deadcron is an open-source command-line tool that acts as a local dead-man's-switch for cron jobs. It alerts users when a scheduled job stops running without notice, helping system administrators monitor job health without relying on external servers. The tool is self-hosted, has zero dependencies, and is suitable for anyone managing scheduled tasks.
deadcron sits in PulseGate's CLI tools & terminal category. It focuses on missing alerts when scheduled cron jobs silently fail or stop running. deadcron is an open-source project aimed at system administrators. The project is open source (MIT). deadcron is available on the command line.
deadcron first shipped in 2026. Across PulseGate's embedding index, deadcron has few near neighbours, marking it as relatively distinct. Among its 5 catalogued features are cron monitoring, alert notifications, and zero dependencies.
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