Alternatives to Trigger.dev

An open-source platform for durable background jobs, scheduled tasks and AI agents written in TypeScript. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Trigger.dev.

  • Windmill

    An open-source, self-hostable platform for turning scripts into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Windmill turns scripts in TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and other languages into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs. It is self-hostable, with some features in the enterprise edition.

  • Conductor

    An open-source, event-driven workflow engine for durable execution of application and AI agent workflows.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Conductor is a free, open-source, event-driven engine for durable microservice and AI agent workflows with many storage backends. It takes more effort to deploy and operate.

  • Kestra

    An open-source declarative orchestration platform for scheduled and event-driven workflows, self-hosted or in the cloud.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Kestra defines scheduled and event-driven workflows declaratively with more than 2,000 plugins and can be self-hosted, including air-gapped. It is heavier than a simple job runner.

  • Prefect

    A workflow orchestration tool for scheduling, retrying and observing Python data and ML pipelines.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedCommand line

    Prefect orchestrates workflows written in Python with decorators, built-in retries and scheduling. It suits Python data and ML pipelines rather than TypeScript background jobs.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.