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	9.30	320,177,937	13,536	2,439	2012-02-05	2026-05-27	695
resque	3.92	52,930,661	9,480	1,561	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	456
delayed_job	2.68	64,672,484	4,822	947	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.62	74,795,369	1,425	309	2009-07-25	2026-04-02	341
delayed_job_active_record	1.18	58,318,445	356	308	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	1.10	31,654,461	2,121	284	2014-10-06	2026-04-16	23
solid_queue	0.94	19,106,258	2,441	242	2023-12-18	2026-03-20	34
sneakers	0.90	15,153,500	2,240	303	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
sucker_punch	0.89	21,518,897	2,633	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.87	7,617,274	2,974	243	2020-03-03	2026-05-27	7
que	0.66	4,697,876	2,319	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.36	1,126,677	1,187	144	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.32	6,482,880	627	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.18	2,366,759	432	68	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.15	1,423,159	607	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.14	75,683	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
starling	0.14	81,962	461	58	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		215	32
beaneater	0.11	2,667,319	200	42	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
navvy	0.06	58,651	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
delayed	0.06	971,810	172	12	2021-08-17	2026-06-08	0
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	120,765	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
lowkiq	0.04	35,320	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	95,004	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,992	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
rocketjob	0.01	423,490			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
beetle	0.01	397,260			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,119	20	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
quebert	0.01	92,541	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
workling	0.01	15,449	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
legionio	0.01	66,788	9	5	2019-02-08	2026-06-03	1
runner	0.00	8,127			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
later	0.00	18,155			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	303,027	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,582	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,549	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,915			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	138,215			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	50,965			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
jnstq/job_fu