# pschlan/cron-job.org

cron-job.org Open Source project

Repository: https://github.com/pschlan/cron-job.org
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cron-joborg
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-24T13:13:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3501, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2042, forks 302 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:08.670630+00:00)

## What it is
The open-source codebase behind cron-job.org, a self-hosted web service for scheduling and executing HTTP-based cron jobs. It consists of a C++ scheduler daemon (chronos) that fetches jobs from MySQL and performs thousands of parallel HTTP requests, plus a PHP API, web frontend, and status page.

## Use cases
- schedule recurring http requests to urls
- self-host a cron job triggering service
- ping websites on a schedule to keep them awake
- run scheduled webhooks from a web dashboard
- monitor endpoint uptime with a status page
- distribute scheduled http jobs across multiple nodes

## When to choose
- you want a hosted-style cron scheduler you control yourself
- you need to trigger URLs or webhooks on a minute-level schedule at scale
- you want a web UI plus API for managing scheduled HTTP jobs and viewing execution history

## When to avoid
- you need local shell command cron jobs rather than HTTP requests
- you require strict durability of job execution history, which is optimized for performance over integrity
- you want a simple single-binary scheduler without a web frontend or database setup

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: scheduling, http-client, web-framework, api-framework, monitoring
- domain: self-hosted, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted, cpp, php
- tags: cron-jobs, http-ping, web-scheduler, status-page, distributed-nodes, thrift-protocol, sqlite, mysql, automation, linux, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- pschlan/cron-job.org (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.670630+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:58:18.754851+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pschlan/cron-job.org (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.670630+00:00, sha 1d70cd043ac8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.