macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
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Install jobber with Homebrew, Nix
Alternative to cron, with better status-reporting and error-handling. Version 1.4.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#jobber.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#jobbernixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/jo/jobber/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Alternative to cron, with better status-reporting and error-handling
Project links
Commands and aliases
- jobber
history
Project history and usage
Jobber is a Go-based Unix job scheduler positioned as a better-behaved alternative to cron. Its project site emphasizes scheduled command execution plus job execution history, error handling, retry/backoff behavior, and failure reporting.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created in September 2014, and the release sequence shows a beta in January 2015 followed by v1.0.0 in January 2016. The project then moved through 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 lines, with v1.4.4 published in June 2020.
Jobber's documentation settled around a per-user jobfile model: each user defines jobs in ~/.jobber, while jobbermaster and jobberrunner coordinate execution. The README later notes that the project is stable but not actively maintained due to lack of maintainer time.
Adoption history
Jobber reached package-manager users through Homebrew and Nix, but its adoption stayed narrower than cron itself because it asks users to install a daemonized scheduler rather than rely on the base system. Its strongest niche is where operators want cron-like scheduling plus visible run history and more explicit failure behavior.
How it is used
Users define YAML jobs with commands, schedules, onError behavior, result sinks, and optional run logs. The command-line interface supports loading jobs, listing jobs and recent runs, testing a job, pausing and resuming jobs, and printing a job command.
Why package nerds care
Jobber is interesting as a packaged cron alternative that tried to make failure semantics part of the job definition. For package maintainers and ops-minded users, it shows the tradeoff between richer scheduler behavior and the extra service-management surface of replacing a ubiquitous system tool.
Timeline
- 2014: GitHub repository created.
- 2015: v0.1.0 beta release published.
- 2016: v1.0.0 and early 1.x releases published.
- 2018: v1.3.x releases published.
- 2019: v1.4.0 release published.
- 2020: v1.4.4 release published.
Related projects
- cron is the direct point of comparison and replacement target.
- systemd timers, anacron, and language-level job schedulers occupy adjacent scheduling territory, but Jobber's own documentation frames cron as the main comparison.
Sources
- The GitHub release API supplies the release timeline.
- The project site and README supply the cron-alternative positioning, project status, and feature set.
- The v1.4 documentation supplies the jobfile, daemon, CLI, error-handling, and run-log behavior.
security posture
Risk level: orange
formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.jobber
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
jobber | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.4.4
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:jobber |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.4.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://dshearer.github.io/jobber/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/dshearer/jobber |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
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jobber
nix profile install nixpkgs#jobber- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Jobber
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation