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24 alternatives to Sidekiq

The best background processing for Ruby

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sidekiq launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Restyaboard▲197

   An open source alternative to Trello

   2015 · restya.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   RubySteps▲66

   A daily coding practice.

   2014 · patmaddox.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Lotus▲3

   A complete web framework for Ruby

   2015 · lotusrb.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Honeybadger▲76

   Exception, uptime, and performance monitoring for Ruby.

   2014 · honeybadger.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Artoo▲61

   Framework for physical devices written in Ruby

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Pull Review▲75

   Automated Code Review for Ruby in GitHub

   2014 · pullreview.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   backstitch▲90

   A content curation platform for individuals and teams

   2015 · backstit.ch · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Limitless▲90

   A productivity companion for Chrome

   2013 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Ruby on Rails Podcast - 205: Webhooks 101 & 202▲81

   Implementing & scaling webhooks at GitHub

   2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ruby queueing library built on Amazon SQS for background processing▲7

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    RancherOS▲59

    A minimalist distribution of Linux

    2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CODY▲136

    Free library of HTML, CSS, & JS nuggets

    2014 · codyhouse.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Prelang▲82

    Automatic Rails Development

    2014 · prelang.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Skylight▲94

    A Smart Profiler (and much more) for Rails Apps

    2015 · skylight.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    RubyGems▲116

    Find, install, and publish RubyGems

    2014 · rubygems.org · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Payola▲83

    A Rails engine for Stripe

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Datazar 2.0▲118

    Advanced, cloud-based research collaboration

    2017 · datazar.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Morph▲90

    Heroku for Scrapers

    2014 · morph.io · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98

    Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku

    2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →

20. 20LF
    Lightning fast search for Rubygems▲7

    2015 · rubygems.algolia.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Ru▲95

    Ru

    2020 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    MarkRight▲84

    A minimalistic github flavored markdown editor

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Gondola▲69

    The web framework for Go programming language

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hawkee▲73

    A writing platform for web developers

    2014 · hawkee.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →