What is Faktory?
Redis -> Sidekiq == Faktory -> Faktory. Faktory is a server daemon which provides a simple API to produce and consume background jobs. Jobs are a small JSON hash with a few mandatory keys.
Faktory is a tool in the Background Processing category of a tech stack.
Faktory is an open source tool with 5.8K GitHub stars and 230 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Faktory's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Faktory?
Companies
3 companies reportedly use Faktory in their tech stacks, including Nous, frontend, and ACK Foundry.
Developers
Faktory Integrations
JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, and PHP are some of the popular tools that integrate with Faktory. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with Faktory.
Pros of Faktory
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Faktory Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Faktory?
Sidekiq
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 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place to live until received.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
