# taskiq-python/taskiq

Distributed task queue with full async support

Repository: https://github.com/taskiq-python/taskiq
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/taskiq
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: asyncio, python, python3, task-executor, task-manager, celery-like, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:44:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1508, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 18.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2304, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.572264+00:00)

## What it is
Taskiq is an asynchronous distributed task queue for Python, inspired by Celery and Dramatiq. It lets you define tasks as decorated functions and execute them on distributed workers via brokers like NATS, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kafka, with first-class support for async frameworks such as FastAPI and AioHTTP.

## Use cases
- run background tasks asynchronously in a FastAPI app
- celery alternative with async support
- distribute task execution across multiple workers
- schedule and execute async python functions via a message broker
- offload long-running jobs from web requests
- process tasks with redis or rabbitmq queues

## When to choose
- your stack is async (FastAPI, AioHTTP) and Celery's sync model is a poor fit
- you need a modern, fully type-hinted distributed task queue in Python
- you want pluggable brokers (NATS, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka) for background jobs

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, decades-mature queue with a huge ecosystem - Celery is safer
- you only need simple cron-style scheduling without distributed workers
- your codebase is entirely synchronous and you don't want asyncio

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: message-queue, scheduling, workflow-automation, cli
- domain: backend, microservices, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform, cli
- tags: task-queue, celery-alternative, asyncio, background-jobs, distributed-workers, automation

## Member repositories
- taskiq-python/taskiq (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.572264+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 2026-08-30T02:39:44.226519+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/taskiq-python/taskiq (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.572264+00:00, sha 9a2f0a8bf6b0)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/taskiq/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:20:08.248733+00:00, sha e6670a55a090)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.