Anacron Alternatives

This program is an "inotify cron" system. It consists of a daemon and a table manipulator.

mcron is GNU's implementation of cron. It is a 100% compatible replacement for Vixie cron.

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Fcron is a scheduler designed for Unix/Linux systems, especially usefull when your system is not up all the day long.

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Run arbitrary commands when files change

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Free Alarm Clock is a free, full-featured and user-friendly computer alarm clock for Windows.

VisualCron is an automation, integration and task scheduling tool for Windows.

System Scheduler for Windows, Free Task Scheduler Software replace Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler

With Z-Cron scheduler you can start and/or quit programs (*.exe, *.com, *.bat) under Windows. Freeware software for automation task service on your system.

GNOME GUI for configuring a users' cron (automatic jobs). Some of its features are:

Online Alarm Clock - Use YouTube videos or MP3 files as alarm sound. Works offline.

The Task Scheduler enables you to automatically perform routine tasks on a chosen computer. Task Scheduler does this by monitoring whatever criteria you choose (referred to as triggers) and then executing the tasks when their criteria are met.

Kana Reminder is a program which can be used to set a reminder to be triggered at a specified time.

Easy and safe way to manage your crontab file