# chrisboulton/php-resque

PHP port of resque (Workers and Queueing)

Repository: https://github.com/chrisboulton/php-resque
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/php-resque
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-08-01T18:57:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5981, "days_push": 1128, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3411, forks 739 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:03.457468+00:00)

## What it is
php-resque is a PHP port of GitHub's Resque library for creating Redis-backed background jobs, queueing them, and processing them with forked workers. It supports distributed workers, queue priorities, job status tracking, and failure handling.

## Use cases
- run background jobs in a PHP app
- queue emails or slow tasks off the request cycle
- process jobs across multiple worker machines
- prioritize tasks with multiple Redis-backed queues
- track the status of queued jobs
- retry or mark failed background jobs

## When to choose
- you have a PHP application needing Redis-backed background job processing
- you want compatibility with the Ruby Resque data format and tooling
- you need distributed workers with forking to survive memory leaks

## When to avoid
- you need a modern actively developed queue with async support (e.g., Laravel Horizon, Symfony Messenger)
- your stack is not PHP
- you want a built-in web UI for queue monitoring

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: message-queue, scheduling, concurrency
- domain: backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: redis, background-jobs, job-queue, resque, workers, task-processing, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- chrisboulton/php-resque (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.457468+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 2026-08-29T18:38:31.072636+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/chrisboulton/php-resque (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:03.457468+00:00, sha 704da7625168)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.