# HangfireIO/Hangfire

An easy way to perform background job processing in .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required

Repository: https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hangfire
Homepage: https://www.hangfire.io
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: dotnet, dotnet-core, background-jobs, background-thread, background-worker, scheduled-jobs, hangfire
Last push: 2026-07-20T12:19:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4775, "days_push": 44, "days_rel": 48, "gap_med": 86, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- 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 10127, forks 1752 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.611966+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, workflow-automation, concurrency, webhook, middleware
- domain: backend, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: dotnet, windows, cloud
- tags: background-jobs, job-queue, recurring-jobs, cron, fire-and-forget, task-scheduler, dashboard, sidekiq-alternative, celery-alternative, dotnet-core, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- HangfireIO/Hangfire (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.611966+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 2026-08-29T17:19:42.722314+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HangfireIO/Hangfire (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.611966+00:00, sha 087b812515c5)
  - homepage: https://www.hangfire.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:26.697364+00:00, sha c8aefb94ffc4)
  - site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:26.728571+00:00, sha 575d6793e1df)
  - site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:26.730459+00:00, sha 575d6793e1df)
  - site_page: https://docs.hangfire.io/en/latest/getting-started/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:26.732126+00:00, sha 3e583b987e1f)
  - site_page: https://www.hangfire.io/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:26.725782+00:00, sha 1ba254d28b69)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.