crontab vs Dkron

Is Dkron a good alternative to crontab? Here’s what you need to know.

Dkron

Free

Distributed job scheduling system. Fault-tolerant cron.

Dkron is a distributed, fault-tolerant job scheduling system. Run cron jobs across your infrastructure with automatic failover. REST API, web UI, and support for shell, HTTP, and gRPC executors.

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Why switch from crontab?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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