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	9.51	308,794,960	13,505	2,430	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	683
resque	4.05	51,625,603	9,476	1,566	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	455
delayed_job	2.76	63,008,278	4,817	953	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	134
bunny	1.66	72,758,113	1,410	306	1980-01-02	2025-03-23	340
delayed_job_active_record	1.22	56,739,253	353	309	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.13	30,371,073	2,115	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.94	14,829,230	2,243	306	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
solid_queue	0.91	15,707,495	2,406	234	2023-12-18	2026-03-20	21
sucker_punch	0.91	20,507,485	2,639	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.89	7,008,090	2,952	237	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	5
que	0.68	4,464,074	2,316	186	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.37	1,072,247	1,187	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.33	6,278,306	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.18	2,278,383	431	69	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,418,584	608	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		215	32
starling	0.14	81,672	462	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
qu	0.14	73,869	506	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
beaneater	0.12	2,569,833	200	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
navvy	0.06	58,078	212	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	119,910	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	770,859	171	10	1980-01-02	2026-02-12	0
lowkiq	0.04	34,953	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	94,224	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,834	63	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	91,682	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,894	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	393,155			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	407,085			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,337	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	8,030			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	46,182	2	0	1980-01-02	2021-10-31	1
later	0.00	17,975			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	300,220	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,253	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,365	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,611			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	137,156			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	50,342			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu