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title: "Run work in the background"
description: "Schedule recurring tasks, queue jobs, process webhooks, and offload computation."
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<PurposeNote title="Start with the tradeoff">Choose between an in-process scheduler, a worker pool, and durable background infrastructure based on failure and retry needs.</PurposeNote>

## Options for this task

<LibraryIndex category="background-jobs" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="croner" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="cronicle" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="hookdeck" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="sidequest-js" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="trigger-dev" />

<LibraryCard libraryId="workerpool" />

## Before you decide

Try a small, realistic example. Check the runtime, accessibility, maintenance, and license requirements for the features you need.

[Browse background jobs &amp; workers →](/background-jobs)

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