🔥 The Unified Backend Framework That Eliminates Runtime Fragmentation 🔥
APIs, background jobs, workflows, and AI agents in one system. JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and more in one codebase.
💡 Motia Manifesto • 🚀 Quick Start • 📋 Defining Steps • 📚 Docs
Motia solves backend fragmentation.
Modern software engineering is splintered – APIs live in one framework, background jobs in another, queues have their own tooling, and AI agents are springing up in yet more isolated runtimes. This fragmentation demands a unified system.
Motia unifies APIs, background jobs, workflows, and AI agents into a single coherent system with shared observability and developer experience. Similar to how React simplified frontend development where everything is a component, Motia simplifies backend development where everything is a Step.
Write JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, and more in the same workflow. What used to take 5 frameworks to build now comes out of the box with Motia.
Get Motia project up and running in under 60 seconds:
npx motia@latest create -i # runs the interactive terminalFollow the prompts to pick a template, project name, and language.
Inside your new project folder, launch the dev server:
npx motia dev # ➜ http://localhost:3000That's it! You have:
- ✅ REST APIs with validation
- ✅ Visual debugger & tracing
- ✅ Multi-language support
- ✅ Event-driven architecture
- ✅ Zero configuration
| Type | Trigger | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
api |
HTTP Request | REST endpoints |
event |
Topic subscription | Background processing |
cron |
Schedule | Recurring jobs |
noop |
Manual | External processes |
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A complete chess platform benchmarking LLM performance with real-time evaluation.
Live Website → | Source Code →
Built from scratch to production deployment, featuring:
- 🔐 Authentication & user management
- 🤖 Multi-agent LLM evaluation (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok)
- 🐍 Python engine integration (Stockfish chess evaluation)
- 📊 Real-time streaming with live move updates and scoring
- 🎨 Modern React UI with interactive chess boards
- 🔄 Event-driven workflows connecting TypeScript APIs to Python processors
- 📈 Live leaderboards with move-by-move quality scoring
- 🚀 Production deployment on Motia Cloud
| Example | Description |
|---|---|
| AI Research Agent | Web research with iterative analysis |
| Streaming Chatbot | Real-time AI responses |
| Gmail Automation | Smart email processing |
| GitHub PR Manager | Automated PR workflows |
| Finance Agent | Real-time market analysis |
Features demonstrated: Multi-language workflows • Real-time streaming • AI integration • Production deployment
| Language | Status |
|---|---|
| JavaScript | ✅ Stable |
| TypeScript | ✅ Stable |
| Python | ✅ Stable |
| Ruby | 🚧 Beta |
| Go | 🔄 Soon |
- 📖 Documentation - Complete guides and API reference
- 💬 Discord - Community support and discussions
- 🐛 GitHub Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
- 🗺️ Roadmap - Upcoming features and progress
We have a public roadmap for Motia, you can view it here.
Feel free to add comments to the issues, or create a new issue if you have a feature request.
| Feature | Status | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python Types | Planned | #485 | Add support for Python types |
| Streams: RBAC | Planned | #495 | Add support for RBAC |
| Streams: Workbench UI | Planned | #497 | Add support for Workbench UI |
| Queue Strategies | Planned | #476 | Add support for Queue Strategies |
| Reactive Steps | Planned | #477 | Add support for Reactive Steps |
| Point in time triggers | Planned | #480 | Add support for Point in time triggers |
| Workbench plugins | Planned | #481 | Add support for Workbench plugins |
| Rewrite our Core in either Go or Rust | Planned | #482 | Rewrite our Core in either Go or Rust |
| Decrease deployment time | Planned | #483 | Decrease deployment time |
| Built-in database support | Planned | #484 | Add support for built-in database |
We welcome contributions! Check our Contributing Guide to get started.