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	8.49	340,423,278	13,557	2,430	2012-02-05	2026-08-17	718
resque	3.44	55,134,108	9,467	1,565	2009-11-03	2026-09-16	461
delayed_job	2.38	67,554,817	4,824	943	2009-09-06	2025-12-29	135
bunny	1.49	78,413,239	1,426	310	2009-07-25	2026-09-18	344
delayed_job_active_record	1.10	61,031,058	357	308	2011-09-29	2024-11-09	119
shoryuken	1.00	33,913,973	2,126	281	2014-10-06	2026-09-23	23
solid_queue	0.95	27,347,836	2,503	256	2023-12-18	2026-08-21	43
sucker_punch	0.80	22,846,550	2,628	107	2013-01-19	2025-12-23	51
sneakers	0.79	15,599,417	2,235	301	2013-08-30	2019-12-24	23
good_job	0.79	8,787,607	3,000	258	2020-03-03	2026-10-09	7
que	0.58	5,021,440	2,326	188	2013-11-07	2024-10-28	18
queue_classic	0.32	1,196,206	1,187	144	2011-01-31	2022-05-18	10
amqp	0.29	6,649,994	627	127	2009-07-25	2018-01-02	149
backburner	0.16	2,479,884	441	69	2012-07-26	2026-01-02	5
girl_friday	0.13	1,434,662	605	24	2011-04-20	2013-01-05	12
qu	0.12	77,511	505	48	2011-09-23	2012-06-13	13
starling	0.12	82,917	461	58	2009-07-25	2010-01-20	5
gnufied/backgroundrb	0.12		215	32
beaneater	0.10	2,794,425	201	43	2012-11-02	2026-03-07	26
rocketjob	0.07	454,924	291	23	2015-07-14	2026-09-05	1
delayed	0.05	1,288,164	180	12	2021-08-17	2026-10-07	0
navvy	0.05	59,579	211	18	2010-01-11	2011-01-02	1
ncr/background-fu	0.05		96	13
stalker	0.04	121,749	132	25	2010-03-26	2011-04-12	3
lowkiq	0.03	35,519	142	12	2019-10-04	2022-08-10	0
backgrounded	0.03	97,940	129	6	2009-10-26	2016-08-29	7
resque-mongo	0.02	18,187	63	10	2010-01-22	2010-07-27	2
workling	0.01	15,625	17	5	2009-11-17	2010-12-08	0
legionio	0.01	98,285	12	6	2019-02-08	2026-08-28	1
rock-queue	0.01	34,334	21	3	2009-12-07	2010-09-01	0
seanohalpin/smqueue	0.01		18	4
beetle	0.01	403,249			2010-04-14	2023-03-27	1
barttenbrinke/worker_queue	0.01		25	4
quebert	0.01	93,853	35	3	2010-10-03	2019-04-09	0
runner	0.00	8,289			2010-02-13	2010-02-13	0
job_reactor	0.00	30,168	6	0	2012-05-31	2013-06-21	0
bj	0.00	52,078			2009-07-25	2009-07-25	0
rabbit_jobs	0.00	307,290	0	0	2012-01-24	2014-11-06	0
frenzy_bunnies	0.00	30,333			2012-07-24	2012-09-16	0
acts_as_executor	0.00	14,823	6	0	2011-05-24	2011-10-24	0
later	0.00	18,425			2012-08-20	2012-10-21	0
cloud-crowd	0.00	139,870			2009-09-15	2015-10-28	0
jnstq/job_fu