Chadburn is a modern job scheduler for Docker environments.
Written in Go, it’s designed as an alternative to cron and focuses on running scheduled tasks inside containers, starting new containers for jobs, and managing jobs dynamically as Docker containers are added, removed, restarted, or modified.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Executes scheduled commands inside running Docker containers.
- Can run jobs in new containers, on the local host, or in one-off swarm services.
- Supports both INI configuration files and Docker labels, and can merge both approaches.
- Detects container changes automatically so jobs can be added or removed without restarting Chadburn.
- Offers variable substitution for container metadata in job commands.
- Provides logging options for email, Slack webhooks, and saved execution reports.
- Includes experimental Prometheus metrics with Prometheus and Grafana integration support.
- Supplies pre-built Linux binaries for amd64, arm64, and armv7.
Website: github.com/PremoWeb/chadburn
Support:
Developer: PremoWeb
License: MIT License
Chadburn is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Alternatives to cron | |
|---|---|
| cronie | Modern day version of cron and associated tools |
| fcron | Designed for systems which are not continuously running or regularly |
| Cronicle | Multi-server task scheduler and runner |
| systemd | Suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system |
| Supercronic | Crontab-compatible job runner designed for container environments |
| Ofelia | Low-footprint job scheduler for Docker environments |
| Dkron | Distributed job scheduling system for cloud native environments |
| mcron | 100% compatible replacement for Vixie cron |
| Dagu | Lightweight workflow orchestration engine |
| anacron | Designed for systems which are not continuously running |
| Jobber | Run commands to a schedule |
| bcron | Designed with secure operations in mind |
| Chadburn | Modern job scheduler for Docker environments |
| runcron | Minimal cron alternative for automated and container-friendly environments |
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