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Inngest

Serverless backend workflows and queues for AI agents and APIs.

Overview

Inngest enables developers to build reliable backend logic by sending events from their frontend or API to trigger durable workflows. It handles queuing, retries, and concurrency control automatically, making it easy to build async workflows without managing infrastructure.

Best for

Event-driven workflows
Connecting frontend actions to backend logic

Trade-offs

vs Temporal

Inngest is simpler for event-driven, step-based functions; Temporal is better for complex, stateful orchestration with custom logic.

What XeroHack pre-wires

When you pick Inngest in the interview, the engine emits these files into your scaffold:

Event emitters
Function definitions
SDKs for Next.js, Python, Go

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