PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue
PgQueuer is a Python job queue that uses PostgreSQL for everything — queue storage, locking, notifications. No Redis, no RabbitMQ, no separate broker to operate. If your app already has Postgres, you already have the broker. After ~2 years and 26 minor releases, 1.0 ships today as the first stable release. Strict semver from here on. Thanks to everyone who contributed and left feedback!
PgQueuer – Transform PostgreSQL into a Job Queue launched on August 18, 2024 with 376 votes, #104 of 5,471 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
PgQueuer is a Python job queue library that uses PostgreSQL as its backend, designed for developers who need to manage asynchronous tasks. It uses PostgreSQL's LISTEN/NOTIFY features to handle job queuing with minimal complexity. The library targets Python developers working with PostgreSQL databases who want a straightforward alternative to external job queue systems, emphasizing simplicity and performance without additional infrastructure.
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From the sources
Pgqueuer is a minimalist, high-performance job queue library for Python, leveraging the robustness of PostgreSQL. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, pgqueuer uses PostgreSQL's LISTEN/NOTIFY to manage job queues effortlessly.
PostgreSQL-backed background job and task queue for Python. - janbjorge/pgqueuer
In the maker’s words, at launch
PgQueuer is a minimalist, high-performance job queue library for Python, leveraging the robustness of PostgreSQL. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, PgQueuer uses PostgreSQL's LISTEN/NOTIFY to manage job queues effortlessly.
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