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Anacron is a periodic command scheduler. It executes commands at intervals specified in days.

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Top 3 Open-Source Alternatives to Anacron

fcron

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Application And Data Automation Cron Monitoring Monitoring Tools Office & Productivity Photography Task Management Time Tracking

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Anacron are fcron, entr, and fswatch. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. fcron Landing Page
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    fcron

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

    #Time Tracking #Task Management #Monitoring Tools 1 social mentions

  2. entr Landing Page
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    entr

    Run arbitrary commands when files change
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Photography #Monitoring Tools #Application And Data 8 social mentions

  3. fswatch Landing Page
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    fswatch

    fswatch : A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Time Tracking #Automation #Task Management

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