Tool Profile

Honker

A SQLite-backed queue, streams, pub/sub, and cron system.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-04-23

Last seen:2026-04-30

Sightings:2

Source:honker.dev

What it is

A SQLite-backed queue, streams, pub/sub, and cron system.

Why developers recommend it

It drew direct comparison with established job-queue tools.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-30

Commenters debated the millisecond polling and compared it with Redis, Kine, and Oban.

Durable queues, streams, pub/sub, and a cron scheduler – inside your SQLite file

2026-04-23

HN comments praised the "one db and no daemon" model, low-latency reactivity, and atomic rollback with durable work queues.

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