# bee-queue/bee-queue

A simple, fast, robust job/task queue for Node.js, backed by Redis.

Repository: https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bee-queue
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: redis-queue, job-queue, worker-queue, job-scheduler, bee-queue, redis
Last push: 2026-08-05T15:49:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4244, "days_push": 28, "days_rel": 268, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4036, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.909762+00:00)

## What it is
Bee-Queue is a simple, fast, robust job/task queue library for Node.js backed by Redis. It is designed for distributed worker pools handling short, real-time jobs with minimal Redis and network overhead.

## Use cases
- run background jobs in node.js
- build a distributed worker pool with redis
- process tasks asynchronously from a web server
- enqueue jobs and get results within an http request
- retry failed jobs with configurable strategies
- schedule delayed jobs in node.js

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, high-throughput queue for short, real-time jobs
- you want minimal dependencies and a simple promise/callback API
- you need at-least-once delivery with retries for stuck jobs
- scaling by adding more worker processes is your model

## When to avoid
- you need job prioritization or repeatable/cron-style recurring jobs
- you primarily run long-running background jobs better suited to Bull or Celery
- you don't have or want a Redis dependency

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: message-queue, scheduling, concurrency
- domain: microservices, backend, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: job-queue, worker-pool, redis-backed, background-jobs, task-processing, nodejs, redis

## Member repositories
- bee-queue/bee-queue (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.909762+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 2026-08-29T18:23:47.841953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bee-queue/bee-queue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.909762+00:00, sha 32b42a34e750)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/bee-queue (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:35.444600+00:00, sha 104ee2991b84)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.