Cronmaster
Cronjob management UI with human readable syntax, live logging and log history for your cronjobs.
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Commit activity more than 28% of tracked projects; popularity more than 40%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 1.4k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 2.3.2 · 13 Aug 2026 |
| Repo updated | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker |
Is Cronmaster actively maintained?
Cronmaster is under active development: 90 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 1 commit a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 92% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The most recent tagged release, 2.3.2, shipped about two months ago — a current, installable version exists today.
Cronmaster ranks #20 of 32 tracked automation projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Cronmaster actually does
Cronmaster is a self-hosted user interface designed for managing cron jobs. It allows you to define schedules using human-readable syntax while providing live output logging and historical run data.
Best fit: It is a suitable tool for developers or system administrators who want a centralised web interface to monitor and manage scheduled tasks across their infrastructure.
Worth knowing: The project has a modest community footprint and an AGPL-3.0 licence, which may introduce compliance considerations if you modify and distribute the source code within a commercial network.
Deployment notes
Because it is distributed as a Docker container, you will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes to preserve your job history and ensure a reverse proxy is set up in front of it for TLS termination.
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