GoCron Alternatives

GoCron is described as 'A task scheduler built with Go and Vue.js that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file. The scheduler reads job definitions, executes commands at specified times using cron expressions, and passes in environment variables for each job' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GoCron for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Self-Hosted, Windows and Linux apps. The best GoCron alternative is Google Cloud Functions. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GitHub Actions or Cicada.sh. Other great apps like GoCron are Z-Cron, Scheduled tasks, Crontask and Zen Cron.

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    Run your code in the cloud with no servers or containers to manage with our scalable, pay-as-you-go functions as a service (FaaS) product.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Google Cloud Functions is the most popular Web-based alternative to GoCron.

    • Google Cloud Functions is the most popular commercial alternative to GoCron.

    • Google Cloud Functions is Paid and ProprietaryGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.

    22 GitHub Actions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • GitHub Actions is the most popular free alternative to GoCron.

    • GitHub Actions is Free Personal and ProprietaryGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    Cicada.sh is a free and open-source platform designed to facilitate the execution of software automation workflows. This platform is unique in its approach to infrastructure coding, utilizing a programming language specifically constructed for automation workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Cicada.sh is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to GoCron.

    • Cicada.sh is the most popular Open Source alternative to GoCron.

    • Cicada.sh is Freemium and Open SourceGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    Z-Cron is a scheduler which you can use to run jobs/tasks on your PC time-controlled with a schedule. Z-Cron is a central coordination point for the scheduling and automation of software.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Z-Cron is the most popular Windows alternative to GoCron.

    • Z-Cron is Free Personal and ProprietaryGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    GNOME GUI for configuring a users' cron (automatic jobs).

    Some of its features are:

    Templates support so that you won't have to create the same task again and again. If run as root, you can edit any user's crontab and "at" tasks. Human-readable strings lik.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
    • Scheduled tasks is the most popular Linux alternative to GoCron.

    • Scheduled tasks is Free and ProprietaryGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    Schedule Node.js or Python scripts with a few clicks. Set your Git repository and Cron expression and you're ready to go.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Simple Scheduled HTTP Requests.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Cronbe is a SaaS platform designed to simplify task scheduling and health monitoring for DevOps teams by providing a straightforward way to automate CRON jobs and monitor services. By setting up scheduled HTTP requests, Cronbe enables teams to trigger jobs or check the status of...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    evQueue is an open source job scheduler and queueing engine. It features an event-driven C++ engine and a PHP / MySQL web control interface which provides tasks monitoring and creation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Open Source solution for enterprise level workload automation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Dynamic pipelines for GitHub actions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • GitHub
     
    • pippy is the most popular Mac alternative to GoCron.

    • pippy is Freemium and Open SourceGoCron is Free and Open Source
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    Task scheduler for Windows OS. Very similar to linux cron. Extremely simple configuration based on cron. Runs at command line or as a Windows Service. Much easier to troubleshoot than the painful Windows Task Scheduler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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