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	9.19	325,002,303	13,547	2,436	2012-02-05	2026-05-27	704
resque	3.86	53,470,210	9,479	1,565	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	458
delayed_job	2.63	65,390,422	4,823	946	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.60	75,667,898	1,424	310	2009-07-25	2026-04-02	342
delayed_job_active_record	1.17	58,992,709	356	309	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	1.09	32,167,907	2,125	284	2014-10-06	2026-07-10	23
solid_queue	0.95	20,728,868	2,449	243	2023-12-18	2026-03-20	37
sneakers	0.89	15,277,348	2,240	302	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
sucker_punch	0.88	21,874,865	2,632	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.86	7,879,155	2,980	243	2020-03-03	2026-06-25	7
que	0.65	4,775,286	2,320	186	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.36	1,148,869	1,187	144	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.32	6,534,743	627	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.17	2,401,670	432	68	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.15	1,424,966	607	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
starling	0.14	82,089	462	58	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
qu	0.13	76,180	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.13		215	32
beaneater	0.11	2,706,288	200	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
delayed	0.06	1,105,839	174	12	2021-08-17	2026-07-13	0
stalker	0.05	121,013	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
navvy	0.05	58,919	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
lowkiq	0.04	35,364	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	95,296	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	18,057	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
rocketjob	0.01	431,228			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
beetle	0.01	398,467			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,204	20	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
quebert	0.01	92,841	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
workling	0.01	15,490	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
legionio	0.01	69,805	9	6	2019-02-08	2026-06-26	1
runner	0.00	8,157			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
later	0.00	18,196			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	303,985	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,882	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,609	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,993			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	138,526			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	51,423			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
jnstq/job_fu