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	9.65	302,504,077	13,497	2,432	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	685
resque	4.13	50,832,065	9,483	1,565	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	458
delayed_job	2.81	61,932,941	4,819	951	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	135
bunny	1.68	71,509,258	1,410	306	2009-04-23	2025-03-23	339
delayed_job_active_record	1.24	55,737,048	353	311	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.14	29,626,945	2,111	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.96	14,615,669	2,246	307	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	0.92	19,791,592	2,638	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
solid_queue	0.89	13,903,346	2,392	225	2023-12-18	2026-02-20	17
good_job	0.89	6,677,044	2,935	231	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	4
que	0.69	4,296,246	2,314	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	17
queue_classic	0.38	1,028,124	1,187	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.34	6,145,820	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.18	2,187,304	431	69	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,415,673	607	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.15	71,921	507	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
starling	0.15	81,468	463	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		214	32
beaneater	0.12	2,484,796	200	41	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	26
navvy	0.06	57,741	213	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	119,271	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	723,572	168	10	1980-01-02	2026-02-12	0
lowkiq	0.04	34,768	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	93,842	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,762	63	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	91,294	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,759	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	391,494			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	398,680			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,293	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	7,978			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	25,400	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
later	0.00	17,864			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	298,935	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,062	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,275	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,443			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	136,635			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	50,038			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu