# Solid Queue

22 Hacker News commenters recommended Solid Queue and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Rails' built-in job backend that runs on your existing database, so no Redis is needed. Critics say it is early, thinly documented, and lacks a UI.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs on your database, no Redis (4 comments): "it's really cool to have something that is native to the platform and has no dependencies beyond Postgres" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138610)) "defaulting to the DB for queue (SolidQueue) / caching (SolidCache), such a nice out of the box experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628940)) "makes it possible, and fairly smooth, to configure to use the same db" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46616638))
- Rails default with good out-of-box setup (3 comments): "defaulting to the DB for queue (SolidQueue) / caching (SolidCache), such a nice out of the box experience" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49628940)) "it's got easier if you stick to the rails-provided tooling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49629418)) "a solid handful of great features you get out of the box" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618241))
- Fiber mode needs far fewer connections (3 comments): "The difference is staggering when you compare to threaded mode: it requires 1,320 database connections to run the same benchmark that the fiber mode runs with 60." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49134710)) "upstreaming important work about fiber usage into Rails Solid Queue so that we reap the Async benefits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49524491)) "So much of work that goes onto work queues is IO bound, and fibers are a great fit for that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49136619))
- Handles about 20M jobs daily cheaply (2 comments): "doing about 20M jobs/day on a $45/mo VM with plenty of room to spare" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46803105)) "you've probably got a very large runway with SolidQueue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615103))

## What people warn about

- Early-stage and thinly documented (2 comments): "it's still early days software despite the marketing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46620869)) "Documentation doesn't really cover the case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615383))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Oban](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oban.md): 39 recommend
- [Celery](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celery.md): 33 recommend
- [Sidekiq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sidekiq.md): 14 recommend
- [Django background tasks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django-background-tasks.md): 9 recommend
- [BullMQ](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullmq.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Solid Queue", https://hackerapproved.com/p/solidqueue/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).