Decision Workspace
crony-cli vs cron-when vs schedx
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
33
crony-cli
experimentalv0.1.0
A CLI tool for managing cron jobs with Apalis
49
cron-when
experimentalv0.4.2
A CLI tool to parse cron expressions and display next execution times with human-readable durations
42
schedx
experimentalv0.4.0
Scheduler CLI for recurring jobs, agent prompts, and webhooks
Core Metrics
| crony-cli | cron-when | schedx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 33 | 49 | 42 |
| Total Downloads | 515 | 245 | 45 |
| 30d Downloads | 8 | 10 | 45 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Releases | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 281d ago | 49d ago | today |
| Age | 9m | 4m | 17d |
Health Breakdown
crony-cli
Maintenance
3
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
cron-when
Maintenance
16
Quality
11
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
schedx
Maintenance
13
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| crony-cli | cron-when | schedx | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| Dependencies | 13 | 20 | 22 |
| Crate Size | 120KB | 59KB | 100KB |
| 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 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •crony-cli has the most downloads (515), suggesting wider adoption.