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	9.74	297,669,346	13,480	2,425	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	684
resque	4.18	50,248,554	9,474	1,566	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	458
delayed_job	2.84	61,129,327	4,822	951	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	135
bunny	1.70	70,706,230	1,407	307	2009-04-23	2025-03-23	339
delayed_job_active_record	1.25	55,025,495	353	311	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.15	28,937,815	2,110	284	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.97	14,469,093	2,248	309	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
sucker_punch	0.91	18,104,822	2,634	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.89	6,418,269	2,923	227	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	3
solid_queue	0.88	12,626,605	2,383	220	2023-12-18	2026-01-15	13
que	0.70	4,190,120	2,316	187	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.39	1,015,572	1,187	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.34	6,062,039	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.19	2,160,814	431	70	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,414,301	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
starling	0.15	81,359	463	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.15		214	32
qu	0.15	70,660	507	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
beaneater	0.12	2,466,725	200	41	2012-11-02	2022-10-14	26
navvy	0.06	57,430	214	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	12
stalker	0.05	119,002	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	696,485	169	9	1980-01-02	2026-01-05	0
lowkiq	0.04	34,682	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	93,636	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,682	64	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	90,812	36	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,592	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	390,286			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	391,836			2015-07-14	2023-11-10	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,250	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	7,909			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	25,220	2	0	2019-02-08	2021-10-31	6
later	0.00	17,815			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	297,138	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	28,987	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,227	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,361			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	136,216			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	49,795			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu