bree
Bree is a Node.js and JavaScript job task scheduler with worker threads, cron, Date, and human syntax. Built for @ladjs, @forwardemail, @spamscanner, @cabinjs. (by breejs)
p-limit
Run multiple promise-returning & async functions with limited concurrency (by sindresorhus)
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| bree | p-limit | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2 | |
| 2,872 | 1,705 | |
| 0.8% | - | |
| 6.8 | 4.2 | |
| 8 days ago | 6 months ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
bree
Posts with mentions or reviews of bree.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.
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Can I make NodeJS app loop forever?
If you only need a single instance, you can use Bree to handle your cron jobs without blocking your main thread.
- What is a good background scheduler?
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Review: node-cron
Been using https://github.com/hexagon/croner and https://github.com/breejs/bree depending on the use case, both are currently being maintained.
- How are you doing recurring jobs & queued jobs in Node?
- Looking for know how on managing Cron Jobs
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Scheduling tasks in NodeJS with cron job
Bree is another package with support for workers threads and cron syntax. But for the purpose of this article, we will stick to node-cron. So let's run a simple example:
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Beware of Promise.all
For more advanced use cases, you might want to look into using a full-featured job queue instead like bree, bull, or agenda.
- What software could be used for scheduling and monitoring routine workflows?
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What can I use to schedule e-mails after a given date?
An impressive scheduling package I use is called Bree: https://github.com/breejs/bree
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Alternative to setInterval?
Bree is a super cool cron like scheduler that uses workers to run jobs https://github.com/breejs/bree
p-limit
Posts with mentions or reviews of p-limit.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-28.
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Batch uploading images
What you're looking for is called parallel execution with a concurrency limit — execute asynchronous code in parallel but not more than X at the same time. You'd want to use a library to help with the concurrency limit. A popular one is p-limit.
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Beware of Promise.all
For system calls where you want to limit the number of parallel executions, no matter how long they take, there is the simple p-limit library:
What are some alternatives?
When comparing bree and p-limit you can also consider the following projects:
node-cron - A simple cron-like job scheduler for Node.js
p-throttle - Throttle promise-returning & async functions
node-cron - Cron for NodeJS.
agenda - Lightweight job scheduling for Node.js
piscina - A fast, efficient Node.js Worker Thread Pool implementation
The gist - BullMQ - Message Queue and Batch processing for NodeJS and Python based on Redis
bull - Premium Queue package for handling distributed jobs and messages in NodeJS.
growthbook - Open Source Feature Flagging and A/B Testing Platform
mongodb-cron - MongoDB collection as crontab
bottleneck - Job scheduler and rate limiter, supports Clustering