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Local Cron Management

The Local tab shows all cron jobs for the currently logged-in user. Cronboard reads and writes your crontab directly.

Viewing Cron Jobs

All jobs are displayed in a table with the following columns:

Column Description
ID Comment attached to the job (used as identifier)
Expression Raw cron expression
Command Shell command to execute
Last Run Previous scheduled execution time
Next Run Next scheduled execution time
Status Active (green), Paused (red), or Inactive (yellow)

Creating a Cron Job

Press c to open the creation form.

Fields

Field Description
Expression A valid cron expression or special alias (see below)
Command The shell command to run. Supports path autocompletion with Tab
ID A unique identifier stored as a crontab comment

Cron expression cheatsheet

Symbol Meaning
* Any value
, Value list separator (e.g. 1,3,5)
- Range of values (e.g. 1-5)
/ Step values (e.g. */5)

Format: Minute Hour Day Month Weekday

Special aliases

Alias Equivalent Description
@reboot — Run once at startup
@hourly 0 * * * * Every hour
@daily / @midnight 0 0 * * * Every day at midnight
@weekly 0 0 * * 0 Every Sunday at midnight
@monthly 0 0 1 * * First day of each month
@yearly / @annually 0 0 1 1 * Once a year on January 1st

As you type the expression, a live description is shown below the field (e.g. "At 00:00 on day-of-month 1").

Editing a Cron Job

  1. Navigate to the job using j / k (or arrow keys).
  2. Press e to open the edit form — pre-filled with the current values.
  3. Modify the fields and press Save.

Deleting a Cron Job

  1. Navigate to the job.
  2. Press D (uppercase).
  3. Confirm the deletion in the confirmation dialog.

Pausing and Resuming

Press p on a selected job to toggle its active state:

  • Active → Paused: the job is commented out in the crontab and will not run.
  • Paused → Active: the job is uncommented and resumes its schedule.

Refreshing

Press r to reload the crontab from disk at any time.