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Hatchet

Distributed background task queue with a modern UI

Automation & Workflows ★ 8.1k stars Medium setup MIT

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.

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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 8.1k GitHub stars

Is Hatchet secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Hatchet's latest release (v0.110.5). OSV.dev lists 8 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-108755, published 2026-10-11 (3 days ago), fixed in 0.110.5

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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