Task Badger
The monitoring solution for backend tasks and queues.
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>log in to comment- Guillaume Gelin· 3y ago
That's really nice! Why not make this open source with a cloud offer? Feels like it would make adoption much faster, and would help getting more integrations ASAP.
- Gaël de Mondragon· 3y ago
Simple and useful!
- Cory Zue· 3y ago
Love this app!
- Wouter Couvaras· 3y ago
This has come along really nicely from the MVP I saw just a little while ago! Wishing you all the best for the launch!
Task Badger provides monitoring, progress tracking, and alerting for backend tasks, queues and long-running processes.
- for
- Backend developers and teams using Python task queues like Celery.
- pricing
- freemium
- license
- Apache-2.0
Key features
- Task progress tracking — Shows real-time percentage and status of each asynchronous job.
- Silent failure detection — Immediately alerts when a task fails, stalls, or never starts.
- Persistent history & trends — Keeps historical data for analysis and trend spotting.
- Configurable alerts — Sends notifications via Slack, email or webhooks on task events.
- Public task pages — Expose task status pages that can be shared externally.
- REST API & SDK — Manage tasks programmatically via Python SDK or HTTP API.
Use cases
- Monitor Celery workers processing user data exports.
- Track nightly backup scripts and get alerted on failures.
- Observe long-running data migrations and see progress percentages.
- Provide stakeholders with public task status pages for long jobs.
Task Badger pricing
- Free$07 days data retention · 100 tasks per month · 1 user · Email integration
- Build$9.00/month/month90 day data retention · 10,000 tasks per month · Unlimited users · Unlimited integrations
- Launch$26.00/month/month1 year data retention · 50,000 tasks per month · Unlimited users · Unlimited integrations
Task Badger vs alternatives
 Task Badger |  Pulsetic |  groundcover |  Drumbeats | .svg?width=64) Devzero | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Task progress and failure monitoring for Python backends | Uptime monitoring | Cloud observability | Cron and worker monitoring | Development environment provisioning |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free | Free | Free | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 13 | 162 | 39 | 37 | 85 |
| Launched | Jan 2023 | Jan 2024 | Feb 2024 | Jul 2026 | Apr 2024 |
- Task Badger vs Pulsetic: Focuses on website uptime rather than backend task queues
- Task Badger vs groundcover: General cloud observability platform, not specialized for task progress
- Task Badger vs Drumbeats: Unified monitoring for cron jobs and workers, similar scope but broader
- Task Badger vs Devzero: Provides full dev environment tooling, not a monitoring service
Task Badger FAQ
How do I start monitoring tasks?+
Install the taskbadger Python package, initialize it with your token and system integration (e.g., Celery), then create and update tasks via the SDK.
Do I need to run any infrastructure?+
No, Task Badger is a SaaS service; you only add the SDK or CLI to your code.
What alert channels are supported?+
Email, Slack and generic webhook integrations are available.
Is there a free tier?+
Yes, a free plan for solo developers includes 100 tasks per month and 7-day data retention.
Can I view task history?+
All plans keep persistent history; retention periods increase with higher tiers.
Summarized by DevHunt from taskbadger.net · Sep 27, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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