# mcuadros/ofelia

A docker job scheduler (aka. crontab for docker)

Repository: https://github.com/mcuadros/ofelia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ofelia
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T04:31:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3991, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 87, "gap_med": 30.5, "n_releases_24m": 15}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3972, forks 206 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.871217+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: scheduling, workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: cron, docker, job-scheduler, task-runner, crontab, devops, containers, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- mcuadros/ofelia (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.871217+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 2026-08-29T18:24:21.610004+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mcuadros/ofelia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.871217+00:00, sha ffebf2eda28b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.