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iamduo/workq

Job server in Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/iamduo/workq · Go · MPL-2.0 (copyleft) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3680
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2901
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1497 stars · 74 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Workq is a standalone job scheduling and processing server written in Go that communicates over a simple text-based TCP protocol. It supports synchronous and asynchronous job execution, adhoc scheduling at future times, priorities, retries, and per-job TTL/TTR limits with in-memory storage plus a persistent command log.

Use cases

  • schedule one-time jobs at a future time
  • run background jobs with multiple workers
  • retry failed jobs automatically
  • distribute work across workers in any language
  • run a job and wait for its result synchronously
  • add concurrency to languages without built-in async support

When to choose

  • you need a lightweight, language-agnostic job server with a simple text protocol
  • you want adhoc one-time scheduling without building polling logic into a datastore
  • you need per-job retry, TTL, and timeout controls out of the box

When to avoid

  • you need a mature, actively maintained project - the latest release is from 2018 and it is marked alpha
  • you need durable disk-backed queues with strong persistence guarantees
  • you need a large ecosystem of client libraries and community support like RabbitMQ or Redis-based queues

Facets

service · maturity maintenance

message-queue scheduling workflow-automation http-server microservices backend developer-tools go windows cross-platform cli job-server job-queue worker-coordination tcp-protocol gearman-style in-memory job-scheduling background-jobs automation linux macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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