Hatchet
Distributed background task queue with a modern UI
Hatchet is a self-hostable task orchestration platform for running background jobs and workflows with durable execution, retries, and observability. It is backed by PostgreSQL and exposes a clean dashboard.
Key features
- Durable task execution
- PostgreSQL-backed queue
- Retries and timeouts
- Workflow dashboard
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 7.7k GitHub stars
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