---
title: "Discussion on \"Celery on Windows: What's the latest?\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Celery on Windows: What's the latest?\". Celery does no longer officially support Windows. However, it is only the prefork pool that does not work on Windows. This articles explores alternatives."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552"
---

[Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) /

Discussion

# [Celery on Windows: What's the latest?](https://celery.school/celery-on-windows?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Celery does no longer officially support Windows. However, it is only the prefork pool that does not work on Windows. This articles explores alternatives.

Dec 20, 2023 · 3 min read · celery.school  
Updated Dec 21, 2023  
Read the article

-   [#celery](https://hashnode.com/tag/celery)
-   [#python](https://hashnode.com/tag/python)
-   [#windows](https://hashnode.com/tag/windows)

## Written by

[Bjoern Stiel](https://hashnode.com/@bstiel)

@bstiel · London, United Kingdom

  
[View profile](https://hashnode.com/@bstiel)

Writing the Missing Celery Docs

## Responses 3

Comments are turned off for this post.

[Mirosław Szlendak](https://hashnode.com/@wistocie)

[Mar 30, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552/comment/6608994b316d005f357983e8)

Cool, why not 48 hours ago?

[Mar 5, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552/comment/65e67220b5ffe617cb872c10)

Thanks, what version of celery and python are you using?

[Bjoern Stiel](https://hashnode.com/@bstiel)

[Mar 6, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552/comment/65e67220b5ffe617cb872c10#reply-65e878ff1eed18e3a7a4f1ea)

Python 3.11.6 and Celery 5.3.4

[Humphrey Kinoti](https://hashnode.com/@HumphreyKn)

[Jan 18, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552/comment/65a8f05891e822b2b0fa7f82)

This is so insightful. I sat down to debug this error for days, till I found this. Thanks

[Bjoern Stiel](https://hashnode.com/@bstiel)

[Jan 19, 2024](https://hashnode.com/posts/celery-on-windows/655cbfc7fe51564405f1c552/comment/65a8f05891e822b2b0fa7f82#reply-65aa9c81f315daa59625e308)

glad you managed to fix it!