rq-dashboard
rq-dashboard is a general purpose, lightweight, web interface to monitor your RQ queues, jobs, and workers in realtime.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you use RQ for background jobs and want a ready-made monitoring interface. Install friction is low and maintenance is active. The beta status means you should test it in a non-critical environment first and be prepared for potential API changes, but the project has been around since 2012 and is actively developed. No known security vulnerabilities.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low friction install with a pure-Python wheel.
- Active maintenance with a recent release 43 days ago and steady repository activity.
- Currently in beta stage according to the project.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD (permissive) — BSD license (permissive) places no restrictions on use or redistribution in your own projects.
last release 2026-07-02 (43 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-08 · 1,519 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 434,186 downloads/mo, #6,694 on PyPI
Alternatives
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pip install rq-dashboard
# Standalone: run the CLI
rq-dashboard
# Or integrate into Flask:
from flask import Flask
import rq_dashboard
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object(rq_dashboard.default_settings)
rq_dashboard.web.setup_rq_connection(app)
app.register_blueprint(rq_dashboard.blueprint, url_prefix="/rq")- Specific Python version requirements (classifiers list 3.5–3.7 but requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether the beta status affects production readiness or indicates active breaking changes
What it is and what it does
rq-dashboard is a lightweight web interface built on Flask that lets you monitor RQ (Redis Queue) jobs, workers, and queues in real time. It runs as either a standalone CLI service listening on port 9181 by default, or as a Flask blueprint you can embed in your own application. The dashboard connects to Redis via configurable URLs and displays queue status, job details, and worker health.
The package depends on rq, Flask, redis, arrow (for time formatting), and redis-sentinel-url (for Sentinel support). It supports deployment as a Docker container, behind reverse proxies like NGINX, or as a systemd service. Configuration is handled via command-line flags or environment variables prefixed with RQ_DASHBOARD_. The project is actively maintained but remains in beta, so you may encounter breaking changes or incomplete features.
Use it for
- Monitor background job progress and status in development or production RQ deployments without writing custom monitoring code.
- Inspect failed or stuck jobs in Redis queues and manually trigger cleanup or retries from the web UI.
- Run the dashboard as an isolated Docker service to keep monitoring dependencies separate from your main application stack.
- Integrate queue monitoring into an existing Flask application by mounting the dashboard blueprint at a custom URL prefix.
- Debug worker availability and job queue depth in real time during development or incident response.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you use RQ for background jobs and want a ready-made monitoring interface.
Install friction is low and maintenance is active. The beta status means you should test it in a non-critical environment first and be prepared for potential API changes, but the project has been around since 2012 and is actively developed. No known security vulnerabilities.
Install
rq-dashboard on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with a pure-Python wheel. Active maintenance with a recent release 43 days ago and steady repository activity. Currently in beta stage according to the project.
License in practice
BSD license (permissive) places no restrictions on use or redistribution in your own projects.
Quickstart
pip install rq-dashboard
# Standalone: run the CLI
rq-dashboard
# Or integrate into Flask:
from flask import Flask
import rq_dashboard
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config.from_object(rq_dashboard.default_settings)
rq_dashboard.web.setup_rq_connection(app)
app.register_blueprint(rq_dashboard.blueprint, url_prefix="/rq")Verify before relying
- Specific Python version requirements (classifiers list 3.5–3.7 but requires_python is unspecified)
- Whether the beta status affects production readiness or indicates active breaking changes
Package facts
| License | BSD permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesrqFlaskredisarrowredis-sentinel-url |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 43 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 434,186 / month, #6,694 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: End Users/DesktopIntended Audience :: Information TechnologyIntended Audience :: Science/ResearchIntended Audience :: System AdministratorsLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: MacOSOperating System :: POSIXOperating System :: UnixProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Topic :: InternetTopic :: Scientific/EngineeringTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python ModulesTopic :: System :: Distributed ComputingTopic :: System :: MonitoringTopic :: System :: Systems Administration |
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