# graphile-worker [![Patreon sponsor button](https://img.shields.io/badge/sponsor-via%20Patreon-orange.svg)](https://patreon.com/benjie) [![Discord chat room](https://img.shields.io/discord/489127045289476126.svg)](http://discord.gg/graphile) [![Package on npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/graphile-worker.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/graphile-worker) [![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/npm/l/graphile-worker.svg)](LICENSE.md) [![Follow](https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-@GraphileHQ-blue.svg)](https://twitter.com/GraphileHQ) Job queue for PostgreSQL running on Node.js - allows you to run jobs (e.g. sending emails, performing calculations, generating PDFs, etc) "in the background" so that your HTTP response/application code is not held up. Can be used with any PostgreSQL-backed application. Pairs beautifully with [PostGraphile](https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/) or [PostgREST](http://postgrest.org/). ## [Website at worker.graphile.org](https://worker.graphile.org) ## Crowd-funded open-source software To help us develop this software sustainably, we ask all individuals and businesses that use it to help support its ongoing maintenance and development via sponsorship. ### [Click here to find out more about sponsors and sponsorship.](https://www.graphile.org/sponsor/) And please give some love to our featured sponsors 🤩:

Steelhead *

\* Sponsors the entire Graphile suite