Decision Workspace
forge-jobs vs apalis-postgres vs graphile_worker
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
forge-jobs
experimentalv0.3.1
Sidekiq-style job queue with embedded SQLite and pluggable Postgres. Per-queue workers + cron + cluster-wide rate-limit budget + cancellation that survives across replicas.
63
apalis-postgres
growingv1.0.0-rc.8
Background task processing for rust using apalis and postgres
61
graphile_worker
growingv0.13.4
High performance Rust/PostgreSQL job queue (also suitable for getting jobs generated by PostgreSQL triggers/functions out into a different work queue)
Core Metrics
| forge-jobs | apalis-postgres | graphile_worker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 63 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 181 | 50.6K | 37.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 12.5K | 3.1K |
| Dependents | 5 | 24 | 27 |
| Releases | 5 | 13 | 34 |
| Last Updated | 29d ago | 66d ago | 1d ago |
| Age | 1m | 8m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
forge-jobs
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
3
Documentation
12
apalis-postgres
Maintenance
18
Quality
18
Community
10
Popularity
6
Documentation
11
graphile_worker
Maintenance
19
Quality
14
Community
10
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| forge-jobs | apalis-postgres | graphile_worker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.1 | 1.0.0-rc.8 | 0.13.4 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | non-standard | MIT |
| Dependencies | 22 | 17 | 45 |
| Crate Size | 217KB | 62KB | 239KB |
| Features | 3 | 8 | 10 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.92 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •apalis-postgres leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •forge-jobs, graphile_worker are pre-1.0 — API may change.