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	8.91	330,038,460	13,553	2,438	2012-02-05	2026-05-27	710
resque	3.68	54,025,098	9,482	1,565	2009-11-03	2026-01-12	460
delayed_job	2.53	66,083,980	4,825	945	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.56	76,620,950	1,425	311	2009-07-25	2026-04-02	344
delayed_job_active_record	1.14	59,674,320	356	308	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	1.05	32,721,647	2,125	285	2014-10-06	2026-07-10	23
solid_queue	0.94	22,687,983	2,483	247	2023-12-18	2026-07-31	42
sneakers	0.85	15,394,757	2,239	301	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
sucker_punch	0.84	22,221,543	2,631	108	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
good_job	0.83	8,176,881	2,991	250	2020-03-03	2026-07-20	7
que	0.62	4,861,932	2,323	186	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.34	1,165,863	1,187	144	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.30	6,580,981	627	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.16	2,432,694	433	68	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.14	1,428,398	606	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
starling	0.13	82,512	463	58	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
qu	0.13	76,635	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.13		215	32
beaneater	0.11	2,741,733	201	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
delayed	0.06	1,156,351	176	12	2021-08-17	2026-08-12	0
navvy	0.05	59,278	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
stalker	0.05	121,469	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
ncr/background-fu	0.05		96	13
lowkiq	0.03	35,404	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	96,363	129	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.02		25	4
resque-mongo	0.02	18,122	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
legionio	0.01	80,400	9	6	2019-02-08	2026-07-23	1
workling	0.01	15,584	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
quebert	0.01	93,514	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
rocketjob	0.01	439,722			2015-07-14	2026-01-31	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,226	20	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
beetle	0.01	401,716			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
runner	0.00	8,211			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
job_reactor	0.00	30,047	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	306,305	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	30,200			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	139,316			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
later	0.00	18,318			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
bj	0.00	51,738			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,747	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
jnstq/job_fu