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Quirrel

Quirrel is an open source job queueing and workflow scheduling service designed for serverless and containerized JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It enables developers to enqueue, schedule, retry, and orchestrate background jobs in environments such as Next.js, Blitz.js, Redwood, Remix, SvelteKit, Nuxt.js, Express, Vercel, and Netlify Functions. Quirrel was acquired by Netlify in 2022 and remains available as an open source project.

Quirrel publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Developer Tools, Job Queues, Workflow Automation, Background Jobs, and Serverless.

Quirrel’s developer surface includes documentation and 5 more developer resources.

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19.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Developer ToolsJob QueuesWorkflow AutomationBackground JobsServerlessScheduling

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 19.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Quirrel

Quirrel provides a JavaScript and TypeScript SDK for enqueuing, scheduling, retrying, and managing background jobs in serverless and containerized applications. The Queue API ex...

Pricing Plans 1

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Quirrel Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Quirrel Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Quirrel Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Quirrel Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SourceCode
SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Acquisition
Acquisition

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: quirrel
name: Quirrel
description: Quirrel is an open source job queueing and workflow scheduling service designed for serverless and containerized
  JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It enables developers to enqueue, schedule, retry, and orchestrate background jobs
  in environments such as Next.js, Blitz.js, Redwood, Remix, SvelteKit, Nuxt.js, Express, Vercel, and Netlify Functions. Quirrel
  was acquired by Netlify in 2022 and remains available as an open source project.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/quirrel.png
tags:
- Developer Tools
- Job Queues
- Workflow Automation
- Background Jobs
- Serverless
- Scheduling
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/quirrel/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: quirrel:quirrel
  name: Quirrel
  description: Quirrel provides a JavaScript and TypeScript SDK for enqueuing, scheduling, retrying, and managing background
    jobs in serverless and containerized applications. The Queue API exposes methods such as enqueue, enqueueMany, get, getById,
    invoke, and delete to manage job lifecycle and supports recurring jobs via cron expressions, delayed execution, exclusive
    jobs, and configurable retry policies. Quirrel is framework agnostic and integrates with Next.js, Redwood, Remix, SvelteKit,
    Nuxt.js, Blitz.js, Vercel, Netlify, and Express.
  humanURL: https://quirrel.dev
  tags:
  - Job Queues
  - Workflow Automation
  - Background Jobs
  - Serverless
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.quirrel.dev
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.quirrel.dev/getting-started
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/quirrel-dev/quirrel
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/quirrel
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/quirrel-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/quirrel
- type: Website
  url: https://quirrel.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.quirrel.dev
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/quirrel-dev/quirrel
- type: Acquisition
  url: https://www.netlify.com/blog/quirrel-is-joining-netlify/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com