taskito

A Rust-powered task queue for Python. No broker required — just SQLite or Postgres.

pip install taskito                # SQLite (default)
pip install taskito[postgres]      # with Postgres backend

Quickstart

1. Define tasks in tasks.py:

from taskito import Queue

queue = Queue(db_path="tasks.db")

@queue.task()
def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    return a + b

2. Start a worker in one terminal:

taskito worker --app tasks:queue

3. Enqueue jobs from another terminal or script:

from tasks import add

job = add.delay(2, 3)
print(job.result(timeout=10))  # 5

Why taskito?

Most Python task queues require a separate broker (Redis, RabbitMQ) even for single-machine workloads. taskito embeds everything — storage, scheduling, and worker management — into a single pip install with no external dependencies beyond Python itself. For distributed setups, an optional Postgres backend enables multi-machine workers with the same API.

The heavy lifting runs in Rust: a Tokio async scheduler, OS thread worker pool with crossbeam channels, and Diesel ORM over SQLite in WAL mode. Python's GIL is only held during task execution.

Features

• Priority queues — higher priority jobs run first
• Retry with exponential backoff — automatic retries with jitter
• Dead letter queue — inspect and replay failed jobs
• Rate limiting — token bucket with "100/m" syntax
• Task dependencies — depends_on for DAG workflows with cascade cancel
• Task workflows — chain, group, chord primitives
• Periodic tasks — cron scheduling with seconds granularity
• Progress tracking — report and read progress from inside tasks
• Job cancellation — cancel pending or running jobs
• Unique tasks — deduplicate active jobs by key
• Batch enqueue — task.map() for high-throughput bulk inserts
• Named queues — route tasks to isolated queues
• Hooks — before/after/success/failure middleware
• Per-task middleware — TaskMiddleware with before/after/on_retry hooks
• Pluggable serializers — CloudpickleSerializer (default), JsonSerializer, or custom
• Cancel running tasks — cooperative cancellation with check_cancelled()
• Soft timeouts — check_timeout() inside tasks
• Worker heartbeat — monitor worker health via queue.workers()
• Job expiration — expires parameter for time-sensitive jobs
• Exception filtering — retry_on / dont_retry_on for selective retries
• OpenTelemetry — optional tracing integration via pip install taskito[otel]
• Async support — await job.aresult(), await queue.astats()
• Web dashboard — taskito dashboard --app myapp:queue serves a built-in monitoring UI
• FastAPI integration — TaskitoRouter for instant REST API over the queue
• Postgres backend — optional multi-machine storage via PostgreSQL
• Events system — subscribe to JOB_COMPLETED, JOB_FAILED, etc. with queue.on_event()
• Webhooks — queue.add_webhook(url, events, secret) with HMAC-SHA256 signing
• Job archival — queue.archive(older_than=86400), queue.list_archived()
• Queue pause/resume — queue.pause(), queue.resume(), queue.paused_queues()
• Circuit breakers — circuit_breaker={"threshold": 5, "window": 60, "cooldown": 300}
• Structured logging — current_job.log("msg", level="info", extra={...})
• CLI — taskito worker, taskito info --watch, taskito dashboard

Integrations

Install optional extras to unlock additional integrations:

Extra	Install	What you get
Flask	pip install taskito[flask]	Taskito(app) extension, flask taskito worker CLI
FastAPI	pip install taskito[fastapi]	TaskitoRouter for instant REST API over the queue
Django	pip install taskito[django]	Admin integration, management commands
OpenTelemetry	pip install taskito[otel]	Distributed tracing with span-per-task
Prometheus	pip install taskito[prometheus]	PrometheusMiddleware, queue depth gauges, /metrics server
Sentry	pip install taskito[sentry]	SentryMiddleware with auto error capture and task tags
Encryption	pip install taskito[encryption]	EncryptedSerializer for at-rest payload encryption
MsgPack	pip install taskito[msgpack]	MsgpackSerializer for compact binary serialization
Postgres	pip install taskito[postgres]	Multi-machine workers via PostgreSQL backend
Redis	pip install taskito[redis]	Redis storage backend

