Quirrel

Quirrel is the Task Queueing solution for Next.js x Vercel.

Serverless deployments simplify a lot of things, but task queueing isn't one of them. With Quirrel, creating a queue becomes as simple as this:

// /api/queues/email.js
import { Queue } from "quirrel/next"

export default Queue(
  "api/queues/email",
  async payload => {
    await email.send( ... )
  }
)

This can then easily be used from other files:

// /api/signup.js
import emailQueue from "./queues/email"

export default async (req, res) => {
  await createUser(...);

  await emailQueue.enqueue({
    recipient: req.body.email,
    subject: "How was your first day with Quirrel?",
    ...
  }, {
    delay: "1d"
  })
}

In this example, the "Welcome" email is scheduled to be sent after one day. This wouldn't be possible without Quirrel!

Quirrel is currently in active development. I'll post updates on Twitter. Go check out https://quirrel.dev for a proof of concept!