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Delayed Job vs RQ (Redis Queue)

Delayed Job

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Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
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Open source——
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published11
Spec score · Task Queue Software7.6 (#26)8.2 (#9)
PurposeDelayed::Job is a database-backed priority queue for running longer tasks asynchronously in the background.RQ is a Python library for queueing jobs and processing them in the background with workers.
SupportThe README points users to a Google Groups mailing list and Stack Overflow for help.The project directs users to its Discord for help and discussion about contributions and the project's future.

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RQ (Redis Queue)

RQ (Redis Queue) is a Python library for placing jobs in queues and running them asynchronously in background worker processes. It is self-hosted, open source under the BSD license, and free. It requires Redis 5 or later, or Valkey 7.2 or later. RQ supports scheduled and repeating jobs, retries, bulk enqueueing, job groups, dependencies, unique jobs, and concurrency rate limits. Unique jobs cannot be combined with dependencies. Failed jobs are recorded with exception information, and custom exception handlers are supported. For monitoring, there is an `rq info` console command; RQ Dashboard is a separate web-based frontend. Documentation covers Django, including django-rq, as well as usage with Heroku, Sentry, Supervisor, and systemd. RQ serializes jobs with pickle by default, which the project warns is safe only with trusted Redis instances; JSON is an alternative. Workers need a system that supports `fork()`, so Windows requires Windows Subsystem for Linux and a bash shell. Workers must also be able to import job functions, and producers and workers must share source code.

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