Decision Workspace
queue_workers vs apalis-redis vs chainmq
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
49
queue_workers
growingv0.5.1
A Redis-backed job queue system for Rust applications
64
apalis-redis
growingv0.7.4
Background task processing for rust using apalis and redis
55
chainmq
growingv1.3.2
A Redis-backed, type-safe job queue for Rust. Provides job registration and execution, delayed jobs, retries with backoff, and scalable workers.
Core Metrics
| queue_workers | apalis-redis | chainmq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 49 | 64 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 6.1K | 423.2K | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 15.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| Releases | 11 | 60 | 12 |
| Last Updated | 400d ago | 18d ago | 30d ago |
| Age | 1y 1m | 5y | 8m |
Health Breakdown
queue_workers
Maintenance
12
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
apalis-redis
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
chainmq
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
4
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| queue_workers | apalis-redis | chainmq | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 0.7.4 | 1.3.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| Crate Size | 38KB | 28KB | 308KB |
| Features | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis-redis leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ queue_workers has not been updated in over a year.
- •queue_workers, apalis-redis are pre-1.0 — API may change.