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sibson/redbeat

RedBeat is a Celery Beat Scheduler that stores the scheduled tasks and runtime metadata in Redis. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sibson/redbeat · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

88/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 71
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 112
  • age_days: 4031
  • days_rel: 38
  • days_push: 19
  • n_releases_24m: 8

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Adoption not part of the score

1050 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

RedBeat is a Celery Beat scheduler that stores scheduled tasks and runtime metadata in Redis (or Valkey). It enables dynamic task creation, shared scheduling state across machines, and prevents accidentally running multiple Beat instances via a distributed lock.

Use cases

  • schedule celery tasks dynamically without downtime
  • store celery beat schedule in redis
  • run multiple celery beat instances safely
  • manage periodic tasks from another language via redis
  • fast celery beat startup with many tasks

When to choose

  • you use Celery and need a Redis-backed Beat scheduler
  • you need to add or modify periodic tasks at runtime
  • your schedule must be shared across multiple machines or survive restarts

When to avoid

  • you don't use Celery for background task processing
  • you have no Redis/Valkey server available
  • you only need simple cron-style scheduling outside Python

Facets

library · maturity active

scheduling workflow-automation caching developer-tools databases backend python self-hosted celery celery-beat periodic-tasks task-scheduler distributed-lock valkey automation redis

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