mosquito
A generic background job runner for Crystal applications supporting delayed, periodic, and manually queued jobs with Redis storage.
What is mosquito?
Mosquito is a background job runner for Crystal applications that handles delayed, periodic, and manually queued tasks. It solves the problem of asynchronous task processing by providing a reliable system with features like automatic retries, rate limiting, and Redis-based storage. Once compiled, it starts in about 10 milliseconds, making it efficient for production use.
Crystal developers building applications that require background job processing, such as web servers needing email sending, data aggregation, or scheduled tasks. It's ideal for teams familiar with Ruby background job gems looking for a Crystal alternative.
Developers choose Mosquito for its simplicity, stability, and Crystal-native design, offering a fast and reliable background job system with automatic failure handling and rate limiting. It provides a familiar API inspired by Ruby gems while being optimized for Crystal's performance.
Overview
A background task runner for crystal applications supporting periodic (CRON) and manually queued jobs
Use Cases
Best For
- Handling email sending and other delayed notifications in Crystal web apps
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