# Running background jobs

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-background-jobs/156109>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 20, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-background-jobs/156109 "2008-12-20T19:33:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![thabenksta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@thabenksta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thabenksta)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-background-jobs/156109/1 "2008-12-20T19:33:43Z")

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How are most of you running background jobs in Rails?

I was reading this and considering going with script/runner but wanted  
to do an informal poll here:  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails)

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![thabenksta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@thabenksta](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thabenksta)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/running-background-jobs/156109/2 "2008-12-20T20:00:42Z")

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I’d prefer a queue based messaging solution to decouple the senders from  
the receiving/processing side. It’s simple and scales well.

Ben K. wrote:

> How are most of you running background jobs in Rails?
> 
> I was reading this and considering going with script/runner but wanted  
> to do an informal poll here:  
> [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowToRunBackgroundJobsInRails)
> 
> Thanks in advance.