hibiken/asynq

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Asynq is a Go library for a distributed task queue backed by Redis, letting clients enqueue tasks that worker servers process concurrently. It includes scheduling, retries, priority queues, task deduplication, a web UI, and a CLI for inspecting and controlling queues.

Use cases

• run background jobs in a Go web app
• schedule periodic tasks with cron-like behavior
• distribute work across multiple worker machines
• retry failed jobs with backoff
• process emails or reports asynchronously
• monitor queue metrics with Prometheus
• deduplicate identical tasks

When to choose

• you're building in Go and need reliable async job processing
• you already run Redis and want a lightweight queue without extra infrastructure
• you need task retries, priorities, scheduling, and crash recovery
• you want horizontal scaling of workers with at-least-once delivery

When to avoid

• you need a broker other than Redis (e.g. RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• you need exactly-once delivery guarantees
• your stack isn't Go and you'd rather use a language-native queue
• you need complex workflow orchestration beyond simple task aggregation

Facets

library · maturity stable

message-queue scheduling workflow-automation monitoring cli backend microservices developer-tools go windows self-hosted task-queue background-jobs worker-pool asynchronous-tasks redis-backed job-scheduling retries web-ui automation redis linux macos docker

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