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node-cron - 4.2.0 | npmpackage.info

node-cron

A simple cron-like job scheduler for Node.js

4.2.0

3,093

ISC

TypeScript

5.97 kB

165,830,014 4.3

Installations

npm install node-cron

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

CommonJS, ESM

Min. Node Version

>=6.0.0

Node Version

20.19.2

NPM Version

10.8.2 Score

99.3

Supply Chain

100

Quality

93.2

Maintenance

100

Vulnerability

100

License

Pull Requests

Open

2

Total

136

Closed

55

Merged

79

Issues

Open

6

Total

331

Closed

325

Releases

v4.0.0

Updated on May 10, 2025

Version 3.0.0

v3.0.0

Updated on Mar 16, 2021

v2.0.0

Updated on Sep 10, 2018

View All 3 releases

Languages

TypeScript

JavaScript

TypeScript (99.03%)

JavaScript (0.97%)

Developer

merencia

Download Statistics

Total Downloads

165,830,014

Last Day

76,041

Last Week

1,082,518

Last Month

4,576,292

Last Year

51,194,385

GitHub Statistics

ISC License

3,093 Stars

493 Commits

264 Forks

22 Watchers

2 Branches

32 Contributors

Updated on Jul 05, 2025

Bundle Size

20.40 kB

Minified

5.97 kB

Minified + Gzipped

Bundlephobia

Maintainers

View All 32 Contributors

Package Meta Information

Latest Version

4.2.0

Package Id

node-cron@4.2.0

Unpacked Size

214.45 kB

Size

27.48 kB

File Count

129

NPM Version

10.8.2

Node Version

20.19.2

Published on

Jul 01, 2025

Total Downloads

Cumulative downloads

Total Downloads

165,830,014

Node Cron

NPM Downloads

The node-cron module is tiny task scheduler in pure JavaScript for node.js based on GNU crontab. This module allows you to schedule task in node.js using full crontab syntax.

Node-Cron Documentation

Getting Started

Install node-cron using npm:

1npm install --save node-cron

Import node-cron and schedule a task:

commonjs

1const cron = require('node-cron');
2
3cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
4  console.log('running a task every minute');
5});

es6 (module)

1import cron from 'node-cron';
2
3cron.schedule('* * * * *', () => {
4  console.log('running a task every minute');
5});

Cron Syntax

This is a quick reference to cron syntax and also shows the options supported by node-cron.

Allowed fields

 # ┌────────────── second (optional)
 # │ ┌──────────── minute
 # │ │ ┌────────── hour
 # │ │ │ ┌──────── day of month
 # │ │ │ │ ┌────── month
 # │ │ │ │ │ ┌──── day of week
 # │ │ │ │ │ │
 # │ │ │ │ │ │
 # * * * * * *

Allowed values

field	value
second	0-59
minute	0-59
hour	0-23
day of month	1-31
month	1-12 (or names)
day of week	0-7 (or names, 0 or 7 are sunday)

Issues

Feel free to submit issues and enhancement requests here.

Contributing

In general, we follow the "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

Fork the repo on GitHub;
Commit changes to a branch in your fork;
Pull request "upstream" with your changes;

NOTE: Be sure to merge the latest from "upstream" before making a pull request!

Please do not contribute code you did not write yourself, unless you are certain you have the legal ability to do so. Also ensure all contributed code can be distributed under the ISC License.

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Backers

Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [Become a backer]

License

node-cron is under ISC License.

No vulnerabilities found.

10

Maintained

Determines if the project is "actively maintained".

10

Dangerous-Workflow

Determines if the project's GitHub Action workflows avoid dangerous patterns.

10

Binary-Artifacts

Determines if the project has generated executable (binary) artifacts in the source repository.

10

License

Determines if the project has defined a license.

9

Vulnerabilities

Determines if the project has open, known unfixed vulnerabilities.

0

Code-Review

Determines if the project requires human code review before pull requests (aka merge requests) are merged.

0

Token-Permissions

Determines if the project's workflows follow the principle of least privilege.

0

Pinned-Dependencies

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0

CII-Best-Practices

Determines if the project has an OpenSSF (formerly CII) Best Practices Badge.

0

Security-Policy

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0

Fuzzing

Determines if the project uses fuzzing.

0

Branch-Protection

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

0

SAST

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

Score

4.3

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-06-30

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Installations

Developer Guide

Yes

CommonJS, ESM

>=6.0.0

20.19.2

10.8.2

Score

Pull Requests

2

136

55

79

Issues

6

331

325

Releases

Languages

Developer

merencia

Download Statistics

GitHub Statistics

Bundle Size

20.40 kB

5.97 kB

Maintainers

Package Meta Information

Total Downloads

165,830,014

Dev Dependencies

Node Cron

Node-Cron Documentation

Getting Started

Cron Syntax

Allowed fields

Allowed values

Issues

Contributing

Contributors

Backers

Sponsors

License

10

10

10

10

9

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4.3

/10

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