Alternatives

Trigger.dev alternatives

12 tools on the radar in the same space as Trigger.dev.

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Trigger.dev is open-source background jobs and long-running workflows written in TypeScript.. The tools below share its categories (DevOps, Open Source). Most are still pre-launch, so you are comparing direction and early access rather than finished feature lists.

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Jev Ultrafast

i. am. speed.

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Astro

A web framework for content-driven sites that ships zero JavaScript by default.

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Biome

A fast formatter and linter for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON and CSS in one tool.

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boxes.dev

Cloud computers for coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex, managed from desktop, phone or terminal.

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Bun

A fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner and package manager in one binary.

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Cerebrium

Serverless infrastructure for real-time AI: voice agents, LLMs and other AI workloads.

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Compositor

The Photoshop alternative for Mac

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Convex

A reactive backend where queries, mutations and schemas are written in TypeScript.

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Copperhead

An open-source AI engineering platform for designing, verifying and shipping circuit boards.

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Drop

A rootless Linux sandbox for isolating coding agents and third-party programs.

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Dub

Open-source link management with short links, analytics and conversion tracking.

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Excalidraw

An open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn-style diagrams.

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