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	8.33	347,137,893	13,569	2,431	2012-02-05	2026-08-17	718
resque	3.35	55,785,193	9,467	1,569	2009-11-03	2026-10-16	461
delayed_job	2.32	68,392,510	4,822	944	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.47	79,702,066	1,425	310	2009-07-25	2026-11-09	345
delayed_job_active_record	1.07	61,812,393	357	309	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	0.98	34,582,866	2,129	282	2014-10-06	2026-09-23	23
solid_queue	0.97	30,044,784	2,508	269	2023-12-18	2026-11-03	45
sucker_punch	0.78	23,421,710	2,627	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.78	9,180,295	2,999	266	2020-03-03	2026-11-03	7
sneakers	0.77	15,720,104	2,233	301	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
que	0.56	5,076,322	2,325	190	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.31	1,213,453	1,187	143	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.28	6,684,609	626	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.15	2,512,476	441	69	2012-07-26	2026-11-06	5
girl_friday	0.13	1,436,024	605	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.11	77,760	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
starling	0.11	83,065	460	57	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.11		215	32
beaneater	0.10	2,832,541	201	44	2012-11-02	2026-11-05	26
rocketjob	0.07	461,005	291	23	2015-07-14	2026-11-07	1
delayed	0.05	1,297,699	181	13	2021-08-17	2026-10-07	0
navvy	0.05	59,724	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
ncr/background-fu	0.05		96	13
stalker	0.04	121,871	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
lowkiq	0.03	35,829	142	12	2019-10-04	2026-11-02	0
backgrounded	0.03	98,151	129	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	18,239	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
workling	0.01	15,684	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
legionio	0.01	100,185	12	6	2019-02-08	2026-08-28	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,388	21	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
beetle	0.01	404,486			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.01		25	4
quebert	0.01	94,058	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
runner	0.00	8,370			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
job_reactor	0.00	30,240	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
bj	0.00	52,265			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	307,941	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	30,407			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,868	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
later	0.00	18,468			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	140,213			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
jnstq/job_fu