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BullMQ

Job queues for Node.js on top of Redis.

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Redis-based queue library for Node.js, with delayed jobs, retries, priorities, rate limits and parallel processing.

When to use

For background tasks in Node apps that already use Redis.

When to avoid

If you don't want to depend on Redis or need long, durable workflows (Temporal).

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