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visual-craft/work-queue
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Work queue using Beanstalk

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Work Queue
==========

[](#work-queue)

Simple work queue using Beanstalk

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require visual-craft/work-queue

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Create the queue manager

```
use Pheanstalk\Pheanstalk;
use VisualCraft\WorkQueue\Logger;
use VisualCraft\WorkQueue\QueueManager;

$manager = new QueueManager(
    Pheanstalk::create('127.0.0.1', 11300),
    'some_queue',
    new Logger(null)
);
```

Setup queue processor and worker

```
use VisualCraft\WorkQueue\QueueProcessor;
use VisualCraft\WorkQueue\Worker\JobMetadata;
use VisualCraft\WorkQueue\Worker\WorkerInterface;

class SomeWorker implements WorkerInterface
{
    public function work($payload, JobMetadata $metadata): void
    {
        // Process job
    }
}

// Create the queue processor and provide it with the worker
$processor = new QueueProcessor(
    $manager,
    new SomeWorker(),
);

// Process the queue
while($processor->process()) {}
```

Setup job adder and add the job

```
$adder = new JobAdder($manager);
$id = $adder->add('some data');
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~497 days

Total

2

Last Release

1440d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/688129?v=4)[Anton Bakai](/maintainers/inso)[@inso](https://github.com/inso)

---

Top Contributors

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