agenda

Agenda

A light-weight job scheduling library for Node.js

Migrating from v5? See the Migration Guide for all breaking changes.

What's New in v6

• ESM-only - Modern ES modules (Node.js 18+)
• Pluggable backend system - New AgendaBackend interface for storage and notifications
• Real-time notifications - Optional notification channels for instant job processing
• MongoDB 6 driver - Updated to latest MongoDB driver
• Persistent job logging - Optional structured logging of job lifecycle events to database
• Monorepo - Now includes agenda, agendash, and agenda-rest packages

Key Features

• Complete rewrite in TypeScript (fully typed!)
• Pluggable backend - MongoDB by default, implement your own (see Custom Backend Driver)
• Real-time notifications - Use Redis, PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY, MongoDB Change Streams (Native) or custom pub/sub
• MongoDB 6 driver support
• touch() with optional progress parameter (0-100)
• getRunningStats() for monitoring
• Fork mode for sandboxed job execution