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| Last Update: | Sat Feb 23 07:11:43 +0000 2019 |
Clockwork - a clock process to replace cron [](https://travis-ci.org/Rykian/clockwork) [](https://gemnasium.com/Rykian/clockwork)
Cron is non-ideal for running scheduled application tasks, especially in an app deployed to multiple machines. [More details.](adam.herokuapp.com/past/2010/4/13/rethinking_cron/)
Clockwork is a cron replacement. It runs as a lightweight, long-running Ruby process which sits alongside your web processes (Mongrel/Thin) and your worker processes (DJ/Resque/Minion/Stalker) to schedule recurring work at particular times or dates. For example, refreshing feeds on an hourly basis, or send reminder emails on a nightly basis, or generating invoices once a month on the 1st.
Quickstart
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