Bunqueue

Bunqueue is a high-performance job queue for the Bun runtime (≥1.3.9), built specifically for AI agents and automation. Version 2.8.6 provides SQLite persistence, cron scheduling, priorities, retries, dead-letter queues, webhooks, and a native MCP server — all with zero external runtime dependencies (only croner and msgpackr). It is a Redis/BullMQ alternative that ships as ESM-only TypeScript types. The package is actively maintained with frequent releases and benchmarks showing sub-millisecond job processing. Key differentiators: embedded/Simple Mode (queue+worker in one object), optional MCP SDK peer dependency, and a tiny footprint (7 packages, 5.4 MB) unlike Redis-backed alternatives.