systemd-cron vs dcron

systemd-cron

systemd units to run cron scripts (by systemd-cron)

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dcron

dillon's lightweight cron daemon (by dubiousjim)

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systemd-cron		dcron
	Project
4	Mentions	1
143	Stars	121
1.4%	Growth	-
9.3	Activity	2.8
11 days ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
C++	Language	C
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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systemd-cron

Posts with mentions or reviews of systemd-cron. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-08.

systemd.timer, an alternative to cron
2 projects | /r/linux | 8 Dec 2022

Okay, sorry, that was a third-party program I was thinking about https://github.com/systemd-cron/systemd-cron
Can I put multiple cronjobs in one systemd service-timer pair?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 4 Nov 2022

Perhaps use something like systemd-crontab-generator? That way you could keep writing Cron config files as normal, but have them automatically converted to corresponding systemd units.
Schedule Cronjob for the First Monday of Every Month, the Funky Way
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Sep 2022

systemd can also manage running your cron scripts itself, with `systemd-cron`
https://github.com/systemd-cron/systemd-cron
Prevent duplicate cron job running
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Sep 2021

dcron

Posts with mentions or reviews of dcron. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-04.