Hatchet: automation features and setup

Overview

Hatchet keeps a history of every task and every state change, so you can run automatic retries, rerun manually and locate failures. It has SDKs for TypeScript, Python and Go, a managed service (Hatchet Cloud) and an option for self-hosting under the MIT license.

Features

• Retry with a configurable policy, including exponential backoff
• Running tasks at a future time and on a fixed schedule (cron)
• Durable tasks that pause, wait for an event or a specific time, and continue even after a failure
• Rate limits and concurrency policies for fair scheduling, so one user does not consume all the resources
• Open source under the MIT license, running locally with a single CLI command or on Kubernetes and Docker
• Monitoring, logs and OpenTelemetry for every task and workflow

Business uses

• Orchestrating an AI agent that makes several calls to a model and to tools
• A background task queue instead of a cron solution you built yourself
• A data pipeline with steps that must finish

Getting started

• Start with Hatchet Cloud or run locally through the CLI.
• Define one task as a function in the SDK language.
• Fail the task on purpose and check the retry in the dashboard.

What to check

• This is a tool for developers, not a visual builder like n8n.
• The website announced new usage-based pricing, so check the current price before choosing.