Decision Workspace
crony-cli vs cron-when vs schedx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
43
crony-cli
growingv0.2.0
A CLI tool for managing cron jobs with Apalis
52
cron-when
experimentalv0.5.7
A CLI tool to parse cron expressions and display next execution times with human-readable durations
43
schedx
experimentalv0.6.1
Scheduler CLI for recurring jobs, agent prompts, and webhooks
Core Metrics
| crony-cli | cron-when | schedx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 43 | 52 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 537 | 415 | 115 |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 2 | 17 | 7 |
| Last Updated | 101d ago | 6d ago | 102d ago |
| Age | 1y | 8m | 4m |
Health Breakdown
crony-cli
Maintenance
12
Quality
12
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
cron-when
Maintenance
19
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
schedx
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| crony-cli | cron-when | schedx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 0.5.7 | 0.6.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 14 | 19 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 118KB | 58KB | 132KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | 1.85.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cron-when leads with a health score of 52/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crony-cli has the most downloads (537), suggesting wider adoption.