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Oban

A background-job framework that now supports SQLite and Postgres.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-04-30

Last seen:2026-04-30

Sightings:1

Source:hexdocs.pm

What it is

A background-job framework that now supports SQLite and Postgres.

Why developers recommend it

It surfaced as clear prior art in the Honker discussion.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-30

A commenter called Oban a Postgres-side gold standard and noted SQLite support now exists.

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