Workbench
by Workbench · Dashboard for inspecting, debugging and replaying BullMQ queues
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Overview
Workbench is a dashboard for BullMQ queues that discovers queues from a Redis URL and shows live completed/failed/active/waiting counters, p50/p95 latency, a virtualised run inspector with full payloads, FlowProducer graphs, cron and delayed schedulers, and failures grouped by error class. Jobs can be retried or enqueued from the UI. It runs as a macOS app, embedded in a Node server, or as a Docker container.
- Best for
- Node teams running BullMQ who need to inspect, debug and replay queue jobs without using redis-cli
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the pages present an MIT-licensed, open-source project with a Sponsor link and no paid plans.
- Runs on
- macOSSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Runs as a Mac app, inside a Node server, or as a Docker container
- Runs, flows, schedulers and error triage in one dashboard
- Stack trace lines open directly in Cursor or VS Code
- MIT-licensed, with the same open-source core in all three modes
Trade-offs
- Desktop app is macOS 11+ only; no Windows or Linux build is shown
- Tied to BullMQ on Redis; no other queue system is mentioned
- No authentication or access control is described for embed or Docker modes
- Pages show no pricing, support terms or hosted option
How Workbench markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Workbench’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“The missing dashboard for BullMQ.”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Workbench’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
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API quality
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Documentation
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Changelog
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Marketing site structure
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Page speed
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Operational trust
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Openness
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Maintenance
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