pontusab · May 31, 2026 · May 30, 2026 · May 31, 2026 · May 31, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ All notable changes to Workbench will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+## [0.8.0] - 2026-05-30
+
+### Added
+
+- **`@getworkbench/core`** Self-hosted alerting: BullMQ `QueueEvents` listeners, Slack/webhook presets, dashboard **Alerts** page, and Redis-backed persistence for contact points and rules (keys under `{prefix}:workbench:alerts:*`). Alerts are enabled by default; configure destinations and rules in the dashboard to start receiving notifications.
+- **`@getworkbench/core`** Slack incoming webhook validation, Block Kit payload formatting (HTTPS dashboard buttons, HTTP dev links), and in-dialog Slack setup instructions.
+
+### Changed
+
+- All 14 publishable adapter packages (`@getworkbench/core`, `hono`, `elysia`, `express`, `fastify`, `nestjs`, `next`, `koa`, `astro`, `nuxt`, `bun`, `h3`, `adonis`, `tanstack-start`) bump together to `0.8.0`.
+
 ## [0.7.1] - 2026-05-28
 
 ### Changed

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -395,6 +395,11 @@ Visit `http://localhost:PORT/jobs`.
 | `basePath` | `string`                            | Override base path detection. Required for `@getworkbench/elysia`, `@getworkbench/koa`, `@getworkbench/next`, `@getworkbench/tanstack-start`, `@getworkbench/astro`, `@getworkbench/nuxt`, and `@getworkbench/h3`. |
 | `readonly` | `boolean`                           | Disable actions (retry, remove, promote).                  |
 | `tags`     | `string[]`                          | Fields from `job.data` to extract as filterable tags.      |
+| `alerts`   | `AlertsOptions`                     | Self-hosted Slack/webhook alerting via BullMQ QueueEvents. |
+
+### Alerts
+
+Alerts are on by default. Configure Slack or webhook **contact points** and **rules** in the dashboard **Alerts** page — notifications are only sent after you set that up. The model follows Grafana-style contact points + rules (unlike Bull Board, which has no built-in alerting). See [`@getworkbench/core` README](./packages/core/README.md) for Slack setup steps.
 
 ## Packages
 

diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ packages must bump together** because they share `@getworkbench/core` via
 # 1. Bump core + every adapter in lockstep. `npm version` does not handle
 #    `workspace:*` deps, so edit the `"version"` field in each package.json
 #    directly (or use a tiny sed script).
-for p in core express fastify next nestjs elysia hono; do
-  sed -i.bak -E "s/(\"version\": )\"[^\"]+\"/\\1\"0.3.0\"/" "packages/$p/package.json"
+for p in core express fastify hono elysia next nestjs koa astro nuxt bun h3 adonis tanstack-start; do
+  sed -i.bak -E "s/(\"version\": )\"[^\"]+\"/\\1\"0.8.0\"/" "packages/$p/package.json"
   rm "packages/$p/package.json.bak"
 done
 
@@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ bun run typecheck
 (cd packages/fastify && bun publish --access public)
 (cd packages/hono    && bun publish --access public)
 (cd packages/elysia  && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/koa     && bun publish --access public)
 (cd packages/next    && bun publish --access public)
-(cd packages/nestjs  && bun publish --access public)  # depends on express + fastify, publish last
+(cd packages/nestjs  && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/astro   && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/nuxt    && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/bun     && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/h3      && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/adonis  && bun publish --access public)
+(cd packages/tanstack-start && bun publish --access public)
 # (cd packages/cli   && bun publish --access public)  # only if you bumped it
 
 # 5. Commit, tag, push.

diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ import {
   Twitter,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import Image from "next/image";
-import Link from "next/link";
 import { ActionButton } from "../components/action-button";
-import { CompareTable } from "../components/blog/compare-table";
 import { CopyCommand } from "../components/copy-command";
 import {
   AdonisLogo,
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ import {
   TestMockup,
 } from "../components/mockups";
 import { ThemeToggle } from "../components/theme-toggle";
-import { COMPARISON_ROWS } from "../lib/blog/comparison";
 
