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Task Spooler vs Pueue: catalog facts
Task Spooler	Pueue
Free Free and open source under the GPLv2-or-later license.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Queues commands from different terminals Lets users set the number of concurrent jobs	Tasks survive closing the terminal or SSH session Configurable parallelism and task groups
Designed for local Unix job queues	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-2.0-or-later	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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