Installation
Install the core @bull-board/api plus one adapter for your framework.
Prerequisites
- Node.js 20+ or Bun 1.x. CI covers Node 20, 22 and 24.
- A running Redis instance
- Bull or BullMQ already set up in your app
Sharing an ioredis connection?
bull-board reads your existing Bull/BullMQ queues, so it inherits their Redis connection. If you construct BullMQ with a shared ioredis instance rather than a plain { host, port }, BullMQ requires that connection to be created with maxRetriesPerRequest: null. This is a BullMQ requirement, not a bull-board one, but it's the most common setup snag. See the BullMQ connection docs.
Install
Pick the adapter that matches your framework: