kelektiv/node-cron

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A Node.js library for scheduling jobs (functions or shell commands) using cron syntax, with support for Date/Luxon triggers and an optional seconds field. It is a mature, widely-used npm package for in-process task scheduling.

Use cases

• run a function on a cron schedule in node.js
• schedule nightly database backups
• send scheduled notifications from a node app
• trigger jobs every minute/hour/day
• run system commands on a schedule from javascript
• schedule a job at a specific date and time

When to choose

• you need cron-style scheduling inside a Node.js process
• you want to run functions or child processes on a schedule
• you need Date-based one-off triggers in addition to cron patterns

When to avoid

• you need distributed or persistent job queues across workers
• your scheduler must survive process restarts without external state
• you are not using Node.js

Facets

library · maturity active

scheduling workflow-automation developer-tools backend cross-platform cron job-scheduler typescript task-scheduling automation nodejs

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