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delayed_job vs Faktory: What are the differences?

Developers describe delayed_job as "Database backed asynchronous priority queue -- Extracted from Shopify". Delayed_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks. On the other hand, Faktory is detailed as "Background jobs for any language, by the makers of Sidekiq". 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.

delayed_job and Faktory can be categorized as "Background Processing" tools.

delayedjob and Faktory are both open source tools. It seems that delayedjob with 4.46K GitHub stars and 915 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Faktory with 3.41K GitHub stars and 136 GitHub forks.

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Pros of delayed_job
Pros of Faktory
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    Easy to get started
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    Reliable
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    Doesn't require Redis
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    Worker language agnostic
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    Simple service API

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What is delayed_job?

Delayed_job (or DJ) encapsulates the common pattern of asynchronously executing longer tasks in the background. It is a direct extraction from Shopify where the job table is responsible for a multitude of core tasks.

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.

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    What are some alternatives to delayed_job and 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.
    Resque
    Background jobs can be any Ruby class or module that responds to perform. Your existing classes can easily be converted to background jobs or you can create new classes specifically to do work. Or, you can do both.
    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.
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