gocron
Task scheduler that allows users to specify recurring jobs via a simple YAML configuration file.
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Still maintained? Yes: 118 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.14.1 (Oct 2026).
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At a glance
gocron quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 625
- Last commit
- 7 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.14.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "A self-hosted task scheduler built with Go and Vue.js. 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."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
gocron scores 91/100, #11 of 32 in Automation: 118 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.14.1, 7 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 625 stars add 11.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 8.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
118 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.14.1 released 7 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.2 / 20
625 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 118
- Last 90 days
- 247
- Last 12 months
- 7 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 32 tools in Automation by health , between Discount Bandit (#10) and flowctl (#12) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker |
| Latest release | v0.14.1 · 7 days ago |
| Stars | 625 |
| Open issues | 1 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | flohoss/gocron ↗ |
gocron vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with gocron (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 |
| Dagu | 95 | 4.5k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| gocron (this tool) | 91 | 625 | MIT | 7 days ago |
| Cronicle | 85 | 5.9k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| µTask | 55 | 1.4k | BSD-3-Clause | 3 months ago |
gocron: common questions
Is gocron still maintained?
gocron had 118 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 7 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.14.1, is from 7 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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