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activejob

RubyGemsv8.1.3.1

Safe to adopt

Yes — activejob scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 175.6M downloads per week and 4 known dependents. Last published 42 days ago. 36 releases in the last 2 years.

  • AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.

    175.6M downloads per week and 4 known dependents.

  • AMaintenance: grade A, Excellent.

    Last published 42 days ago. 36 releases in the last 2 years.

  • BWeight: grade B, Good.

    Pulls in 15 transitive packages.

  • BSupply chain: grade B, Good.

    This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).

  • ALicense: grade A, Excellent.

    MIT — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.

Grades are computed deterministically from registry metadata collected by PackageGraph — downloads, dependents, publish dates, the resolved dependency tree, maintainer count, and declared licenses. No third-party scores are used.

Install cost

What you actually take on by adding activejob to a project.

2
Direct dependencies

Runtime packages this one declares itself.

15
Total installed

Distinct packages in the full runtime tree, deduplicated the way a package manager would.

Install size

Unpacked size of this package plus its entire runtime tree.

3
Tree depth

Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.

Licenses in the dependency tree

MITRuby

Every license you inherit by installing activejob, not just its own. Check this before a legal review, not after.

Compatibility

Ruby
No constraint declared

Dependencies

Declared by activejob v8.1.3.1. Runtime dependencies are installed with the package; dev dependencies are not.

Used by

Popular packages that depend on activejob.

Relationship graph

Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of activejob.

Frequently installed together

Release history

25 releases in the last two years, typically about 0 days apart.

Recent versions of activejob
VersionPublishedSizeLicense
8.0.5.11 month agoMIT
7.2.3.21 month agoMIT
8.1.3.1latest1 month agoMIT
8.1.35 months agoMIT
8.0.55 months agoMIT
8.1.2.15 months agoMIT
8.0.4.15 months agoMIT
7.2.3.15 months agoMIT
8.1.28 months agoMIT
8.1.110 months agoMIT
8.0.410 months agoMIT
7.2.310 months agoMIT
7.1.610 months agoMIT
7.0.1010 months agoMIT
8.1.010 months agoMIT

Overview

activejob is an RubyGems package. It is extremely widely used, with about 175.6M downloads per week and 4 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 8.1.3.1, released under the MIT license.

Who should use it

Teams working in the RubyGems ecosystem who need this functionality and value a battle-tested, widely-adopted solution.

When not to use it

Consider an alternative if you need to or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your RubyGems stack.

Pros

  • Large, well-established user base (175.6M weekly downloads).
  • Clear open-source license (MIT).
  • Lean dependency tree (2 direct dependencies).

Cons

  • No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.

Auto-generated from collected registry metadata. No external claims are inferred.

Maintainers

Frequently asked questions

Should I use activejob?

Yes — activejob scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 175.6M downloads per week and 4 known dependents. Last published 42 days ago. 36 releases in the last 2 years.

How do I install activejob?

Run `gem install activejob` to add activejob to your RubyGems project.

How many dependencies does activejob have?

activejob declares 2 direct dependencies and pulls in 15 packages in total once its runtime tree is resolved.

What license is activejob released under?

activejob is distributed under the MIT license. Its dependency tree also includes: MIT, Ruby.

How popular is activejob?

activejob has approximately 175,551,940 downloads per week and 4 known dependent packages.

Is activejob still maintained?

The most recent release of activejob (v8.1.3.1) was published 1 month ago.