# Automattic/kue

Kue is a priority job queue backed by redis, built for node.js.

Repository: https://github.com/Automattic/kue
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kue
Homepage: http://automattic.github.io/kue
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: priority-queue, worker-queue, job-queue
Last push: 2024-02-12T17:05:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5546, "days_push": 933, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9426, forks 860 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.132487+00:00)

## What it is
Kue is a feature-rich priority job queue for Node.js backed by Redis, supporting delayed jobs, retries with backoff, job progress events, and a RESTful JSON API with an integrated management UI. The project is officially no longer maintained, with Bull suggested as an alternative.

## Use cases
- run background jobs in node.js
- schedule delayed tasks with redis
- process emails asynchronously in a queue
- retry failed jobs with backoff
- monitor job progress with a web UI
- distribute parallel workload across workers

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Node.js codebase already using Kue
- you need a Redis-backed priority queue with a built-in UI and JSON API

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the library is unmaintained
- you want active support, security fixes, or modern Node.js compatibility
- consider Bull, BullMQ, or similar maintained alternatives instead

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: message-queue, scheduling, workflow-automation
- domain: backend, developer-tools, microservices
- platform: -
- tags: job-queue, redis, priority-queue, background-jobs, worker-queue, unmaintained, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Automattic/kue (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.132487+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 2026-08-29T17:22:08.934156+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Automattic/kue (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.132487+00:00, sha 615dfc29f1ce)
  - homepage: http://automattic.github.io/kue (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:20.441356+00:00, sha 23d09a79fb19)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/kue (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:20.444528+00:00, sha 8dd75798fd17)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.