Trigger.dev
Background jobs and long-running tasks in TypeScript, with retries and queues.
Jobs, queues and workflows npm MIT
How Trigger.dev is used
Trigger.dev is a dependency in 6 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 31 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is Inngest (17 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Next.js (64.5%), Recharts (48.4%), Lucide React (61.3%).
Trigger.dev popularity over time
Gid Score 54: downloads 61, use in agent projects 34, GitHub stars 58, downloads trend 64 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Trigger.dev
| Next.js | 64.5% of Trigger.dev projects · 3.6× more than average |
|---|---|
| Recharts | 48.4% of Trigger.dev projects · 5.3× more than average |
| Lucide React | 61.3% of Trigger.dev projects · 3.1× more than average |
| Resend | 45.2% of Trigger.dev projects · 15.5× more than average |
| AI SDK | 41.9% of Trigger.dev projects · 9.5× more than average |
| tw-animate-css | 38.7% of Trigger.dev projects · 4.3× more than average |
| next-themes | 38.7% of Trigger.dev projects · 4.2× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 48.4% of Trigger.dev projects · 3.0× more than average |
From all 31 projects in our scan that use Trigger.dev, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
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Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Trigger.dev as a dependency.
How Trigger.dev is funded
GitHub Sponsors
| @triggerdotdev | 2 current sponsors |
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GitHub shows how many people and companies sponsor an account, not how much they pay.
Ways to fund Trigger.dev
As the maintainers list them in FUNDING.yml on GitHub. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install @trigger.dev/sdk |
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| Main stacks | Next.js (19), TypeScript / JavaScript (8), Python (4) |
| Example projects | cluwise/mangosqueezy, code-with-antonio/browser-automation-app, crafter-station/hack0, IAmTomShaw/f1-race-report, SkidGod4444/prexo |
Alternatives to Trigger.dev
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Trigger.dev are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inngest npm Durable execution, events and queues platform for reliable workflows and background jobs. |
54 | 17 (0.4%) | 1.4M | 1,016 | Apache-2.0 |
| 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 |
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