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	9.69	299,581,423	13,492	2,429	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	686
resque	4.15	50,476,352	9,477	1,566	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	458
delayed_job	2.83	61,451,576	4,823	951	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	135
bunny	1.69	70,991,568	1,410	306	2009-04-23	2025-03-23	339
delayed_job_active_record	1.24	55,294,687	353	311	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.15	29,201,567	2,113	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.96	14,540,135	2,248	308	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	0.92	19,480,422	2,636	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
solid_queue	0.89	13,094,008	2,392	222	2023-12-18	2026-01-15	15
good_job	0.89	6,516,060	2,931	230	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	3
que	0.70	4,235,564	2,316	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.38	1,021,358	1,187	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.34	6,090,097	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.19	2,171,382	431	70	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,414,727	607	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.15	70,951	507	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
starling	0.15	81,406	463	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		214	32
beaneater	0.12	2,474,209	200	41	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	26
navvy	0.06	57,539	214	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	119,118	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	705,920	169	9	1980-01-02	2026-02-02	0
lowkiq	0.04	34,729	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	93,732	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,717	63	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	90,990	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,639	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	390,892			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	394,447			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,270	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	7,945			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	25,299	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
later	0.00	17,842			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	297,826	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,023	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,258	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,403			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	136,410			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	49,898			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu