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mcuadros/ofelia

A docker job scheduler (aka. crontab for docker) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/mcuadros/ofelia · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

91/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 75
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 30.5
  • age_days: 3991
  • days_rel: 87
  • days_push: 9
  • n_releases_24m: 15

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3972 stars · 206 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Ofelia is a lightweight job scheduler for Docker environments, written in Go, that acts as a modern replacement for cron. It executes scheduled commands directly inside running containers, in new containers, on the host, or as one-off Swarm services.

Use cases

  • run scheduled tasks inside docker containers
  • cron replacement for containerized environments
  • schedule periodic jobs against running containers
  • run nightly cleanup commands in a container
  • execute periodic database backups in docker
  • schedule one-off swarm service tasks

When to choose

  • you need cron-like scheduling for commands inside Docker containers
  • you want a lightweight, container-native scheduler instead of host crontab
  • you run Docker Swarm and need scheduled one-off services

When to avoid

  • you need a full workflow orchestration engine with dependencies and retries
  • your workloads are not containerized
  • you need distributed scheduling across many hosts outside Docker

Facets

service · maturity active

scheduling workflow-automation developer-tools self-hosted go self-hosted cron docker job-scheduler task-runner crontab devops containers automation linux

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