# bensheldon/good_job

Multithreaded, Postgres-based, Active Job backend for Ruby on Rails.

Repository: https://github.com/bensheldon/good_job
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/good_job
Homepage: https://goodjob-demo.herokuapp.com/
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby-on-rails, activejob, activejob-backend, multithreaded, rails, hacktoberfest, ruby
Last push: 2026-08-15T12:32:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2382, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 45, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 39}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2993, forks 250 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:36.027085+00:00)

## What it is
GoodJob is a multithreaded, Postgres-based Active Job backend for Ruby on Rails. It stores jobs in Postgres, uses advisory locks and LISTEN/NOTIFY for run-once safety and low latency, and includes cron scheduling, batches, concurrency controls, and a web dashboard.

## Use cases
- run background jobs in a Rails app using Postgres as the queue
- schedule recurring cron-like jobs in Rails
- replace Sidekiq or Delayed::Job without adding Redis
- manage and retry failed background jobs from a web dashboard
- control job concurrency and throttling per job class
- process up to a million jobs per day with a simple setup

## When to choose
- your Rails app already uses Postgres and you want to avoid extra infrastructure like Redis
- you want full Active Job compatibility with queues, delays, priorities, and retries
- you need cron scheduling, batches, and a built-in monitoring dashboard
- you prefer a lightweight setup runnable inside the web process or a separate CLI process

## When to avoid
- you don't use Ruby on Rails or Active Job
- your database is not PostgreSQL
- you need extremely high throughput beyond millions of jobs per day or specialized queue features
- you already run Redis and prefer Sidekiq's ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: message-queue, scheduling, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: activejob, job-queue, background-jobs, postgres, cron, web-dashboard, multithreaded, automation, rails, postgresql

## Member repositories
- bensheldon/good_job (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:36.027085+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 2026-08-30T07:30:51.226482+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bensheldon/good_job (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:36.027085+00:00, sha dba687e15987)
  - homepage: https://goodjob-demo.herokuapp.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:46:13.428399+00:00, sha 654471e98593)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.