rq-scheduler VS Flask-RQ2

Compare rq-scheduler vs Flask-RQ2 and see what are their differences.

rq-scheduler

A lightweight library that adds job scheduling capabilities to RQ (Redis Queue) (by rq)
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rq-scheduler Flask-RQ2
4 3
1,380 222
0.9% 1.4%
2.2 0.0
17 days ago 7 days ago
Python Python
MIT License MIT License
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rq-scheduler

Posts with mentions or reviews of rq-scheduler. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-24.
  • Keep the Monolith, but Split the Workloads
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Apr 2023
  • RQ-Scheduler for tasks in far future?
    2 projects | /r/Python | 28 Dec 2022
    RQ-Scheduler is another simpler alternative (rq/rq-scheduler: A lightweight library that adds job scheduling capabilities to RQ (Redis Queue) (github.com)) that appears to be good for such purposes. It's not immediately clear if it would suffer from the same issues, but it seems not (Redis manages issues with data loss well, a separate queue is used for the scheduled tasks, etc.). Is anyone aware of any drawbacks to using RQ-Scheduler for something like this?
  • Some advice: will my setup be production ready?
    3 projects | /r/django | 8 Feb 2021
    Some thoughts: - Storing API keys in Redis with AOF and RDB persistence turned on is going to be way faster than storing those keys in Mongo. - Did you mean RQ (redis-queue)/django-rq? If so, it works well as long as you don't need a scheduler for cron-like tasks, which it doesn't include. You can add rq-scheduler for that though: https://github.com/rq/rq-scheduler - Make sure your redis instance has a password -- redis 6 supports ACLs as well - The problem with slow requests is that they tie up app server processes and usually also database connections. That may be fine with a small number of consumers, but if you point your web site at this API, you may run into problems. Consider that if an app server serving web site traffic is waiting for a slow request to your API, then both app servers are affected -- you're now holding resources on the web site and the API, effectively. - HTTP clients often use a default timeout value for requests, and it's a best practice to use such a timeout -- so you'll need to coach your partners consuming this API not to use timeouts for your API.

Flask-RQ2

Posts with mentions or reviews of Flask-RQ2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-12.
  • Wondering if I should use Celery vs threads for what I want to do
    4 projects | /r/flask | 12 Aug 2021
    From experience i would not use threads for this or any background jobs. I would use Celery or Flask-RQ2 to be your workers, you will also probably end up using them to run other tasks as you encounter the need for other jobs. They both use Redis as a broker and job store and you can use Redis for other things like caching and so many other useful features. I kind of like RQ2 more then Celery because its a little simpler but Celery has a lot more to offer, more features. RQ2 has rq-dashboard for monitoring jobs and Celery has Flower.
  • Tutorials on how to build a flask extension?
    2 projects | /r/flask | 18 Jul 2021
    However, you might need to access the app’s context like how you’d do so in the Flask-RQ2 extension by using ScriptInfo from flask.cli:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rq-scheduler and Flask-RQ2 you can also consider the following projects:

fastapi-cloud-tasks - GCP's Cloud Tasks + Cloud Scheduler + FastAPI = Partial replacement for celery.

rq - Simple job queues for Python

django-rq - A simple app that provides django integration for RQ (Redis Queue)

celery - Distributed Task Queue (development branch)

rq-dashboard - Flask-based web front-end for monitoring RQ queues

flask-apscheduler - Adds APScheduler support to Flask

django-rq - A simple app that provides django integration for RQ (Redis Queue) [Moved to: https://github.com/rq/django-rq]

supervisor - Supervisor process control system for Unix (supervisord)

NiceHash-Mining-Scheduler - Schedule the start and stop of your NiceHash miners using this script.

arq - Fast job queuing and RPC in python with asyncio and redis.

django-todo - A multi-user, multi-group todo/ticketing system for Django projects. Includes CSV import and integrated mail tracking.