Cronicle
Simple, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web based UI.
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Still maintained? Yes: 45 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.9.140 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Cronitor.
At a glance
Cronicle quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 5,867
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.9.140, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to Cronicle
Full rankings: Cronitor alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Cronicle will still be supported and maintained going forward (mainly bug fixes and security issues will be patched)."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Cronicle scores 85/100, #16 of 32 in Automation: 45 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.9.140, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 5,867 stars add 15.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
45 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.9.140 released 2 days ago
- Stars 15.1 / 20
5.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 45
- Last 90 days
- 124
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #16 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between Huginn (#15) and Leon (#17) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v0.9.140 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 5,867 |
| Open issues | 317 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | jhuckaby/Cronicle ↗ |
Cronicle vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Cronicle (Automation), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Airflow | 99 | 47k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Activepieces | 98 | 25k | MIT | today |
| changedetection.io | 98 | 35k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Healthchecks | 96 | 10k | BSD-3-Clause | 2 days ago |
| gocron | 91 | 625 | MIT | 7 days ago |
| Cronicle (this tool) | 85 | 5.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
Cronicle: common questions
What does Cronicle replace?
Repoly lists Cronicle as an open-source alternative to Cronitor. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Cronicle stands against the others.
Is Cronicle still maintained?
Cronicle had 45 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.9.140, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.