Overview

Open-source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django Get instant alerts when your cron jobs, background workers, scheduled tasks don’t run on time. Monitor up to 20 cron jobs for free. The project has 10K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under BSD-3-Clause.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

To enable PagerDuty Simple Install Flow,

Register a PagerDuty app at PagerDuty › Developer Mode › My Apps
In the newly created app, add the “Events Integration” functionality
Specify a Redirect URL: https://your-domain.com/integrations/add_pagerduty/
Copy the displayed app_id value (PXXXXX) and put it in the PD_APP_ID environment variable

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

apt, docker, ldap, mysql, pip, postgresql, sqlite, two factor auth, webhooks.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Authentication & Access

LDAP / Active Directory
Two-Factor Authentication

Integrations & APIs

Webhooks

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