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Jobber

Smarter cron replacement with retries and notifications

Automation & Workflows ★ 1.4k stars Easy setup MIT

Jobber is an open-source replacement for cron written in Go, adding job execution history, automatic retries, and error notifications. It is self-hosted to run scheduled tasks more reliably.

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Key features

  • Cron with retries
  • Job execution history
  • Error notifications
  • Lightweight

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.4k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go

Is Jobber secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Jobber's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

Jobber replaces

Self-hosted cron alternatives

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