# jhuckaby/Cronicle

A simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI.

Repository: https://github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cronicle
Homepage: http://cronicle.net
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cron, crontab, scheduler, multiserver
Last push: 2026-08-15T16:55:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3890, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 18, "gap_med": 6.0, "n_releases_24m": 69}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5812, forks 501 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:29.932331+00:00)

## What it is
Cronicle is a multi-server task scheduler and runner with a web-based UI, written in Node.js. It replaces cron with support for scheduled, repeating, and on-demand jobs across worker servers, including failover, live logs, and a REST API.

## Use cases
- replace cron with a web UI for scheduled jobs
- run scheduled tasks across multiple servers with failover
- schedule jobs in multiple timezones
- monitor job CPU and memory usage with live logs
- chain sequential jobs and pass data between them
- trigger jobs via a REST API or webhooks

## When to choose
- you need a cron replacement with a visual UI and no database requirement
- you want distributed job execution with automatic failover to backup servers
- you need plugins in any language and a simple JSON messaging API

## When to avoid
- you need a single lightweight cron daemon without a web UI
- you require heavy-duty workflow orchestration like Airflow with complex DAG dependencies
- you need a project under active feature development, since Cronicle is now in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: scheduling, workflow-automation, monitoring, webhook, cli, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, developer-tools, microservices
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: cron-replacement, task-runner, job-scheduler, multi-server, web-ui, rest-api, plugins, devops, automation, nodejs, linux, macos, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- jhuckaby/Cronicle (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.932331+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 2026-08-29T17:52:37.223834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:29.932331+00:00, sha bdb903fa11a7)
  - homepage: http://cronicle.net (fetched 2026-08-29T08:47:59.696783+00:00, sha ab698eb592b7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.