triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Node.js API

20 environment variables found in .env.example

Set these on your host before deploying. Each platform has an “Environment Variables” section in the deploy flow. (showing first 20, more exist in .env.example)

SESSION_SECRET secret YOU MIGHT LIKE TO MODIFY THESE VARIABLES
MAGIC_LINK_SECRET secret
ENCRYPTION_KEY secret
LOGIN_ORIGIN
DATABASE_URL secret
DIRECT_URL This sets the URL used for direct connections to the database and should only be needed in limited circumstances See:…
REMIX_APP_PORT
APP_ENV Dev-only: stream the webapp's logs over a local telnet/TCP socket (nc localhost 6767). Uncomment to enable. WEBAPP_TELNET_LOGS_PORT=6767
APP_ORIGIN
ELECTRIC_ORIGIN
NODE_ENV
CLICKHOUSE_URL Clickhouse
RUN_REPLICATION_CLICKHOUSE_URL
RUN_REPLICATION_ENABLED
EVENT_REPOSITORY_DEFAULT_STORE Store task run spans/traces in ClickHouse so the dashboard trace view is populated in local dev. The local stack is ClickHouse-backed (see…
TZ Set this to UTC because Node.js uses the system timezone
REDIS_HOST Redis is used for the v3 queuing and v2 concurrency control
REDIS_PORT
REDIS_TLS_DISABLED
DEV_OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT

Best match Deploy on Railway Apps that need Postgres, Redis, or background workers.

Alternative Fly.io Anything Dockerized — requires the Fly CLI.

macOS

brew install flyctl && fly launch --from https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Linux

curl -L https://fly.io/install.sh | sh && fly launch --from https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Windows (PowerShell)

iwr https://fly.io/install.ps1 -useb | iex; fly launch --from https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev

Or deploy to a different host

Render Full-stack with managed Postgres + Redis. DigitalOcean App Platform Containers, droplets, and managed services.

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