Cronicle is a simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web-based UI, serving as a modern, multi-server replacement for traditional Cron daemons.

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🚀 Overview

Cronicle is a lightweight, open-source tool for scheduling and executing tasks across multiple servers, featuring a intuitive web interface for management and real-time monitoring.

It solves the limitations of traditional cron by providing multi-server scalability, auto-failover, live logs, performance metrics, and no database dependency—all data stored in simple JSON files.

Built for developers, system administrators, and DevOps teams who need reliable automation without complex setups.

Joseph Huckaby created it as a flexible, extensible alternative to cron, emphasizing ease of use, plugins in any language, and resilience in distributed environments.

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✨ Key Features

• Multi-server support with auto-discovery, targeting individual servers or groups, and automatic failover for high availability

• Flexible scheduling via visual date/time picker for one-time, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly recurring jobs, with timezone handling

• Real-time monitoring including progress bars, live log viewer, CPU/memory usage graphs, and performance pie charts

• Plugin system using simple JSON API for custom jobs in any language, plus REST API, webhooks, email notifications, and resource limits

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: jQuery, Socket.IO, Chart.js, Font Awesome, Material Design Icons

• Backend: Node.js

• Database: JSON files on disk (no DB required)

• Auth: Built-in multi-user authentication

• Hosting: Self-hosted (easy install via single curl command)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers who want to replace cron with a scalable web UI and real-time stats

• Teams looking for distributed task scheduling across servers without database overhead

• Indie makers building custom automation workflows with plugins

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://cronicle.net (landing page); full demo via self-host install

• GitHub: https://github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-24

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes / Open Source (MIT License)

(Completely free to use, modify, and distribute.)

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Is the source code available?

Yes — https://github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle

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Can I contribute?

Yes — report bugs or suggest features via GitHub issues, submit pull requests. Use discussions for questions and new issue templates for structured feedback.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://cronicle.net

• GitHub: https://github.com/jhuckaby/Cronicle

• Twitter/X: N/A

• Email: N/A (contact via GitHub)

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