Dkron is a distributed job scheduling system for cloud native environments.
It acts as a cron replacement that runs scheduled jobs across clusters of servers, using leader failover and distributed coordination to avoid single points of failure. The software is built to scale from small deployments to large clusters and is suited to automating recurring workloads across multiple machines.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Includes a web UI for creating and editing jobs, viewing execution history and logs, monitoring cluster status, and running jobs manually.
- Provides a REST API together with executor and processor plugin support for integrating scheduled workloads into existing systems.
- Uses tag-based node selection so jobs can target matching nodes or groups of nodes.
- Supports retries, job dependencies, chained execution, and concurrency controls for more complex workflows.
Website: https://github.com/dkron-io/dkron
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Developer: Distributed Works
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
Dkron 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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