Top 6 C# background-job Projects

Hangfire

61 9,013 9.4 C#

An easy way to perform background job processing in .NET and .NET Core applications. No Windows Service or separate process required

Project mention: Deno Cron | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-29

Unpopular opinion incoming... What I see is yet another way that the backend JS world is finally achieving something .NET had years ago[0].
Node/Deno/Bun/etc. + npm sounds super straightforward at first glance (and it is at first). But I've thought for years that it's far easier to be productive as an organization on .NET in Visual Studio, since it's simpler to design, deliver, and maintain infrastructure.
[0] https://www.hangfire.io/

Coravel

5 3,565 6.0 C#

Near-zero config .NET library that makes advanced application features like Task Scheduling, Caching, Queuing, Event Broadcasting, and more a breeze!
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Gofer.NET

1 528 0.0 C#

Easy C# API for Distributed Background Tasks/Jobs for .NET Core.
didact-engine

11 45 8.9 C#

The REST API and execution engine for the Didact Platform.

Project mention: Anyone have experience with azure data factory for "small" data ETL? | /r/dataengineering | 2023-12-10

Enqueue It

0 1 3.7 C#

Easy and scalable solution for manage and execute background tasks seamlessly in .NET applications. It allows you to schedule, queue, and process your jobs and microservices efficiently.
emusic2-api

1 0 0.0 C#

A client/server music shop written in .NET and Angular. The server provides REST APIs and follows multi-layered architecture - controllers, services and repositories.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).