Examples

Retry with Backoff

@queue.task(max_retries=5, retry_backoff=2.0)
def fetch_url(url: str) -> str:
    return requests.get(url).text

Priority Queues

urgent_report.apply_async(args=[data], priority=10)
bulk_report.delay(data)  # default priority 0

Rate Limiting

@queue.task(rate_limit="100/m")
def call_api(endpoint: str) -> dict:
    return requests.get(endpoint).json()

Task Dependencies

download = fetch_file.delay("data.csv")
parsed = parse_file.apply_async(
    args=["data.csv"],
    depends_on=[download.id],
)
# parsed waits until download completes; if download fails, parsed is cancelled

Workflows

from taskito import chain, group, chord

# Sequential pipeline — each step receives the previous result
chain(fetch.s(url), parse.s(), store.s()).apply()

# Parallel fan-out
group(process.s(chunk) for chunk in chunks).apply()

# Parallel + callback when all complete
chord([download.s(u) for u in urls], merge.s()).apply()

Periodic Tasks

@queue.periodic(cron="0 0 */6 * * *")
def cleanup_temp_files():
    ...

Progress Tracking

from taskito import current_job

@queue.task()
def train_model(epochs: int):
    for i in range(epochs):
        ...
        current_job.update_progress(int((i + 1) / epochs * 100))

Hooks

@queue.on_failure
def alert_on_failure(task_name, args, kwargs, error):
    slack.post(f"Task {task_name} failed: {error}")

Exception Filtering

@queue.task(
    max_retries=5,
    retry_on=[ConnectionError, TimeoutError],
    dont_retry_on=[ValueError],
)
def fetch_data(url: str) -> dict:
    return requests.get(url).json()

Per-Task Middleware

from taskito import TaskMiddleware

class TimingMiddleware(TaskMiddleware):
    def before(self, ctx):
        ctx._start = time.time()

    def after(self, ctx, result, error):
        elapsed = time.time() - ctx._start
        print(f"{ctx.task_name} took {elapsed:.2f}s")

@queue.task(middleware=[TimingMiddleware()])
def process(data):
    ...

Delayed Scheduling

# Run 30 minutes from now
reminder.apply_async(args=[user_id, msg], delay=1800)

Unique Tasks

report.apply_async(args=[user_id], unique_key=f"report:{user_id}")
# Second enqueue with same key is silently deduplicated while first is active

FastAPI Integration

from fastapi import FastAPI
from taskito.contrib.fastapi import TaskitoRouter

app = FastAPI()
app.include_router(TaskitoRouter(queue), prefix="/tasks")
# GET /tasks/stats, GET /tasks/jobs/{id}, GET /tasks/jobs/{id}/progress (SSE), ...

Batch Enqueue

jobs = send_email.map([("alice@x.com",), ("bob@x.com",), ("carol@x.com",)])

Async Support

job = expensive_task.delay(data)
result = await job.aresult(timeout=30)
stats = await queue.astats()

Testing

taskito includes a built-in test mode — no worker needed:

def test_add():
    with queue.test_mode() as results:
        add.delay(2, 3)
        assert results[0].return_value == 5

Documentation

Full documentation with guides, API reference, architecture diagrams, and examples:

Read the docs →

Coming from Celery? See the Migration Guide.

Comparison

Feature	taskito	Celery	RQ	Dramatiq	Huey
Broker required	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core language	Rust + Python	Python	Python	Python	Python
Priority queues	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Rate limiting	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Dead letter queue	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Task dependencies	Yes	No	No	No	No
Task chaining	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Built-in dashboard	Yes	No	No	No	No
FastAPI integration	Yes	No	No	No	No
Per-task middleware	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Cancel running tasks	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Custom serializers	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Postgres backend	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Setup	pip install	Broker + backend	Redis	Broker	Redis

License

MIT