Category: Background Jobs - The Ruby Toolbox

Background Jobs

Process slow tasks asynchronously to keep response times low, improve fault-tolerance and aid with horizontal scaling

	Project Score	Downloads	Stars	Forks	First release	Latest release	Reverse Dependencies
sidekiq	11.80	245,475,118	13,169	2,372	2012-02-05	2024-11-20	645
resque	5.52	44,202,989	9,432	1,555	2009-11-03	2023-08-19	453
delayed_job	3.64	51,673,732	4,818	954	2009-09-06	2024-11-08	135
bunny	2.52	60,662,978			2009-04-23	2024-07-01	329
delayed_job_active_record	1.47	46,458,488	348	309	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.38	22,338,999	2,054	275	2014-10-06	2024-02-09	22
sneakers	1.27	11,910,147	2,253	312	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	1.14	13,823,517	2,643	112	2013-01-19	2023-12-11	51
good_job	1.04	2,326,856	2,703	202	2020-03-03	2024-10-18	2
que	0.92	2,797,979	2,308	181	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	17
solid_queue	0.71	599,179	1,946	129	2023-12-18	2024-11-16	7
queue_classic	0.53	845,790	1,192	144	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.44	4,888,149	632	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	147
backburner	0.25	1,837,538	429	69	2012-07-26	2023-01-16	6
girl_friday	0.22	1,401,091	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.20		214	31
starling	0.20	77,944	464	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
qu	0.20	66,883	505	47	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
beaneater	0.16	2,233,680	199	42	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	25
navvy	0.08	53,623	215	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.08		97	11
stalker	0.07	113,948	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.06	306,880	157	9	2021-08-17	2024-08-13	0
lowkiq	0.05	30,919	142	11	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.04	89,163	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.03	16,681	64	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
beetle	0.02	366,946			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	3
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.02		18	4
quebert	0.02	86,476	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
cloud-crowd	0.01	127,570			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
rocketjob	0.01	320,177			2015-07-14	2023-11-10	1
rock-queue	0.01	31,844	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
rabbit_jobs	0.01	283,778	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
workling	0.01	14,407	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	7,055			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	21,423	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
later	0.00	16,598			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
job_reactor	0.00	27,370	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	13,206	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	27,609			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
bj	0.00	46,392			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu