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Sidekiq
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==============
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[](https://rubygems.org/gems/sidekiq)
[](https://codeclimate.com/github/mperham/sidekiq)
[](https://travis-ci.org/mperham/sidekiq)
[](https://gitter.im/mperham/sidekiq)
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Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby.
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Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the
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same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with
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Rails 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.
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Sidekiq is compatible with Resque. It uses the exact same
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message format as Resque so it can integrate into an existing Resque processing farm.
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You can have Sidekiq and Resque run side-by-side at the same time and
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use the Resque client to enqueue jobs in Redis to be processed by Sidekiq.
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Sidekiq is fast.
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Version | Latency | Garbage created for 10,000 jobs | Time to process 100,000 jobs | Throughput
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-----------------|------|---------|---------|------------------------
Sidekiq 4.0.0 | 10ms | 151 MB | 22 sec | **4500 jobs/sec**
Sidekiq 3.5.1 | 22ms | 1257 MB | 125 sec | 800 jobs/sec
Resque 1.25.2 | - | - | 420 sec | 240 jobs/sec
DelayedJob 4.1.1 | - | - | 465 sec | 215 jobs/sec
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Requirements
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I test with the latest CRuby (2.2, 2.1 and 2.0) and JRuby versions (9k). Other versions/VMs
are untested but might work fine. CRuby 1.9 is not supported.
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All Rails releases from 3.2 are officially supported.
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Redis 2.8 or greater is required. 3.0.3+ is recommended for large
installations with thousands of worker threads.
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Installation
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gem install sidekiq
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Getting Started
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-----------------
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See the [Getting Started wiki page ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Getting-Started ) and follow the simple setup process.
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You can watch [Railscast #366 ](http://railscasts.com/episodes/366-sidekiq ) to see Sidekiq in action. If you do everything right, you should see this:
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Want to Upgrade?
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-------------------
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I also sell Sidekiq Pro and Sidekiq Enterprise, extensions to Sidekiq which provide more
features, a commercial-friendly license and allow you to support high
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quality open source development all at the same time. Please see the
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[Sidekiq ](http://sidekiq.org/ ) homepage for more detail.
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Subscribe to the ** [monthly newsletter ](https://tinyletter.com/sidekiq )** to stay informed about the latest
features and changes to Sidekiq and its bigger siblings.
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Problems?
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-----------------
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**Please do not directly email any Sidekiq committers with questions or problems.** A community is best served when discussions are held in public.
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If you have a problem, please review the [FAQ ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/FAQ ) and [Troubleshooting ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Problems-and-Troubleshooting ) wiki pages.
Searching the [issues ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/issues ) for your problem is also a good idea.
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Useful resources:
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* Product documentation is in the [wiki ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki ).
* Release announcements are made to the [@sidekiq ](https://twitter.com/sidekiq ) Twitter account.
* Here's a [Reddit forum ](https://reddit.com/r/sidekiq ) dedicated to Sidekiq discussion
* The [Sidekiq tag ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/sidekiq ) on Stack Overflow has lots of useful Q & A.
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**No support via Twitter, 140 characters is not enough.**
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Every Friday morning 9am Pacific is Sidekiq happy hour: I video chat and answer questions.
See the [Sidekiq support page ](http://sidekiq.org/support ).
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Thanks
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Sidekiq stays fast by using the [JProfiler java profiler ](http://www.ej-technologies.com/products/jprofiler/overview.html ) to find and fix
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performance problems on JRuby. Unfortunately MRI does not have good multithreaded profiling tools.
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License
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Please see [LICENSE ](https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/master/LICENSE ) for licensing details.
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Author
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Mike Perham, [@mperham ](https://twitter.com/mperham ) / [@sidekiq ](https://twitter.com/sidekiq ), [http://www.mikeperham.com ](http://www.mikeperham.com ) / [http://www.contribsys.com ](http://www.contribsys.com )
