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Pueue vs Task Spooler: catalog facts
PueueTask Spooler
Free

Free and open source.

Free

Free and open source under the GPLv2-or-later license.

Command line macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Tasks survive closing the terminal or SSH session
  • Configurable parallelism and task groups
  • Queues commands from different terminals
  • Lets users set the number of concurrent jobs
  • Feature-complete, so few new features are planned
  • Tasks are limited to the local machine
  • Designed for local Unix job queues
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT OR Apache-2.0 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 8, 2026

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