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	9.47	310,742,113	13,515	2,432	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	684
resque	4.02	51,873,840	9,470	1,564	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	456
delayed_job	2.74	63,320,088	4,817	951	1980-01-02	2024-11-08	135
bunny	1.65	73,125,215	1,414	307	1980-01-02	2025-03-23	340
delayed_job_active_record	1.21	57,030,219	353	309	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	117
shoryuken	1.12	30,577,243	2,115	285	1980-01-02	2024-02-09	23
sneakers	0.93	14,899,393	2,244	305	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	24
solid_queue	0.92	16,236,607	2,408	237	2023-12-18	2026-03-20	24
sucker_punch	0.91	20,712,106	2,638	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.88	7,091,836	2,955	237	1980-01-02	2025-06-30	6
que	0.68	4,513,849	2,316	186	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.37	1,085,593	1,187	143	2011-01-28	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.33	6,319,652	627	127	2008-07-17	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.18	2,299,057	432	69	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.16	1,419,707	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.14	74,651	506	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.14		215	32
starling	0.14	81,715	462	58	2008-01-10	2010-01-19	5
beaneater	0.12	2,591,512	200	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
navvy	0.06	58,191	212	18	2010-01-10	2011-01-01	1
ncr/background-fu	0.06		96	13
stalker	0.05	120,065	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
delayed	0.05	788,799	171	10	1980-01-02	2026-02-12	0
lowkiq	0.04	35,062	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	94,329	130	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	17,864	63	10	2010-01-27	2010-07-26	2
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
quebert	0.01	91,821	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rock-queue	0.01	33,908	20	3	2009-11-16	2010-08-31	0
beetle	0.01	393,942			2010-04-13	2023-03-27	1
rocketjob	0.01	409,928			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
workling	0.01	15,357	17	5	2009-02-24	2009-02-24	0
runner	0.00	8,056			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
legionio	0.00	51,320	3	0	1980-01-02	2021-10-31	1
later	0.00	18,010			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	300,496	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
job_reactor	0.00	29,315	6	0	2012-06-01	2013-06-21	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,385	6	0	2011-05-23	2011-10-23	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	29,687			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	137,397			2009-09-14	2015-10-28	0
bj	0.00	50,447			2007-12-12	2008-01-08	0
jnstq/job_fu