Gearman vs Resque
Gearman
gearman.orgResque
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Gearman | Resque |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | 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) | 7.2 (#31) |
| Notable limit | The download page describes GearmanSharp as incomplete and says it does not yet implement the full protocol. | Resque does not support numeric priorities; workers prioritize queues by the order in their queue list. |
| Security | The download page says the pure Perl Gearman client and worker API supports SSL. | The README demonstrates a Rack frontend example that includes HTTP basic authentication. |
| Support | The project directs users to its Google Groups mailing list and Matrix chat. | The README directs questions to its FAQ or the project issue tracker. |
Plans
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.