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kue

by Automattic

A JavaScript job queue for Node.js applications that uses Redis.

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JavaScript9.4K859Updated 2y agoAbandoned

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Quick Overview

What is this?

Kue manages background tasks with priority levels, retries, and progress tracking. It offers a built-in UI and a RESTful API for job management.

What problem does it solve?

A JavaScript job queue for Node.js applications that uses Redis.

Who should use it?

Node.js developers needing to offload asynchronous work to background workers.

Setup difficulty:Easy

Pros

Priority job ordering
Optional job retries with backoff
Integrated UI and JSON API

Cons

No longer actively maintained
Requires a Redis instance

Scores

Trust Score

Star reputation (15%)80

Star velocity 7d (15%)0

Commit recency (15%)5

Fork ratio (10%)30

Issue ratio (10%)70

Contributor signal (10%)100

README quality (5%)100

License (5%)100

Homepage/demo (5%)100

Docs URL (5%)0

Topic count (5%)60

Maintenance

Commit frequency20

Issue management25

Documentation85

Popularity

Stars100

Forks90

Growth trend10

Star History

Snapshot Versions

Version	Commit	Size	Downloads	Date
latestLatest	HEAD	215.4 KB	8	1mo ago

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README

Kue

Kue is no longer maintained

Please see e.g. Bull as an alternative. Thank you!

Kue is a priority job queue backed by redis, built for node.js.

PROTIP This is the latest Kue documentation, make sure to also read the changelist.

Upgrade Notes (Please Read)

0.9 -> 0.10
0.8 -> 0.9

Installation

Latest release:
```
$ npm install kue
```

Trust Score

Sourcevana Trust · 55/100

License

MIT

Languages

JavaScript76.0%

CoffeeScript13.0%

CSS9.1%

HTML1.6%

Other0.4%

Topics

job-queue priority-queue worker-queue

Homepage

AddedApr 10, 2026

UpdatedMay 25, 2026

Last commit2y ago

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