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	8.88	330,645,690	13,552	2,438	2012-02-05	2026-05-27	710
resque	3.67	54,083,772	9,482	1,565	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	460
delayed_job	2.52	66,161,437	4,825	944	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.56	76,687,539	1,425	311	2009-07-25	2026-04-02	344
delayed_job_active_record	1.14	59,717,704	356	308	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	1.05	32,803,150	2,125	285	2014-10-06	2026-07-10	23
solid_queue	0.94	22,852,294	2,484	248	2023-12-18	2026-07-31	42
sneakers	0.84	15,432,406	2,239	301	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
sucker_punch	0.84	22,323,489	2,631	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.83	8,197,203	2,991	250	2020-03-03	2026-07-20	7
que	0.62	4,882,570	2,322	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.34	1,168,098	1,186	144	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.30	6,583,598	627	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.16	2,434,855	433	68	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.14	1,428,798	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
starling	0.13	82,582	463	58	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
qu	0.13	76,713	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.13		215	32
beaneater	0.11	2,744,264	201	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
delayed	0.06	1,180,234	177	12	2021-08-17	2026-08-13	0
navvy	0.05	59,319	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
stalker	0.05	121,547	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
ncr/background-fu	0.05		96	13
lowkiq	0.03	35,420	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	96,450	129	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
resque-mongo	0.02	18,137	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
legionio	0.01	81,320	9	6	2019-02-08	2026-07-23	1
workling	0.01	15,597	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
quebert	0.01	93,606	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rocketjob	0.01	440,948			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,248	20	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
beetle	0.01	401,893			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
runner	0.00	8,217			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
job_reactor	0.00	30,063	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	306,610	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	30,210			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	139,373			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
later	0.00	18,326			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
bj	0.00	51,758			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,749	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
jnstq/job_fu