# xuxueli/xxl-job

A distributed task scheduling framework.（分布式任务调度平台XXL-JOB）

Repository: https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xxl-job
Homepage: http://www.xuxueli.com/xxl-job/
Language: Java
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: xxl-job, job, quartz, glue, task, schedule, scheduler, java, distributed, restful, cron
Last push: 2026-07-21T16:01:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3931, "days_push": 43, "days_rel": 75, "gap_med": 55, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 30493, forks 11491 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:54.487055+00:00)

## What it is
XXL-JOB is a lightweight distributed task scheduling platform written in Java, featuring a central admin console and executor clients that run scheduled jobs. It supports cron-based scheduling, failover, sharding, and RESTful job management, and is widely used in production.

## Use cases
- schedule cron jobs across a distributed cluster
- replace quartz with a centralized job scheduler
- run scheduled background tasks with failover and retry
- manage and monitor scheduled jobs from a web admin console
- shard large batch jobs across multiple executors
- trigger tasks via REST API

## When to choose
- you need centralized scheduling and monitoring of distributed jobs in a Java stack
- you want an out-of-the-box admin UI with sharding, failover, and retries
- you need cron-style or API-triggered tasks across many service instances

## When to avoid
- you need a single-process in-app scheduler only
- your stack is not JVM-based
- you require a permissive license (it is GPL-3.0)
- you need heavy-duty workflow orchestration with complex DAG dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: scheduling, workflow-automation, web-framework, api-framework
- domain: microservices, backend, developer-tools
- platform: jvm, self-hosted
- tags: job-scheduler, cron, distributed-tasks, quartz-alternative, task-orchestration, admin-console, glue, automation, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- xuxueli/xxl-job (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:54.487055+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 2026-08-29T16:52:45.673344+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xuxueli/xxl-job (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:54.487055+00:00, sha 63103ab91b39)
  - homepage: http://www.xuxueli.com/xxl-job/ (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:35.436396+00:00, sha 864d37f70b59)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.