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

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