 /** Update once the desktop app has a tagged GitHub Release. */
 const MAC_DOWNLOAD_URL =
@@ -58,7 +55,6 @@ const DOCKER_RUN_COMMAND = `docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 \\
 const SPONSORS_URL = "https://github.com/sponsors/pontusab";
 const TWITTER_URL = "https://x.com/pontusab";
 const DOCS_URL = "https://github.com/pontusab/workbench#readme";
-const COMPARISON_URL = "/blog/workbench-vs-bull-board";
 const INSTALL_COMMAND = "npx @getworkbench/cli init";
 
 /**
@@ -277,8 +273,6 @@ export default function Page() {
 
       <BuiltForDevs />
 
-      <ComparisonSection />
-
       <InstallSection />
 
       <Footer />
@@ -313,12 +307,6 @@ function Nav() {
         >
           Blog
         </a>
-        <Link
-          href={COMPARISON_URL}
-          className="hidden transition hover:text-[color:var(--color-foreground)] md:inline"
-        >
-          vs Bull Board
-        </Link>
         <a
           href={DOCS_URL}
           target="_blank"
@@ -635,48 +623,6 @@ function BuiltForDevs() {
   );
 }
 
-/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/* bull-board comparison                                                      */
-/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
-function ComparisonSection() {
-  return (
-    <section
-      id="compare"
-      className="scroll-mt-16 border-t border-[color:var(--color-border)]/60 px-6 py-20 md:px-10 md:py-28"
-    >
-      <div className="mx-auto max-w-6xl">
-        <div className="max-w-2xl">
-          <div className="font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-[color:var(--color-muted-foreground)]">
-            vs Bull Board
-          </div>
-          <h2 className="mt-3 text-balance text-3xl font-semibold tracking-tight md:text-4xl">
-            The modern bull-board alternative for BullMQ.
-          </h2>
-          <p className="mt-4 text-balance text-base leading-relaxed text-[color:var(--color-muted-foreground)]">
-            Bull Board is the dashboard everyone already knows. Workbench covers
-            the same Redis queues with thirteen first-party adapters, FlowProducer
-            DAGs, error triage, and a keyboard-driven UI — plus a native macOS app
-            and standalone Docker image.
-          </p>
-          <p className="mt-4">
-            <Link
-              href={COMPARISON_URL}
-              className="text-sm font-medium text-[color:var(--color-foreground)] underline decoration-[color:var(--color-border)] underline-offset-4 transition hover:decoration-[color:var(--color-foreground)]"
-            >
-              Read the full comparison →
-            </Link>
-          </p>
-        </div>
-
-        <div className="mt-10">
-          <CompareTable rows={COMPARISON_ROWS} compact />
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </section>
-  );
-}
-
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* Install / final CTA                                                        */
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -803,12 +749,6 @@ function Footer() {
           >
             Docs
           </a>
-          <Link
-            href={COMPARISON_URL}
-            className="transition hover:text-[color:var(--color-foreground)]"
-          >
-            vs Bull Board
-          </Link>
           <a
             href={SPONSORS_URL}
             target="_blank"

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/blog/blog-chrome.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/blog/blog-chrome.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ interface BlogChromeProps {
 
 const GITHUB_URL = "https://github.com/pontusab/workbench";
 const SPONSORS_URL = "https://github.com/sponsors/pontusab";
-const COMPARISON_URL = "/blog/workbench-vs-bull-board";
 
 /**
  * Shared header + footer used by both the blog index and individual post
@@ -51,12 +50,6 @@ export function BlogChrome({ children }: BlogChromeProps) {
           >
             Blog
           </Link>
-          <Link
-            href={COMPARISON_URL}
-            className="hidden transition hover:text-[color:var(--color-foreground)] md:inline"
-          >
-            vs Bull Board
-          </Link>
           <a
             href={GITHUB_URL}
             target="_blank"

diff --git a/examples/with-elysia/src/index.ts b/examples/with-elysia/src/index.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ new Elysia()
       title: "Elysia · Workbench",
       basePath: "/jobs",
       auth,
+      alerts: {
+        dashboardUrl: `http://localhost:${port}/jobs`,
+      },
     }),
   )
   .listen(port, ({ port }) => {

