beanstalkd/beanstalkd
Beanstalk is a simple, fast work queue. observed · 2026-10-08
Health v2 · maintenance only
34/100
- Activity 4
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6777
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 581
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
6705 stars · 866 forks observed · 2026-10-08
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Beanstalkd is a simple, fast, general-purpose work queue server written in C with a text-based network protocol. It is designed to run time-consuming tasks asynchronously, originally to reduce page-view latency in high-volume web applications.
Use cases
- run background jobs asynchronously from a web app
- queue email sending or image processing tasks
- offload slow work from request handlers
- simple job queue without heavy broker setup
- distribute work across worker processes
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, zero-configuration job queue
- you need fast in-memory queuing with a simple protocol
- you want per-tube priorities, delays, and retries without a full message broker
When to avoid
- you need durable, replicated message delivery guarantees like Kafka or RabbitMQ
- you need complex routing, exchanges, or AMQP features
- you require a managed cloud queue service
Facets
service · maturity maintenance
message-queue http-server cli backend web-development microservices developer-tools bsd cli self-hosted work-queue job-queue background-jobs async-tasks memcached-inspired c linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd · fetched 2026-10-08 · 7fdbe70419ab
- homepage: https://beanstalkd.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 808256fd00f0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| beanstalkd/beanstalkd | main | 34 |
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