Durable step functions and AI workflows that run on serverless, servers or the edge without managing queues.
Sources and review #
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Reliable multi-step AI workflows and background jobs in serverless apps.
You need an OSI open-source licence for the server; it uses SSPL with a delayed Apache 2.0 licence.
About Inngest #
Inngest replaces queues, state management and scheduling with durable functions written in its language SDKs. Functions are triggered by events, cron schedules or webhooks, retried and coordinated step by step, and invoked securely over HTTPS on your own infrastructure; a local dev server offers production parity, with the Inngest Platform or a self-hosted server for orchestration. The server is source-available under SSPL, converting to Apache 2.0 later.
Inngest is a project written primarily in Go, with 5.9k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in October 2026.
npx inngest-cli@latest dev
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Inngest vs. the alternatives #
| Record | Stars | Pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inngestthis listing | 5.9k | Go | SSPL-1.0 | Free |
| n8n | 207k | TypeScript | — | Open source |
| dify | 158k | TypeScript | — | Open source |
| Langflow | 156k | Python | MIT | Open source |
| Sim | 30k | TypeScript | Apache-2.0 | Open source |
| activepieces | 25k | TypeScript | — | Open source |