diff --git a/packages/adonis/package.json b/packages/adonis/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getworkbench/adonis",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "AdonisJS adapter for Workbench — modern BullMQ dashboard with broader framework coverage than bull-board.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",

diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getworkbench/astro",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Astro adapter for Workbench — modern BullMQ dashboard with broader framework coverage than bull-board.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",

diff --git a/packages/bun/package.json b/packages/bun/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getworkbench/bun",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Bun.serve adapter for Workbench — modern BullMQ dashboard with broader framework coverage than bull-board.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",

diff --git a/packages/core/README.md b/packages/core/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,70 @@ Shared by every adapter and by `createFetchHandler` / `WorkbenchCore`:
 | `basePath` | `string` | Override base path detection. Required for some adapters (Elysia, Koa, Next.js, TanStack Start, Astro, Nuxt, h3, Adonis). |
 | `readonly` | `boolean` | Disable actions (retry, remove, promote). |
 | `tags` | `string[]` | Fields from `job.data` to extract as filterable tags. |
+| `alerts` | `AlertsOptions` | Self-hosted alerting via BullMQ `QueueEvents`, Slack/webhook contact points, and dashboard-managed rules. |
+
+## Alerts
+
+Alerts are enabled by default. Configure contact points and rules from the dashboard **Alerts** page — nothing is sent until you add destinations and matching rules.
+
+Optional seed data and settings in code:
+
+```ts
+workbench({
+  queues: [emailQueue],
+  basePath: "/jobs",
+  alerts: {
+    dashboardUrl: "https://jobs.example.com/jobs",
+    contactPoints: [
+      {
+        id: "slack-prod",
+        name: "Slack #ops",
+        preset: "slack",
+        url: process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL!,
+        enabled: true,
+        createdAt: Date.now(),
+        updatedAt: Date.now(),
+      },
+    ],
+    rules: [
+      {
+        id: "failed-jobs",
+        name: "Job failed",
+        enabled: true,
+        trigger: "job_failed",
+        severity: "warning",
+        contactPointIds: ["slack-prod"],
+        createdAt: Date.now(),
+        updatedAt: Date.now(),
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+});
+```
+
+Supported triggers: `job_failed`, `job_stalled`, `retries_exhausted`, `failed_backlog`, `no_workers_with_backlog`.
+
+Dashboard-managed config is **persisted in Redis** at `{prefix}:workbench:alerts:*` using the same connection as your queues. Code-defined `contactPoints` / `rules` seed Redis once when the store is empty.
+
+Set `alerts.persistence: "memory"` to keep config in-process only (resets on restart). Set `alerts.enabled: false` to disable alerting entirely.
+
+### How this compares
+
+| Tool | Alert setup |
+| --- | --- |
+| **Bull Board** | No built-in alerting — you wire Slack/webhooks in worker code |
+| **Sidekiq** | Code hooks (`death_handlers`) in your initializer |
+| **Grafana** | UI contact points + alert rules + optional routing tree |
+| **Workbench** | Grafana-style **contact points** and **rules** in the dashboard; event-driven via BullMQ `QueueEvents` |
+
+### Slack setup
+
+1. Create a Slack app at [api.slack.com/apps](https://api.slack.com/apps)
+2. Enable **Incoming Webhooks** → **Add New Webhook to Workspace** → pick a channel
+3. Copy the webhook URL (`https://hooks.slack.com/services/...`)
+4. In Workbench **Alerts** → **Add contact point** → preset **Slack** → paste URL → **Test**
+
+Slack preset sends Block Kit messages with queue, job, and severity details. Set `alerts.dashboardUrl` so notifications include an **Open in Workbench** link (HTTPS links render as buttons; HTTP dev URLs use a text link). Generic webhook preset sends a stable JSON payload for automation.
 
 ## Requirements
 

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getworkbench/core",
-  "version": "0.7.1",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Core of Workbench — QueueManager, API router, and bundled UI. Modern alternative to `@bull-board/api`.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",