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bullmq vs @bull-board/express

Queues and background jobsPackage data 25 Sept 2026
bullmqv6.3.8, 18 Sept 2026

Queue for messages and jobs based on Redis

$ npm install bullmq
@bull-board/expressv9.10.1, 12 Sept 2026

A Express.js server adapter for Bull-Board dashboard.

$ npm install @bull-board/express
Metricbullmq@bull-board/expressDifference
Weekly downloads5,920,137907,924bullmq 6.5x higher
12-month download growth+313%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies54bullmq 1 more
Unpacked size2.8 MB12 kB@bull-board/express 241.4x smaller
Latest release6.3.8, 18 Sept 20269.10.1, 12 Sept 2026bullmq 6 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months12862bullmq 66 more
First published4 Apr 201529 May 2021bullmq 6.2 years earlier
GitHub stars9,4413,489bullmq 2.7x higher
Open issues2727bullmq 265 more
Open pull requests1207bullmq 113 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks891477bullmq 1.9x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSCommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

bullmq5.9m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

bullmq

Major versions
  1. 0.0.14 Apr 2015
  2. 1.0.127 Oct 2019
  3. 2.0.021 Sept 2022
  4. 3.0.025 Oct 2022
  5. 4.0.021 Jun 2023
  6. 5.0.021 Dec 2023
  7. 6.0.030 Jul 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 6.3.818 Sept 2026
  2. 6.3.718 Sept 2026
  3. 6.3.614 Sept 2026
  4. 6.3.514 Sept 2026
  5. 5.81.510 Sept 2026
781 releases in total, 128 in the last 12 months

@bull-board/express

Major versions
  1. 3.0.029 May 2021
  2. 4.0.012 Jun 2022
  3. 5.0.08 Mar 2023
  4. 6.0.029 Sept 2024
  5. 7.0.014 Apr 2026
  6. 8.0.011 Jun 2026
  7. 9.0.017 Aug 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 9.10.112 Sept 2026
  2. 9.10.010 Sept 2026
  3. 9.9.08 Sept 2026
  4. 9.8.03 Sept 2026
  5. 9.7.03 Sept 2026
266 releases in total, 62 in the last 12 months
bullmq

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@bull-board/express

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bullmq

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@bull-board/express

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  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsbullmq (bullmq: ESM + CommonJS; @bull-board/express: CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementbullmq: >=14.17.0; @bull-board/express: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releasebullmq (6.3.8 on 18 Sept 2026 vs 9.10.1 on 12 Sept 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsbullmq (5.9m vs 907.9k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

@bull-board/express: @bull-board/express npm registry, @bull-board/express GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.