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Hatchet
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Open task queue aimed at durable, observable background jobs.
Hatchet is an open-source platform for running background tasks with retries, concurrency controls, and a UI. Teams use it as a lighter orchestrator for agent jobs that are still “tasks,” not “workflow religions.”
- Model independence
- Multi-model
- Deployment
- Cloud, Self-hosted
- Open source
- Yes
- License
- MIT
- Pricing model
- Mixed
- Added / updated
- 19 Aug 2026 / 19 Aug 2026
hatchet.run · Docs · Source
Editorial take
Hatchet is a job queue with a good UI. That is enough orchestration for many factories. It will not choose a model or write a patch.
Strengths
- MIT task platform you can self-host.
- Visible runs, retries, concurrency.
- Cloud option if you do not want to operate it.
Limitations
- Not an agent framework.
- Younger than Temporal/Celery ecosystems.
- You still design the sandbox and the gate.