Introduction

Workbench is an open-source BullMQ dashboard with first-party adapters for thirteen Node and Bun frameworks.

Workbench is a modern dashboard for BullMQ. Inspect queues, jobs, flows, schedulers, and metrics — served from your own backend behind your own auth.

What you get

  • Zero extra infrastructure — mount as a route in your existing app, or run as a standalone Docker container
  • 13 framework adapters — Hono, Elysia, Express, Fastify, Koa, NestJS, AdonisJS, Next.js, TanStack Start, Astro, Nuxt, Bun.serve, and h3
  • Flows & DAG view, metrics, schedulers, search, and keyboard-driven UI
  • Built-in alerting — Slack and webhook contact points with dashboard-managed rules
  • MCP server — drive queues from Cursor, Claude Desktop, Zed, and Continue.dev
  • Dark-mode UI, basic-auth-protected by default
  • MIT licensed, no telemetry

Quick start

The fastest way to add Workbench is the CLI:

$
npx @getworkbench/cli init

It detects your framework, installs the matching @getworkbench/<framework> package, injects the mount, writes .env.example entries, and optionally scaffolds Redis via Docker Compose.

See Quick start for details, or pick your framework from the framework guides.

Migrating from bull-board?

Workbench is a drop-in alternative with broader framework coverage, FlowProducer DAGs, error triage, and built-in alerting. See Migrating from bull-board.

Quick start

Add Workbench to your project in one command with the CLI, or wire it up manually with your framework adapter.

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What you getQuick startMigrating from bull-board?