pg-boss

pg-boss is ranked #7 of 37 in task queue software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

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pg-boss Free MIT-licensed open source · runs in your own database · no per-job charges pgboss.io · 2 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Deployment model: self_hosted
Custom retry policy: Yes
Scheduled jobs: Yes
Dead-letter queue: Yes
Official SDK languages: JavaScript, TypeScript

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pg-boss

What it does: pg-boss is a job queue built in Node.js on top of PostgreSQL for background processing and reliable asynchronous execution.
Concurrency: It uses PostgreSQL SKIP LOCKED so concurrent workers claim jobs without blocking each other, with atomic commit safety.
Queue policies: Features include rate limiting, debouncing, concurrency controls, priorities, dead-letter queues, and retries with exponential backoff.
Scheduling: It supports job dependency workflows, cron and RRULE scheduling, and job deferral.
Workers: Workers support backpressure-aware polling and optional PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY for millisecond delivery latency.
ORM integrations: Transaction adapters are provided for Knex, Kysely, Drizzle, and Prisma.
Database backends: Supported backends include PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, YugabyteDB, Citus, and embedded PGlite.
Dashboard: The @pg-boss/dashboard package provides a web dashboard for monitoring and managing jobs, queues, and schedules.
HTTP API: The @pg-boss/proxy package exposes pg-boss methods through a JSON HTTP API for non-Node runtimes, connection pooling, or scalability.
Proxy security: The proxy supports optional basic authentication, configurable CORS, and route allowlists or denylists.
License and support: pg-boss is MIT licensed, maintained by one person, and sponsorship funds maintenance, security response, and support.
Requirements: The project requires Node 22.12 or higher or Bun, plus PostgreSQL 13 or higher.
Target users: The documentation says it is most suited to teams familiar with relational database semantics, SQL, querying, and backups, especially teams already using PostgreSQL.
Operational limit: By default all queues share one partitioned job table, which can affect performance if a queue grows significantly or develops an unexpected backlog.
Price from: Free

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Best Task Queue Software in 2026#7 of 37

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Sources

pgboss.io· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/api/adapters· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/database-backends· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/dashboard· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/proxy· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/introduction· checked 1 Oct 2026
pgboss.io/sponsors· checked 2 Oct 2026