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 GitHub Actions. 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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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  2. 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
     
  3. Cicada.sh icon
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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

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Z-Cron icon
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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.

    23 Z-Cron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. 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
     
  6. Crontask icon
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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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Zen Cron icon
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    Simple Scheduled HTTP Requests.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Cronbe icon
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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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. evQueue icon
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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
     
  10. pippy icon
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    Dynamic pipelines for GitHub actions.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • GitHub
     
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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

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    • Windows
     
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