Kue
Feature-rich priority job queue for Node.js backed by Redis with rich UI dashboard.
Why consider Kue?
Kue is an open-source priority job queue library for Node.js backed by Redis developed by Automattic. Kue manages background worker concurrency, delayed job scheduling, automatic failure retries with exponential backoffs, progress tracking, and active queue monitoring.
Learn Kue by building
Practical setup notes, real use cases, and copy-ready examples in one focused guide.
In this guide2 sections
Overview of Kue
Kue distributes background processing jobs across Node.js worker clusters.
Quickstart
npm install kueimport kue from 'kue';const queue = kue.createQueue();const job = queue.create('email', { title: 'Invoice', to: 'client@company.com' }).save();Kue is licensed under the permissive MIT License.
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