ThreadRecycler

An efficient thread management module written in Luau for Roblox. (Strictly typed) (Additionally my first public module)

Performance

ThreadRecycler optimizes thread usage by recycling and reusing it in a thread pool, reducing resource consumption. Fewer resources are wasted on unnecessary threads, leading to faster execution. While ThreadRecycler helps optimize thread usage, it may depend the number of active threads.

Limitations

Must replace task.wait() with ThreadRecycler.wait() to prevent issues in the task library. (more context in the API reference)
Risky to use task.defer() and task.delay() due to task library issues; must use an alternative.
Module may be in needs of major improvements…

Benchmarks

Specs: Intel Core i7-9850H @ 2.60GHz; 64 GB RAM; dGPU: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000; Mobile Workstation

Only spawn and wrap are compared, as using task.defer is considered “unsafe” in this module. delay cannot be benchmarked as there cannot be yielding.

task.spawn vs ThreadPool.spawn

task.spawn vs ThreadPool.spawn

coroutine.wrap vs ThreadPool.wrap

coroutine.wrap vs ThreadPool.wrap

These benchmarks were created using Benchmarker. If you have Benchmarker, you can try it out yourself by using the bench file in the GitHub repository. /root/benchmarks