Cronicle is a multi-server task scheduler and runner, with a web based front-end UI.
It handles both scheduled, repeating and on-demand jobs, targeting any number of worker servers, with real-time stats and live log viewer. It’s basically a fancy Cron replacement written in Node.js. You can give it simple shell commands, or write plugins in virtually any language.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Single or multi-server setup.
- Automated failover to backup servers.
- Auto-discovery of nearby servers.
- Real-time job status with live log viewer.
- Plugins can be written in any language.
- Schedule events in multiple timezones.
- Optionally queue up long-running events.
- Track CPU and memory usage for each job.
- Historical stats with performance graphs.
- Simple JSON messaging system for Plugins.
- Web hooks for external notification systems.
- Simple REST API for scheduling and running events.
- API Keys for authenticating remote apps.
Website: github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle
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Developer: Joseph Huckaby
License: MIT License

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