The document discusses Celery, an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It notes that Celery's key strengths are that it is an asynchronous task manager that can distribute tasks across multiple machines. It also supports scheduling, fault tolerance, and can integrate with various databases, message brokers and operating systems. The document then provides more details on how Celery works, including its use of tasks, publishers, queues, workers and consumers. It also discusses common patterns and best practices for using Celery.