HangfireIO/Hangfire
An easy way to perform background job processing in .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 81
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 86
- age_days: 4775
- days_rel: 48
- days_push: 44
- n_releases_24m: 10
Adoption not part of the score
10127 stars · 1752 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Hangfire is a .NET library for reliable background job processing, supporting fire-and-forget, delayed, and recurring (CRON) jobs with persistent storage backends like SQL Server and Redis. It includes a built-in dashboard UI and requires no Windows Service or separate process.
Use cases
- run background jobs in .NET applications
- schedule recurring cron tasks in ASP.NET Core
- send mass emails or newsletters asynchronously
- process batch imports from csv or json in the background
- replace Windows Service scheduled tasks with in-app job processing
- retry failed background tasks reliably
- monitor background job progress with a dashboard
When to choose
- you need reliable, persistent background processing inside a .NET or .NET Core app without deploying a separate worker service
- you want fire-and-forget, delayed, and recurring jobs with a unified API and built-in monitoring dashboard
- you want a Sidekiq/Celery-style job system backed by SQL Server or Redis
When to avoid
- you are not on the .NET platform
- you need distributed batch jobs with atomic grouping and continuations, which require the paid Hangfire Pro
- you need a lightweight in-memory task queue with no persistent storage dependency
Facets
library · maturity stable
scheduling workflow-automation concurrency webhook middleware backend web-development developer-tools dotnet windows cloud background-jobs job-queue recurring-jobs cron fire-and-forget task-scheduler dashboard sidekiq-alternative celery-alternative dotnet-core automation linux macos docker
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire · fetched 2026-08-28 · 087b812515c5
- homepage: https://www.hangfire.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · c8aefb94ffc4
- site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 575d6793e1df
- site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 575d6793e1df
- site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/getting-started/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3e583b987e1f
- site_page: https://www.hangfire.io/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1ba254d28b69
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| HangfireIO/Hangfire | main | 90 |
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