Trigger Dev Typescript Background Jobs Platform

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name: "Trigger.dev TypeScript Background Jobs Platform"
slug: "trigger-dev-typescript-background-jobs-platform"
description: "Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying long-running background tasks, AI agents, and durable workflows in TypeScript. It provides managed infrastructure with retries, queues, real-time observability, and human-in-the-loop support."
github_stars: 14318
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "triggerdotdev/trigger.dev"
  github_stars: 14318
  npm_package: "trigger.dev"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 214132
---

# Trigger.dev TypeScript Background Jobs Platform

Trigger.dev is an open-source platform for building and deploying long-running background tasks, AI agents, and durable workflows in TypeScript. It provides managed infrastructure with retries, queues, real-time observability, and human-in-the-loop support.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- [Docker self-hosting guide](https://trigger.dev/docs/self-hosting/docker) - use Docker Compose to spin up a Trigger.dev instance

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- **True runtime freedom**: Customize your deployed tasks with system packages – run browsers, Python scripts, FFmpeg and more.
- **[Build extensions](https://trigger.dev/docs/config/extensions/overview#build-extensions)** - Hook directly into the build system and customize the build process. Run Python scripts, FFmpeg, browsers, and more.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Website](https://trigger.dev) | [Docs](https://trigger.dev/docs) | [Issues](https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/issues) | [Example projects](https://github.com/triggerdotdev/examples) | [Feature requests](ht...
- **Observability & monitoring**: Each run has full tracing and logs. Configure error alerts to catch bugs fast.
- **[Automatic retries](https://trigger.dev/docs/errors-retrying)** - If your task encounters an uncaught error, we automatically attempt to run it again

- Source: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/trigger-dev-typescript-background-jobs-platform/)