1%) | 720K | 16.6K | MIT |
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