# quartznet/quartznet

Quartz Enterprise Scheduler .NET

Repository: https://github.com/quartznet/quartznet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/quartznet
Homepage: http://www.quartz-scheduler.net/
Language: C#
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: c-sharp, dotnet, scheduler, scheduling, scheduled-tasks, scheduled-jobs, cron, quartz, nuget, job-scheduler, dotnetcore, hacktoberfest, trigger
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:36:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5725, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 33, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 20}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7068, forks 1713 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:55.666524+00:00)

## What it is
Quartz.NET is a full-featured, open-source enterprise job scheduler for the .NET platform, supporting cron and simple triggers, pluggable job stores, and clustering with load balancing and fail-over. It integrates with ASP.NET Core, Microsoft DI, and OpenTelemetry, and scales from small apps to large enterprise systems.

## Use cases
- run scheduled background jobs in a .NET application
- execute cron-based tasks on a schedule
- cluster scheduled jobs with load balancing and fail-over
- persist job schedules to a SQL database
- schedule recurring email or report generation jobs
- replace Windows Task Scheduler with code-driven job scheduling

## When to choose
- you need robust, enterprise-grade job scheduling in .NET with clustering and persistence
- you want cron expressions, triggers, and listeners with ASP.NET Core / DI integration
- you need a mature, actively maintained scheduler with a large community

## When to avoid
- you only need simple fire-and-forget background work (use Hangfire or a hosted service)
- your stack is not .NET
- you need distributed task queues with message brokers like Celery-style workflows

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, workflow-automation, monitoring
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: dotnet, cross-platform, cloud
- tags: job-scheduler, cron, cron-expressions, clustering, job-store, aspnet-core, background-jobs, nuget, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- quartznet/quartznet (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:55.666524+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 2026-08-29T17:40:28.151522+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/quartznet/quartznet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:55.666524+00:00, sha 3fddb0537b1c)
  - homepage: http://www.quartz-scheduler.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:05.844900+00:00, sha 003d5b244473)
  - site_page: https://www.quartz-scheduler.net/features.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:05.853896+00:00, sha 7cc5e93cbd74)
  - site_page: https://www.quartz-scheduler.net/documentation/quartz-3.x/quick-start.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:05.855959+00:00, sha 449a37902b2f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.