Open Source Alternatives to cron

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What is cron?

cron is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems, used to schedule commands or scripts to run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals.. There are currently 2 open-source alternatives to cron, with a combined total of 1.5k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Go.

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pg_timetablecybertec-postgresql/pg_timetable

A standalone, database-driven job scheduler for PostgreSQL with advanced features like task chains, YAML configuration, and built-in operations.

1.4k71Go

3 days ago

ruby-clockjjb/ruby-clock

A Ruby job scheduler that runs jobs in parallel threads within a persistent process, designed as a cron replacement.

892Ruby

6 months ago

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