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Work · May 15, 2017

Machinery – asynchronous task queue (Golang implementation of Celery)

Machinery is an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. - RichardKnop/machinery

Machinery – asynchronous task queue (Golang implementation of Celery) launched on May 15, 2017 with 13 votes, #832 of 3,229 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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Machinery is an asynchronous task queue written in Go that mirrors the functionality of Python's Celery framework. It enables developers to queue and execute tasks asynchronously across distributed systems. The tool is designed for Go developers who need reliable background job processing, task scheduling, and worker pool management. Machinery handles task routing, retry logic, and result persistence, making it suitable for applications requiring scalable, decoupled task execution.

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