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Queue JSON jobs in Redis and process them later with independent Ruby worker processes

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9,469
Primary language
Ruby
License
MIT
Repository last updated
Sep 16, 2026
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Overview

Resque is a Redis-backed background-job library for Ruby. Classes or modules that implement perform can be queued and later executed by polling worker processes. It also includes a Sinatra web interface for inspecting queues, workers, and failures. The current version is 3.1.0.

Features and best fit

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Key features

Enqueue Ruby job classes into Redis and process them across multiple workers

A job class plus JSON-serializable arguments is stored in Redis, and worker processes can be assigned to specific queues across multiple machines. Queue-list order provides a simple priority model.

Sources: [2]

Track failures, worker state, and queue contents through hooks and the bundled web UI

Resque::Failure records failed jobs, while 3.1.0 adds unique failure IDs and always hooks that run after either success or failure. The bundled Sinatra UI exposes queue, worker, failure, and Redis state.

Sources: [2][5]

Best fit

Fits Ruby backends moving email, aggregation, webhooks, and slow I/O out of the request path

Resque is useful when web requests should return quickly while slower work runs in separate processes and when queue ownership and worker counts need to be tuned independently. Rails applications can use it through ActiveJob.

Sources: [2]

Before adoption

Resque 3.1.0 requires Ruby 3.2+ and Redis 4+; job arguments must remain JSON serializable

Version 3.1.0 requires Ruby 3.2 or newer and Redis server 4.0 or newer, with redis gem 4.0+ and Rack 2 or 3 supported. Because job payloads are stored as JSON, pass IDs and other serializable values instead of model instances. The polling worker model also makes queue latency, Redis availability, and retry/failure policy operational concerns.

Sources: [4][2][5]

Official sources

  1. [1]resque/resque — GitHub repository(2026-10-06)
  2. [2]Resque — README(2026-10-06)
  3. [3]Resque — version source(2026-10-06)
  4. [4]Resque — resque.gemspec(2026-10-06)
  5. [5]Resque — HISTORY(2026-10-06)
  6. [6]Resque — MIT License(2026-10-06)
Supplemental curator note

Resque fits Ruby backends that want worker and queue ownership separated at the process level. Job arguments are persisted as JSON, so pass IDs instead of model objects and include Redis failure, polling latency, and retry/failure policy in operations.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/resque/resque.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd resque
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • queue
  • background-jobs
  • job-scheduler
  • ruby
  • job-queue
  • asynchronous-tasks
  • asynctask
  • background-worker
  • background-service
  • job-management
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Forks
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Watchers
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Open issues
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Contributors
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License
MIT
Repository last updated
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