trigger.dev vs proposal-temporal

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trigger.dev		proposal-temporal
	Project
23	Mentions	90
7,178	Stars	3,136
7.3%	Growth	3.3%
9.9	Activity	9.4
4 days ago	Latest Commit	2 days ago
TypeScript	Language	HTML
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

trigger.dev

Posts with mentions or reviews of trigger.dev. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-16.

10 Issues That Will Help You Grow as a top contributor in Opensource 🏅🏅
12 projects | dev.to | 16 Oct 2023

[TRI-1401] feat: Add support for tabler-icons when using the `icon` for Tasks #616
Show HN: Algora – open-source coding bounties
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Oct 2023

thanks a lot james! you guys pioneered the video bounty use case, was so impressive seeing 10 videos submitted in just a single day!
https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/issues/249
Show HN: Trigger.dev V2 – a Temporal alternative for TypeScript devs
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Oct 2023

- Support for Background Functions – we deploy your code so you can run any length of task. You write the code like any other job in your codebase. Discussion here: https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/discussions/400
Trigger.dev - Background jobs framework for NextJS, Remix, Astro, and so many more!
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 21 Sep 2023
🛠️ 10 Exceptional Developer Tools Launched in 2023 🚀
1 project | dev.to | 11 Sep 2023

9. Listen - Trigger.dev
Supabase Integrations Marketplace
2 projects | dev.to | 10 Aug 2023

Trigger.dev (YC W23) is the open source Background Jobs framework for Next.js. You can create long-running Jobs directly in your codebase with features like API integrations, webhooks, scheduling and delays. And today you can use their one-click integration to trigger anything from a database change in Supabase.
How Trigger.dev makes serverless background jobs possible
2 projects | dev.to | 21 Jul 2023

Trigger.dev is fully open source and can be self-hosted. We have a cloud product too.
What's a good Zapier alternative?
6 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 Mar 2023
Trigger
1 project | /r/devopspro | 26 Feb 2023
Y Combinator invested $500k into my developer-first open source Zapier alternative!
4 projects | /r/webdev | 11 Feb 2023

We built a beta version of Trigger.dev in a few months

proposal-temporal

Posts with mentions or reviews of proposal-temporal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-03.

TC39 Temporal Proposal
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Apr 2024
Handling Hindu Lunisidereal Calendars
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Apr 2024
Replacing Date with Temporal – ECMAScript Stage 3 Proposal
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024
Temporal, a modern date/time API for ECMAScript
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Feb 2024
Temporal proposal reaches stage 4
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Nov 2023
Show HN: Trigger.dev V2 – a Temporal alternative for TypeScript devs
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Oct 2023

In the TypeScript/JavaScript world the only thing called "Temporal" that I was aware of is the Stage 3 proposal for an excellent new date and time module:
https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/
Updates from the 97th TC39 meeting
5 projects | dev.to | 13 Jul 2023

Time Zone Canonicalization: Stacked on Temporal to improve handling of changes to the IANA Time Zone Database.
IAMA senior javascript dev, ask me anything
7 projects | /r/learnjavascript | 1 Jul 2023
What library do you use to handle dates?
2 projects | /r/learnjavascript | 9 Jun 2023

Roll-on Temporal!

4 projects | /r/reactjs | 9 Jun 2023

There is a list of polyfills at the bottom of the page that can be used in production. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-temporal

What are some alternatives?

When comparing trigger.dev and proposal-temporal you can also consider the following projects:

automatisch - The open source Zapier alternative. Build workflow automation without spending time and money.

moment - Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in javascript.

activepieces - Your friendliest open source all-in-one automation tool ✨ Workflow automation tool 100+ integration / Enterprise automation tool / Zapier Alternative

dayjs - ⏰ Day.js 2kB immutable date-time library alternative to Moment.js with the same modern API

y-sweet - A standalone yjs server with persistence to S3 or filesystem.

Luxon - ⏱ A library for working with dates and times in JS

windmill - Open-source developer platform to turn scripts into workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (5x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to Airplane and Retool.

date-fns - ⏳ Modern JavaScript date utility library ⌛️

spec - The canonical spec for ulid

You-Dont-Need-Momentjs - List of functions which you can use to replace moment.js + ESLint Plugin

jsonhero-web - JSON Hero is an open-source, beautiful JSON explorer for the web that lets you browse, search and navigate your JSON files at speed. 🚀. Built with 💜 by the Trigger.dev team.

sdk-typescript - Temporal TypeScript SDK