Hi HN! I built bunqueue because I got tired of spinning up Redis just for background jobs.
The idea: for single-server deployments, SQLite can handle 100k+ ops/sec with WAL mode, so why add infrastructure?
Two modes:
- Embedded: everything in-process, just `import` and go
- Server: run `bunqueue start`, connect multiple workers via TCP
Features: priorities, delays, retries, cron jobs, DLQ, job dependencies, BullMQ-compatible API.
Trade-offs vs Redis:
- Not for multi-region distributed systems
- Best for single server or small clusters
Happy to answer any questions about the architecture!