Sidekiq
Simple, efficient background jobs for Ruby
★ 4.7
The standard background job processor for Ruby and Rails. Redis-backed with Pro/Enterprise features for reliability. Powers thousands of Ruby applications.
Features
✓ Redis-backed queue
✓ Concurrent job processing
✓ Retry with backoff
✓ Scheduled jobs
✓ Batches (Pro)
✓ Rate limiting (Enterprise)
✓ Unique jobs (Pro)
✓ Web UI
Pros
- + Ruby/Rails standard
- + Battle-tested at scale
- + Excellent performance
- + Great documentation
- + Active maintenance
Cons
- − Ruby only
- − Best features are paid
- − Requires Redis
- − Pro license per-machine