Tale vs Trigger.dev

Comparing two open source alternatives to Make and Zapier. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Tale

MIT

Open-source workspace where teams and AI agents plan tasks, run them in sandboxes, and review results together.

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Trigger.dev

Apache-2.0

Open-source platform for building and deploying reliable background jobs, scheduled tasks, and AI workflows in TypeScript.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Tale	Trigger.dev
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	33	16,514
Forks	5	1,488
Open Issues	260	228
Last Commit	Oct 11, 2026	Oct 10, 2026
First Released	Nov 30, 2025	Nov 30, 2022
Categories	AI Agent Builders Task Management	Automation Tools Developer Tools
Tags	#ai #ai-agents #LLM #automation #collaboration	#automation #workflow #scheduler

GitHub stars over time

Tale33

Trigger.dev

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