Combining the best of cron jobs and queues for infinite flexibility
- Python-based and runable on every major platform — Mac, Linux, Windows
- Built atop of FriendFeed’s Tornado
- Takes advantage of long polling
- Large number of connections
- HTTP-based protocol
- Jobs queue-able through HTTP/REST
- APIs simple to build
- Jobs addable through JavaScript/Ajax
- Web accessible
- HTTP protocal makes clients and consumers available in every major language with examples included for:
- PHP
- Python
- C#
- JavaScript
- Ruby
- Cron daemon injects jobs into queues at specified times
- Extensible
- Telnet interface possible through Python
- Memcache-like client-based pooling
- Blackout periods
- Throttling (tasks per sec/min/day)