Lingon Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Lingon for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is LaunchControl. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cronnix. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Lingon and six of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Lingon are Plisterine, LaunchD Task Scheduler, Launchd Editor and Continu.app.

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Lingon is a graphical user interface for creating an editing launchd configuration files for Mac OS X.

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LaunchControl
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
14 LaunchControl alternatives
LaunchControl is the new face of launchd(8). It allows you to manage system- and user services on your Mac. Use it to:
- - LaunchControl is the most popular Mac alternative to Lingon.
- - LaunchControl is the most popular commercial alternative to Lingon.
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LaunchControl Features
1. Schedule BackupLaunchControl supports scheduling of your backups at specific times or intervals.
Launchd GUI
QuickLaunch
Configuration Management
System management
Comments about LaunchControl as a Alternative to Lingon
Almost everyone thinks LaunchControl is a great Lingon alternative.
Guest
It is the only tool telling me why a job does not work. Saves al lot of time.
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Guest
It does everything Lingon does and much more.
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Plisterine
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
5 Plisterine alternatives
An application that helps you easily create, edit, and manage launch agents.
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Discontinued
App developer is MIA, hasn't been updated since 2016. Uservoice support goes unanswered.
Cronnix
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Free • Open Source
Mac
5 Cronnix alternatives
CronniX is an Aqua frontend to the powerful Unix tool "cron". Cron is a Unix system service that allows scheduled execution of scripts, programs, applications - in short anything that can be started from the command line.
- - Cronnix is the most popular Open Source alternative to Lingon.
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Discontinued
App is permanently discontinued from developer.

Comments about Cronnix as a Alternative to Lingon
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Guest
Lingon is for startup scripts. Cronnix is for cron jobs.
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LaunchD Task Scheduler
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Mac
5 LaunchD Task Scheduler alternatives
LaunchD Task Scheduler is a very simple to use and intuitive task scheduler for your Mac. It Creates, Edits and Delete Tasks which are used to automate launching application or scripts based on your specified schedule.
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LaunchD Task Scheduler Features
Scheduling
Launchd Editor
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
12 Launchd Editor alternatives
Launchd Editor provides a graphical way to edit the property lists that launchd uses to start programs. Instead of working within Property List Editor, you can use Launchd Editor to create the property list in a specialized interface that also ensures that your file will be...
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Discontinued
Homepage & author not available.
Continu.app
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Mac
1 Continu.app alternatives
Continu is a small and simple to use OS X menu bar based app that makes sure that one or more applications will always be running on your Mac. If they crash or should accidentally be closed, Continu.app will automatically launch them again, either giving them focus or opening...
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