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nq vs Pueue: catalog facts
nq	Pueue
Free Free software under CC0-1.0.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Queues jobs without a long-running process Runs commands in the background and saves their output	Tasks survive closing the terminal or SSH session Configurable parallelism and task groups
Command-line utility for Unix-like systems	Feature-complete, so few new features are planned Tasks are limited to the local machine
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: CC0-1.0	License: MIT OR Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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