Description
Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby.
Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the
same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with
Rails to make background processing dead simple.
Sidekiq is compatible with Resque. It uses the exact same
message format as Resque so it can integrate into an existing Resque processing farm.
You can have Sidekiq and Resque run side-by-side at the same time and
use the Resque client to enqueue jobs in Redis to be processed by Sidekiq.
Sidekiq alternatives and similar gems
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Resque
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Sucker Punch
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README
Sidekiq
Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby.
Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails to make background processing dead simple.
Performance
| Version | Latency | Garbage created for 10k jobs | Time to process 100k jobs | Throughput | Ruby |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidekiq 6.0.2 | 3 ms | 156 MB | 14.0 sec | 7100 jobs/sec | MRI 2.6.3 |
| Sidekiq 6.0.0 | 3 ms | 156 MB | 19 sec | 5200 jobs/sec | MRI 2.6.3 |
| Sidekiq 4.0.0 | 10 ms | 151 MB | 22 sec | 4500 jobs/sec | |
| Sidekiq 3.5.1 | 22 ms | 1257 MB | 125 sec | 800 jobs/sec | |
| Resque 1.25.2 | - | - | 420 sec | 240 jobs/sec | |
| DelayedJob 4.1.1 | - | - | 465 sec | 215 jobs/sec |
This benchmark can be found in bin/sidekiqload and assumes a Redis network latency of 1ms.
Requirements
- Redis: 6.2+
- Ruby: MRI 2.7+ or JRuby 9.3+.
Sidekiq 7.0 supports Rails 6.0+ but does not require it.
Installation
bundle add sidekiq
Getting Started
See the Getting Started wiki page and follow the simple setup process. You can watch this YouTube playlist to learn all about Sidekiq and see its features in action. Here's the Web UI:
Want to Upgrade?
Use bundle up sidekiq to upgrade Sidekiq and all its dependencies.
Upgrade notes between each major version can be found in the docs/ directory.
I also sell Sidekiq Pro and Sidekiq Enterprise, extensions to Sidekiq which provide more features, a commercial-friendly license and allow you to support high quality open source development all at the same time. Please see the Sidekiq homepage for more detail.
Problems?
Please do not directly email any Sidekiq committers with questions or problems. A community is best served when discussions are held in public.
If you have a problem, please review the FAQ and Troubleshooting wiki pages. Searching the issues for your problem is also a good idea.
Sidekiq Pro and Sidekiq Enterprise customers get private email support. You can purchase at https://sidekiq.org; email [email protected] for help.
Useful resources:
- Product documentation is in the wiki.
- Occasional announcements are made to the @sidekiq Twitter account.
- The Sidekiq tag on Stack Overflow has lots of useful Q & A.
Every Friday morning is Sidekiq office hour: I video chat and answer questions. See the Sidekiq support page for details.
Contributing
Please see the contributing guidelines.
License
Please see LICENSE.txt for licensing details. The license for Sidekiq Pro and Sidekiq Enterprise can be found in COMM-LICENSE.txt.
Author
Mike Perham, @getajobmike / @sidekiq, https://www.mikeperham.com / https://www.contribsys.com
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the Sidekiq README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.