---
title: Introduction
description: "Welcome to the Trigger.dev documentation."
---

Trigger.dev is an open source framework for creating long-running Jobs directly in your Next.js app with API Integrations, webhooks, scheduling and delays. You can reliably run Jobs that wouldn't normally work in serverless environments (like Vercel) because of timeouts.

You can use [Trigger.dev Cloud](https://cloud.trigger.dev) or [Self-host Trigger.dev](/documentation/guides/self-hosting) on your own infrastructure.

<Note>
  Trigger.dev v2 currently only supports serverless. We will be adding [support for long-running
  servers](https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/issues/244) soon.
</Note>

<CardGroup>
  <Card title="Next.js Quick start" icon="person-running-fast" href="quickstart">
    Get started in 5 minutes.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Video walkthrough" icon="video" href="/documentation/guides/video-walkthrough">
    Go from zero to a working Job in your Next.js app in 10 minutes.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="What is Trigger.dev"
    icon="wand-magic-sparkles"
    href="/documentation/concepts/what-is-triggerdotdev"
  >
    Learn more about how Trigger.dev works and how it can help you.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Integrations" icon="grid-2" href="/integrations">
    Trigger.dev integrates with a wide range of services.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Examples" icon="slot-machine" href="/examples">
    One of the quickest ways to learn how Trigger.dev works is to view some example Jobs.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Manual Setup" icon="book-sparkles" href="guides/manual">
    For complete control, you can manually setup Trigger.dev using this guide.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Getting help

We'd love to hear from you or give you a hand getting started. Here are some ways to get in touch with us. We'd also ❤️ your support.

<CardGroup>
  <Card
    title="Join our Discord server"
    icon="discord"
    href="https://discord.gg/kA47vcd8P6"
    color="#5865F2"
  >
    The #help-and-questions channel is a great place to get help with any questions about
    Trigger.dev.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Follow us on Twitter"
    icon="twitter"
    href="https://twitter.com/triggerdotdev"
    color="#1DA1F2"
  >
    Follow us on Twitter to get the latest updates and news.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Schedule a call" icon="phone" href="https://cal.com/team/triggerdotdev/support">
    Arrange a call with one of the founders. We can help answer questions, build API Integrations
    for you and give 1-on-1 help building your first Job.
  </Card>
  <Card
    title="Give us a star on GitHub"
    icon="star"
    href="https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev"
    color="#fbbf24"
  >
    Check us out at triggerdotdev/trigger.dev
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
