# viniciuschiele/flask-apscheduler

Adds APScheduler support to Flask

Repository: https://github.com/viniciuschiele/flask-apscheduler
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flask-apscheduler
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: flask, flask-extensions, apscheduler, scheduler, cron-jobs
Last push: 2023-11-07T12:46:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4133, "days_push": 1030, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1136, forks 178 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.641113+00:00)

## What it is
A Flask extension that integrates APScheduler into Flask applications, loading scheduler and job configuration from Flask config. It also exposes a REST API for managing scheduled jobs with optional authentication.

## Use cases
- schedule background jobs in a flask app
- run cron jobs from flask configuration
- manage scheduled tasks via a rest api
- run periodic tasks on a specific host
- add apscheduler to an application factory flask project

## When to choose
- you already use Flask and need in-process job scheduling
- you want job definitions driven by Flask configuration
- you need a REST API to add, remove, or inspect scheduled jobs

## When to avoid
- you need a standalone distributed job scheduler without Flask
- you use Django, FastAPI, or another non-Flask framework
- you need heavy-duty distributed scheduling with persistence across many workers

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: scheduling, web-framework, api-framework, auth
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: python
- tags: flask, apscheduler, cron-jobs, flask-extension, job-scheduling, automation, web-server

## Member repositories
- viniciuschiele/flask-apscheduler (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.641113+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 2026-08-30T06:36:32.688919+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/viniciuschiele/flask-apscheduler (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.641113+00:00, sha 0f11a4e0f51e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/flask-apscheduler/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:41:42.703178+00:00, sha e5cc3ab2457d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.