Asynq

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Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.3

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely0 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Asynq is ranked #10 of 37 in task queue software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

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Free and open-source Free MIT-licensed Go library · requires Redis 4.0 or higher github.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on task queue software

Deployment model: self_hosted
Custom retry policy: Yes
Scheduled jobs: Yes
Official SDK languages: Go

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The record

Purpose: Asynq is a Go library for queueing tasks and processing them asynchronously with workers, backed by Redis.
Scaling: The project describes using multiple worker servers and brokers for high availability and horizontal scaling.
Task delivery: Its listed features include at-least-once task execution, retries after failure, and automatic recovery after a worker crash.
Scheduling: Asynq supports scheduled and periodic tasks.
Queue controls: It supports weighted and strict priority queues, queue pausing, task deduplication, and per-task timeouts and deadlines.
Monitoring: The project lists Prometheus metrics integration and a web UI and CLI for inspecting and remotely controlling queues and tasks.
Web UI: The companion Asynqmon tool can be used as a binary or imported as a library, and supports Prometheus time-series data.
Redis support: Asynq supports Redis Sentinel, while the project cautions that some Lua scripts may not be compatible with Redis Cluster.
Security: The GitHub security page says the project has no security policy file and no published security advisories.
Compatibility: The project says its current major version is 0.x and its public API may change before the 1.0.0 release.
Redis requirement: The quickstart requires Redis version 4.0 or higher.
Intended users: The project asks people using the package in production to consider sponsoring it and welcomes community contributions through issues, pull requests, and feedback.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Task Queue Software in 2026#10 of 37

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Sources

github.com/hibiken/asynq· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/hibiken/asynqmon· checked 4 Oct 2026
github.com/hibiken/asynq/security· checked 4 Oct 2026