python-arq/arq

Health v2 · maintenance only

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

arq is a Python job queuing and RPC library built on asyncio and Redis, designed as a fast, modern successor to rq. It supports deferred execution, retries, and pessimistic execution so critical jobs are not lost.

Use cases

• run background jobs in python with asyncio
• queue tasks with redis
• retry failed jobs automatically
• distribute work across multiple workers
• replace celery or rq with something faster
• schedule deferred job execution

When to choose

• your stack is asyncio-based and you need non-blocking job execution
• you want a small, simple, fast alternative to celery or rq
• you need reliable retries and at-least-once execution semantics

When to avoid

• you need a feature-rich task framework with complex workflows
• you cannot use Redis as a broker
• you need a project under active feature development, since arq is in maintenance-only mode

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

message-queue concurrency rpc scheduling microservices backend developer-tools python windows asyncio job-queue background-jobs task-queue worker-pool msgpack automation redis linux macos

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