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GNU Parallel vs Pueue: catalog facts
GNU Parallel	Pueue
Free Free and open source under the GPLv3.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Runs many jobs at once across multiple cores Can spread work across several machines	Tasks survive closing the terminal or SSH session Configurable parallelism and task groups
Command-line only, with many options to learn Aimed at Unix-like systems; no Windows version listed	Feature-complete, so few new features are planned Tasks are limited to the local machine
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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