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What is Trigger.dev?
Trigger.dev is an open source background jobs framework that lets you write reliable workflows in plain async code. Run long-running AI tasks, handle complex background jobs, and build AI agents with built-in queuing, automatic retries, and real-time monitoring. No timeouts, elastic scaling, and zero infrastructure management required. We provide everything you need to build and manage background tasks: a CLI and SDK for writing tasks in your existing codebase, support for both regular and scheduled tasks, full observability through our dashboard, and a Realtime API with React hooks for showing task status in your frontend. You can use Trigger.dev Cloud or self-host on your own infrastructure.
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| Extension | What it does | Docs |
|---|---|---|
| prismaExtension | Use Prisma with Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| pythonExtension | Execute Python scripts in Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| playwright | Use Playwright with Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| puppeteer | Use Puppeteer with Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| lightpanda | Use Lightpanda with Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| ffmpeg | Use FFmpeg with Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| aptGet | Install system packages with aptGet | Learn more |
| additionalFiles | Copy additional files to the build directory | Learn more |
| additionalPackages | Include additional packages in the build | Learn more |
| syncEnvVars | Automatically sync environment variables to Trigger.dev | Learn more |
| esbuildPlugin | Add existing or custom esbuild plugins to your build process | Learn more |
| emitDecoratorMetadata | Support for the emitDecoratorMetadata TypeScript compiler | Learn more |
| audioWaveform | Support for Audio Waveform in your project | Learn more |
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