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
resque	5.74	41,994,594	9,389	1,553	2009-11-03	2023-08-19	453
sidekiq	12.15	224,422,635	12,976	2,336	2012-02-05	2024-04-26	636
delayed_job	3.79	48,216,608	4,802	955	2009-09-06	2022-09-28	135
shoryuken	1.41	20,270,451	2,025	270	2014-10-06	2024-02-09	23
delayed	0.06	261,155	149	7	2021-08-17	2024-05-01	0
sucker_punch	1.19	12,715,276	2,652	112	2013-01-19	2023-12-11	51
sneakers	1.31	11,016,710	2,232	314	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	25
que	0.95	2,508,679	2,289	186	2013-11-07	2023-10-16	18
bunny	2.13	56,694,716	1,365	297	2009-04-23	2023-06-12	326
quebert	0.02	84,410	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
starling	0.22	75,813	468	61	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
queue_classic	0.55	785,834	1,194	144	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
good_job	0.98	1,533,893	2,465	186	2020-03-03	2024-05-18	2
backburner	0.25	1,781,994	424	68	2012-07-26	2023-01-16	6
amqp	0.46	4,519,786	635	128	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	145
beaneater	0.17	2,168,340	197	43	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	25
delayed_job_active_record	1.55	43,412,158	341	309	2011-09-29	2023-10-13	118
girl_friday	0.24	1,394,130	606	25	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.21	66,260	507	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
lowkiq	0.05	28,321	142	10	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.21		214	32
stalker	0.07	112,550	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
workling	0.01	14,190	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
ncr/background-fu	0.08		95	11
legionio	0.00	20,369	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	3
backgrounded	0.05	87,405	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
navvy	0.09	52,601	216	19	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
job_reactor	0.00	26,606	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.02		18	4
resque-mongo	0.03	16,370	64	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
rabbit_jobs	0.01	276,518	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	12,833	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
rock-queue	0.01	31,185	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
jnstq/job_fu
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	26,954			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
later	0.00	16,196			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
cloud-crowd	0.01	124,913			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
rocketjob	0.01	308,123			2015-07-14	2023-11-10	1
runner	0.00	6,507			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
bj	0.00	45,610			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
beetle	0.02	356,895			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	2