# coleifer/huey

a little task queue for python

Repository: https://github.com/coleifer/huey
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/huey
Homepage: https://huey.readthedocs.io/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: redis, python, task-queue, queue, dank, django
Last push: 2026-08-16T13:54:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5417, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 28, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6012, forks 400 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:34.251709+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: message-queue, scheduling, rate-limiting, workflow-automation
- domain: backend, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: task-queue, redis, django, background-jobs, crontab, lightweight, automation

## Member repositories
- coleifer/huey (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.251709+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 2026-08-29T17:49:46.677447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coleifer/huey (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:34.251709+00:00, sha 443808186783)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/huey/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:12.728096+00:00, sha cbc9fca0b711)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.