npm package
Homenode-cron
Node-cron is a job scheduling library for Node. js that allows you to schedule recurring tasks with cron expressions while preventing overlapping runs and coordinating tasks across multiple instances. It is ideal for running background tasks and managing scheduled jobs in a distributed environment.
- lurq health score
- 76/100
- Confidence
- proven
- Weekly downloads
- 3,013,203
- Latest version
- 4.6.0
- Last release
- Jul 5, 2026
- License
- ISC
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