coleifer/huey
a little task queue for python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
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: 6
- age_days: 5417
- days_rel: 28
- days_push: 17
- n_releases_24m: 18
Adoption not part of the score
6012 stars · 400 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Huey is a lightweight Python task queue supporting Redis, Postgres, SQLite, file-system, or in-memory storage. It offers scheduled, periodic, retried, prioritized, and pipelined task execution with a clean decorator-based API and Django integration.
Use cases
- run background jobs in python
- schedule recurring tasks like a crontab
- retry failed tasks automatically
- queue tasks without celery
- offload slow work from django requests
- run delayed tasks in the future
When to choose
- you want a simple, zero-dependency task queue for Python
- you need flexible storage backends including SQLite or file-system
- you use Django and want admin-integrated task management
- your workload is small-to-medium and Celery feels too heavy
When to avoid
- you need a distributed queue at massive scale with advanced broker features
- you require AMQP/RabbitMQ support
- you need a language other than Python
Facets
library · maturity active
message-queue scheduling rate-limiting workflow-automation backend developer-tools python cross-platform task-queue redis django background-jobs crontab lightweight automation
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/coleifer/huey · fetched 2026-08-28 · 443808186783
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/huey/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · cbc9fca0b711
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| coleifer/huey | main | 98 |
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