go-crond
Lightweight cron daemon for containers and minimal systems
go-crond is a small cron daemon written in Go that runs scheduled jobs from crontab-style files, designed for use inside containers and minimal environments. It is self-hosted as a single binary.
Key features
- Container-friendly cron
- Single static binary
- Crontab-compatible
- Run jobs as users
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in Go
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