# beanstalkd/beanstalkd

Beanstalk is a simple, fast work queue.

Repository: https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/beanstalkd
Homepage: https://beanstalkd.github.io/
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-03-18T15:40:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 38/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 12, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6729, "days_push": 533, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6700, forks 866 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:47.904494+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: message-queue, http-server, cli
- domain: backend, web-development, microservices, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli, self-hosted
- tags: work-queue, job-queue, background-jobs, async-tasks, memcached-inspired, c, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- beanstalkd/beanstalkd (main) score 38

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.904494+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:42:58.307479+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/beanstalkd/beanstalkd (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:47.904494+00:00, sha 7fdbe70419ab)
  - homepage: https://beanstalkd.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:39:02.146732+00:00, sha 808256fd00f0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.