Cronicle
A self-hosted, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web interface.
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About Cronicle
Cronicle schedules and runs jobs across one or more servers, managed from a web interface rather than crontab files. It fits people who want to see scheduled tasks, their status and history in one place.
The developer has released xyOps as its successor. Cronicle is still maintained, but mainly with bug fixes and security patches, so new features are going into xyOps instead.
Strengths
- Web interface for scheduled jobs
- Runs tasks across multiple servers
- Replaces scattered crontab entries
Limitations
- Now in maintenance mode, with bug and security fixes only
- New development has moved to the successor xyOps
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to self-host.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Joseph Huckaby
- Platforms
- Web, Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- Admins who want a web dashboard for cron jobs across several servers
- Categories
- Automation
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Cronicle
Compare allSoftware that can replace Cronicle for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Dagu
A self-hosted workflow orchestrator that runs scripts, SSH commands and containers from declarative YAML files.
Dagu is an actively developed self-hosted scheduler with a web interface that runs declarative YAML workflows from a single binary, while Cronicle is now in maintenance mode.
Rundeck
A self-hosted runbook automation server that lets chosen users run existing scripts, tools and jobs.
Rundeck is a self-hosted open source server for scheduled and on-demand jobs, adding controlled self-service access for chosen users, though it takes more effort to deploy and maintain.
Kestra
An open-source declarative orchestration platform for scheduled and event-driven workflows, self-hosted or in the cloud.
Kestra orchestrates scheduled and event-driven workflows with more than 2,000 plugins and a cloud option, but it is heavier than a simple scheduler and some features target enterprise plans.
Cronie
The standard UNIX cron daemon, crond, for running programs at scheduled times on Linux.
Cronie is the standard Linux cron daemon with anacron included, so you lose the web interface and multi-server job running but gain a simple, widely used scheduler.
Windmill
An open-source, self-hostable platform for turning scripts into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs.
Windmill turns scripts in over 20 languages into scheduled jobs, workflows and internal apps, self-hosted or cloud, but it is aimed at teams comfortable writing code and has enterprise-only features.
Apache Airflow
A self-hosted platform for writing, scheduling and monitoring workflows defined as Python code.
Apache Airflow schedules and monitors workflows defined as Python code across many workers, which requires Python knowledge and running the scheduler, workers and web server yourself.
Cronicle as an alternative
Listings that name Cronicle as an alternative.
Ofelia
A lightweight job scheduler for Docker environments that runs cron-style tasks for containers.
Cronicle adds a web interface and distributes jobs across multiple servers, but is now in maintenance mode with development moved to xyOps.
PowerShell Universal
A self-hosted platform that turns PowerShell scripts into scheduled automation, REST APIs and web dashboards.
Cronicle is open source and provides a web interface for scheduled jobs across servers, but lacks dashboards and APIs and is in maintenance mode.
Semaphore UI
Run infrastructure automation jobs from a web dashboard.
Cronicle is an open-source scheduler with a web dashboard for jobs across several servers, without Ansible integration and now in maintenance mode.
Supercronic
A crontab-compatible job runner built to run scheduled jobs inside containers.
Cronicle provides a web interface for scheduled jobs across multiple servers, but it is now in maintenance mode with bug and security fixes only.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Cronitor
A hosted monitoring service for cron jobs, background workers, websites and APIs, with failure alerts.
Dead Man's Snitch
A hosted monitoring service that alerts you when a cron job or scheduled task fails to run.
Pueue
A command-line task manager that queues shell commands and runs them in the background.
cron-job.org
A free hosted scheduler that calls URLs on a schedule, from once a minute to yearly.
