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innmind/cron
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Helper to install crontabs on a machine

5.0.0(2mo ago)3111MITPHPPHP ~8.4CI passing

Since Sep 7Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Cron
====

[](#cron)

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Library to help manage crontabs of a machine

Important

To correctly use this library you must validate your code with [`vimeo/psalm`](https://packagist.org/packages/vimeo/psalm)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require innmind/cron
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Insalling jobs

[](#insalling-jobs)

For the default user :

```
use Innmind\Cron\{
    Crontab,
    Job,
};
use Innmind\OperatingSystem\Factory;

$os = Factory::build();
$install = Crontab::forConnectedUser(
    Job::of('* * * * * say hello'),
    Job::of('*/2 * * * * say world'),
);
$install($os->control())->unwrap();
// this is the same as running "echo '* * * * * say hello' | crontab" in your terminal
```

For a specific user :

```
use Innmind\Cron\{
    Crontab,
    Job,
};
use Innmind\OperatingSystem\Factory;
use Innmind\Immutable\{
    Attempt,
    SideEffect,
};

$os = Factory::build();
$install = Crontab::forUser(
    'watev',
    Job::of('* * * * * say hello'),
);
$install($os->control()); // Attempt
// this is the same as running "echo '* * * * * say hello' | crontab -u admin" in your terminal
```

Since this library rely on [`innmind/server-control`](https://github.com/Innmind/ServerControl) you can easily install a crontab on a remote server. For example installing a crontab for the user `admin` on the server `example.com` would be done like this :

```
use Innmind\Cron\{
    Crontab,
    Job,
};
use Innmind\OperatingSystem\Factory;
use Innmind\Url\Url;

$os = Factory::build();
$install = Crontab::forUser(
    'admin',
    Job::of('* * * * * say hello'),
);
$install(
    $os->remote()->ssh(Url::of('ssh://example.com')),
)->unwrap();
```

Note

At the moment the library does **not** support adding comments and spaces in the crontab.

### Reading a crontab

[](#reading-a-crontab)

For the default user :

```
use Innmind\Cron\{
    Read,
    Job,
};
use Innmind\OperatingSystem\Factory;
use Innmind\Immutable\{
    Attempt,
    Sequence,
};

$os = Factory::build();
$read = Read::forConnectedUser();
$jobs = $read($os->control()); // it will run "crontab -l"
// $jobs is an instance of Attempt
```

For a specific user :

```
use Innmind\Cron\{
    Read,
    Job,
};
use Innmind\OperatingSystem\Factory;
use Innmind\Immutable\{
    Attempt,
    Sequence,
};

$os = Factory::build();
$read = Read::forUser('watev');
$jobs = $read($os->control()); // it will run "crontab -u watev -l"
// $jobs is an instance of Attempt
```

Note

At the moment comments and spaces are not listed in the `$jobs` variable.

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity83

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~336 days

Recently: every ~346 days

Total

8

Last Release

88d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-01-27

2.1.0 → 3.0.02022-05-01

3.2.0 → 4.0.02025-08-07

4.0.0 → 5.0.02026-02-15

PHP version history (6 changes)1.0.0PHP ~7.2

2.0.0PHP ~7.4

2.1.0PHP ~7.4|~8.0

3.0.0PHP ~8.1

3.2.0PHP ~8.2

5.0.0PHP ~8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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---

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