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Gocron

Self-hosted task scheduler with a web management UI

Automation & Workflows ★ 6.3k stars Easy setup MIT

Gocron is an open-source, lightweight task scheduling system with a web interface for managing shell and HTTP jobs across hosts. It is self-hosted to schedule, run, and monitor recurring tasks.

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Key features

  • Web-based job management
  • Shell and HTTP tasks
  • Distributed task nodes
  • Execution logs and alerts

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 6.3k GitHub stars

Is Gocron secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Gocron's latest release (v1.5.3). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2022-40365, published 2022-09-14 (1491 days ago), fixed in 1.5.3

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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