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gocron

A task scheduler built with Go and Vue.js that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file. The scheduler reads job definitions, executes commands at specified times using cron…

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository: self-hosting on your own server, web interface and central authentication (LDAP, SSO…).

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A self-hosted task scheduler built with Go and Vue.js.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Define recurring jobs in a YAML file, run them on cron schedules, pass per-job environment variables, and manage everything through a web UI backed by SQLite. • Quick Start • NixOS • Features • Configuration • Job…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Define recurring jobs in a YAML file, run them on cron schedules, pass per-job environment variables, and manage everything through a web UI backed by SQLite. • Quick Start • NixOS • Features • Configuration • Job…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of gocron is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub flohoss/gocron (MIT)

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