Gearman vs GoodJob
Gearman
gearman.orgGoodJob
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Gearman | GoodJob |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Task Queue Software | 8.8 (#4) | 7.6 (#27) |
| Security | The download page says the pure Perl Gearman client and worker API supports SSL. | The README advises authorizing dashboard access because job records can contain sensitive information. |
| What it does | Gearman distributes work to other machines or processes for parallel execution, load balancing, and cross-language function calls. | GoodJob is a multithreaded, PostgreSQL-based Active Job backend for Ruby on Rails. |
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In their own words
Gearman
Gearman is a free, self-hosted application framework for distributing work across machines or processes. A client submits jobs, a job server routes them, and a worker performs them, allowing parallel processing and load balancing. Jobs can run asynchronously in the background or receive priorities. Clients and workers may use different language interfaces when they understand the workload; listed interfaces include C, C#/.NET, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Lisp. Messages can reach 4 GB, with chunking for larger messages. Clients and workers can connect to multiple job servers and fail over when one dies. The C job server supports persistent queues. MySQL and PostgreSQL functions expose client calls to queries, triggers, and stored procedures, while the pure Perl API supports SSL. Gearman runs on Linux and Windows, offers API access, and is licensed under BSD. GearmanSharp is incomplete.