Open source scheduler projects

Every project in the registry tagged scheduler, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 23 combined stars ★ 81K refresh nightly
01 xxl-job ★ 31K

A distributed task scheduling framework.(分布式任务调度平台XXL-JOB)

last push24 days ago languageJava licenseGPL-3.0
02 Trigger ★ 17K

Run long-running AI tasks without timeouts or servers

last push2 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
03 Easy!Appointments ★ 4.5K

Free open-source appointment booking for any business

last push7 days ago languagePHP licenseGPL-3.0
04 Worklenz ★ 3.3K

Open source agency management tool for streamlined success

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
05 FluentScheduler ★ 2.8K

Automated job scheduler with fluent interface for the .NET platform.

last push8 months ago languageC# licenseUnlicense
06 croner ★ 2.6K

Trigger functions or evaluate cron expressions in JavaScript or TypeScript. No dependencies. Most features. Node. Deno. Bun. Browser.

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
07 rtic ★ 2.4K

Real-Time Interrupt-driven Concurrency (RTIC) framework for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers

last push6 days ago languageRust licenseApache-2.0
08 kala ★ 2.2K

Modern Job Scheduler

last push11 months ago languageGo licenseMIT
09 go-quartz ★ 2.0K

Minimalist and zero-dependency scheduling library for Go

last push10 months ago languageGo licenseMIT
10 Youtarr ★ 1.8K

Self-hosted web app that automates downloading, organizing, and scheduling YouTube channel content with support for Plex, Kodi, Emby and Jellyfin

last push31 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseISC
11 resque-scheduler ★ 1.7K

A light-weight job scheduling system built on top of Resque

last push4 days ago languageRuby licenseMIT
12 Taier ★ 1.3K

Taier is a big data development platform for submission, scheduling, operation and maintenance, and indicator information display

last push3 months ago languageJava licenseApache-2.0
13 Queuer ★ 1.1K

Queuer is a queue manager, built on top of OperationQueue and Dispatch (aka GCD).

last push4 months ago languageSwift licenseMIT
14 OpenCue ★ 1.0K

A render management system you can deploy for visual effects and animation productions.

last push5 days ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
15 atom ★ 911

Atom Agent, Open-Source Governed AI Agent Platform for Self-Hosted Automation

last push15 hours ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
16 libfork ★ 901

A bleeding-edge, lock-free, wait-free, continuation-stealing tasking library built on C++20's coroutines

last push5 months ago languageC++ licenseMPL-2.0
17 swarm-cronjob ★ 889

Create jobs on a time-based schedule on Docker Swarm

last push9 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
18 wexflow ★ 844

Workflow Automation Engine

last push4 days ago languageC# licenseMIT
19 tork ★ 820

Tork is a lightweight, distributed workflow engine that runs tasks as simple scripts within Docker containers.

last push4 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
20 gocron ★ 805

distributed scheduled task management system

last push24 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
21 aperture ★ 732

Rate limiting, caching, and request prioritization for modern workloads

last push11 months ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
22 waverless ★ 634

High-performance serverless GPU task orchestration — the scheduling layer behind wavespeed.ai

last push2 months ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
23 ftpgrab ★ 566

Grab your files periodically from a remote FTP or SFTP server easily

last push9 days ago languageGo licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source scheduler projects are there?

This registry tracks 23 projects tagged scheduler, with 81,154 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is xxl-job at 30,643 stars.

Are these scheduler projects free to use?

Yes — 23 of the 23 carry an explicit open-source licence across 7 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which scheduler project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these scheduler projects still maintained?

16 of the 23 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.