Taskr

Taskr is a powerful HTTP daemon software that offers networked scheduling services much like the iconic cron utility. It provides the flexibility of creating job schedules via REST calls over HTTP, allowing seamless integration with other REST-aware services. Users have the option of manually scheduling and managing jobs through a user-friendly web interface. Taskr is commonly used to schedule remote Rails servers jobs but it is a versatile tool that can perform a broad range of scheduled actions.

Taskr built-in supports complex and higher-level actions, going beyond simple single-line shell commands. It can be used as a REST client to interact with other RESTful services; consider sending timed messages using Howlr's RESTful messaging daemon. Users can take advantage of the Taskr4rails plugin to execute arbitrary codes on a remote Ruby on Rails server via the Taskr infrastructure.

Taskr is written in Ruby using the Camping framework and uses OpenWFERu-Scheduler behind the scenes. The combination provides a fast and efficient scheduling engine, delivering excellent flexibility to programmers handling schedule-related matters. Overall, Taskr is a reliable and robust tool for scheduling services, providing a great user and programmer experience.