Cronhq

Cronhq

Cron jobs that actually run

93upvotes
Launched September 21, 2026

About Cronhq

Cronhq is a reliable, self-hosted scheduling solution designed to ensure that cron jobs execute exactly once, addressing a common pain point in traditional cron management. Built with Rust and leveraging Postgres locks for guaranteed execution, it prevents silent failures and duplicate runs that can lead to billing errors or missed tasks. Its robust feature set includes retries with backoff, HMAC-signed webhooks for secure notifications, heartbeat monitors for unexecuted jobs, and alerting systems that notify on failure and recovery. This makes Cronhq ideal for developers and operations teams seeking a dependable, open-source scheduler that can be deployed on their own infrastructure.

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Pros

  • Guarantees exactly-once execution using Postgres locks
  • Self-hostable with an open-source license (MIT)
  • Built-in retries, backoff, and alerting features
  • Secure webhooks with HMAC signing
  • Simple deployment with same image used in production

Cons

  • Requires self-hosting and infrastructure management
  • Limited free tier with only 5 jobs
  • May have a learning curve for non-technical users

Use Cases

1Ensuring critical billing or financial jobs run exactly once
2Scheduled data processing tasks requiring high reliability
3Automation of internal operations that must not duplicate
4Monitoring and alerting for scheduled jobs
5Self-hosted cron replacement for secure environments

Pricing

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Quick Info

Upvotes93
Comments11
Launched9/21/2026

Topics

Open SourceSaaSDeveloper ToolsGitHub

Makers

Michael Sunmisola

Michael Sunmisola

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