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	10.17	278,117,426	13,365	2,415	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	671
resque	4.45	47,788,796	9,462	1,563	2009-11-03	2024-12-30	457
delayed_job	3.01	57,387,149	4,818	955	2009-09-06	2024-11-08	135
bunny	1.78	66,771,863	1,403	307	2009-04-23	2025-03-23	336
delayed_job_active_record	1.30	51,610,870	353	310	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	118
shoryuken	1.19	26,172,684	2,078	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	22
sneakers	1.03	13,400,264	2,251	311	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	0.95	16,325,819	2,637	109	2013-01-19	2023-12-11	51
good_job	0.92	5,356,623	2,854	222	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	2
solid_queue	0.78	6,619,771	2,190	195	2023-12-18	2025-07-23	12
que	0.74	3,533,113	2,313	183	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	17
queue_classic	0.42	916,250	1,189	144	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.36	5,632,153	628	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	148
backburner	0.20	1,999,907	433	70	2012-07-26	2023-01-16	6
girl_friday	0.18	1,408,023	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
starling	0.16	79,736	463	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
qu	0.16	67,818	506	47	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.15		214	31
beaneater	0.13	2,341,493	201	42	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	25
navvy	0.06	55,084	215	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
stalker	0.06	115,730	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	11
delayed	0.05	522,269	159	9	1980-01-02	2025-04-03	0
lowkiq	0.04	33,416	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.04	91,041	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,058	64	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	3
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.02		18	4
rocketjob	0.01	361,430			2015-07-14	2023-11-10	1
rock-queue	0.01	32,567	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
workling	0.01	14,766	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
quebert	0.01	88,489	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rabbit_jobs	0.01	290,327	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
beetle	0.01	379,147			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
runner	0.00	7,509			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
job_reactor	0.00	28,043	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
later	0.00	17,045			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	28,269			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	131,217			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	47,943			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	13,638	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
legionio	0.00	22,723	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
jnstq/job_fu