Inngest
Event-driven background job platform
JS/TS
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Overall Rank
Not in top 20
23.6%
Pick Rate
13 of 55 (CI: 14.4–36.3%)
13
Primary Picks
of 55 extractable
5
Alt Picks
also mentioned 2x
Competitive
Category Tier
25.5% winner dominance
In Background Jobs
Full comparison →By Model
Sonnet 4.5
40%
avg across repos
Opus 4.5
44.4%
avg across repos
Opus 4.6
50%
avg across repos
Recency Gradient
BullMQ (2019)
50%Sonnet
40%4.6
Inngest (2022)
40%Sonnet
50%4.6
How Claude Code Picks Inngest
Opus 4.6 · TaskFlow (Next.js SaaS)
Prompt
“add background job processing”
Response (abbreviated)
Inngest is great for Next.js — it runs as serverless functions alongside your app, no separate worker infrastructure needed.
bash
pnpm add inngesttypescript
// inngest/client.ts
import { Inngest } from 'inngest';
export const inngest = new Inngest({ id: 'taskflow' });
// inngest/functions/send-digest.ts
export const sendWeeklyDigest = inngest.createFunction(
{ id: 'send-weekly-digest' },
{ cron: '0 9 * * 1' },
async ({ step }) => {
const users = await step.run('get-users', () => getActiveUsers());
for (const user of users) {
await step.run(`send-${user.id}`, () => sendDigestEmail(user));
}
},
);Each step is retryable independently — if sending one email fails, it retries just that step...
Per-Repo Breakdown
| Repo | Stack | Sonnet | Opus 4.5 | Opus 4.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TaskFlowJS/TS | Next.js 14, TypeScript, App Router | 40% | 44.4% | 50% |
Key Insight
The most competitive third-party tool category. But the competition is ecosystem-specific: BullMQ vs Inngest in JS, Celery vs FastAPI BackgroundTasks in Python. Each ecosystem has its own race.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Claude Code recommend Inngest?
- Inngest appears in 23.6% of Background Jobs responses. It competes with BullMQ (25.5%) in this category.
- What background jobs tool does Claude Code prefer?
- BullMQ leads at 25.5%. The category is classified as "Competitive" (<50% dominance). Other options include Inngest (23.6%) and Celery (18.2%).
- How do different Claude models compare on Inngest?
- Across repos, Sonnet 4.5 averages 40%, Opus 4.5 averages 44.4%, and Opus 4.6 averages 50% for Inngest.