Background Job Orchestration Framework

Trigger is an open-source background job orchestration framework for TypeScript and JavaScript applications. Founded in 2022 by Matt Pocock and Eric Allam, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company is backed by Y Combinator and serves developers building background tasks, cron jobs, and long-running workflows. Key features: TypeScript-first: define jobs entirely in TypeScript with full type safety. Jobs are regular functions that run on managed infrastructure. No new DSL or config language to learn. Background jobs: run long-running tasks (minutes to hours) without blocking the main application. Built-in handling of timeouts, retries, and concurrent execution limits. Workflows: chain multiple tasks together with conditional logic, branching, and loops. Each step is independently retried and logged. Cron jobs: schedule recurring tasks using standard cron syntax. Real-time logging: view live logs of job execution with structured output, error traces, and timing data. Built-in dashboard for monitoring job runs. Retries: automatic retries with configurable retry counts, delays, and backoff strategies. Per-step retry configuration. Webhooks: trigger jobs from external services via HTTP webhooks with built-in verification. Integrations: built-in integrations with Slack, Resend, OpenAI, Stripe, GitHub, and other popular services. Each integration provides typed API wrappers. Self-hosted: deploy the server on your own infrastructure via Docker. Managed cloud option also available. Rate limiting: control how fast jobs are executed to respect API limits. Idempotency: ensure jobs can be safely retried without side effects. API: comprehensive REST API for managing jobs programmatically. TypeScript/Node.js. Apache-2.0.