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	9.59	305,226,220	13,503	2,430	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	682
resque	4.09	51,166,845	9,482	1,566	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	455
delayed_job	2.79	62,378,320	4,817	952	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	134
bunny	1.67	72,087,252	1,408	306	2009-04-23	2025-03-23	339
delayed_job_active_record	1.23	56,150,636	353	310	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.14	29,975,793	2,114	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.95	14,694,966	2,245	306	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	0.92	20,138,585	2,638	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
solid_queue	0.90	14,625,257	2,401	230	2023-12-18	2026-02-20	20
good_job	0.89	6,827,848	2,943	234	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	4
que	0.69	4,362,269	2,314	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.38	1,043,806	1,188	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.34	6,188,080	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.18	2,228,761	432	69	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,416,542	608	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.14	72,977	507	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		215	32
starling	0.14	81,585	462	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
beaneater	0.12	2,517,184	200	42	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
navvy	0.06	57,862	213	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	119,689	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	741,248	170	10	1980-01-02	2026-02-12	0
lowkiq	0.04	34,860	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	94,021	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,781	63	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	91,457	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,799	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	392,268			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	403,303			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,305	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	8,000			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	25,609	2	1	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
later	0.00	17,920			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	299,447	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,155	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,314	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,525			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	136,889			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	50,180			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu