# BullMQ

> Background jobs that scale

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/bullmq
- **Category:** Message Queues
- **Homepage:** https://bullmq.io/
- **Also known as:** bullmq
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T22:35:00.324Z

## Vioscale score

**61.2 / 100**, confidence 37% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 50 | 30 | 1500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 57.8 | 12 | 693.8 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 74.8 | 5 | 374 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 16 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 63.1 | 18 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 10 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 40 | 22 | 880 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 89.5 | 26 | 2326.4 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## About

The open source message queue for Redis, trusted by thousands of companies processing billions of jobs every day. Available for Node.js, Bun, Python, Rust, Elixir, and PHP.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Message Queues. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Messaging paradigm | Job / task queue |
| **Correctness** | |
| Delivery guarantee | - |
| Ordering guarantee | - |
| **Durability** | |
| Durable replayable log | ✓ |
| Message replay / rewind | - |
| **Interop** | |
| Wire protocol | Redis |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | ✗ |
| **Scale** | |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | ✓ |
| **Consumption** | |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | ✓ |
| Dead-letter queue | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Geo / cross-region replication | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Managed cloud offering exists | - |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only |
| **Processing** | |
| Built-in stream processing | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | [link](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq/pulse) | 2026-08-03 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 9,236 | [link](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 7,738,993 | [link](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bullmq) | 2026-08-03 | 85% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | TypeScript | [link](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | MIT | [link](https://github.com/taskforcesh/bullmq) | 2026-08-03 | 99% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://bullmq.io/) | 2026-08-03 | 48% (low) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://bullmq.io/status) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://bullmq.io/) | 2026-08-03 | 48% (low) |

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