Inngest Has a Free API — Background Jobs and Workflows Without Infrastructure

TL;DR Inngest is a developer platform for background jobs, scheduled functions, and durable workflows. Write functions in your existing codebase — Inngest handles queuing, retries, concurrency, and scheduling. Free tier: 50K events/month. What Is Inngest? Inngest makes background work simple: Event-driven — trigger functions from events Durable execution — survives crashes and restarts Step functions — multi-step workflows with automatic retries Scheduling — cron jobs and delayed execution Concurrency control — rate limiting and throttling Zero infrastructure — no queues, no workers to manage Free tier — 50K events/month Quick Start npm install inngest Define Functions import { Inngest } from "inngest"; const inngest = new Inngest({ id: "my-app" }); // Simple background function export const sendWelcomeEmail = inngest.createFunction( { id: "send-welcome-email" }, { event: "user/created" }, async ({ event, step }) => { // Step 1: Send welcome email await step.run("send-email", async