Installation¶

Before installing Cronboard, make sure cron is available on your machine:

crontab -l

If this command returns an error saying cron is not installed, install it through your system's package manager first. Cronboard only manages existing crontabs; it does not replace the system cron daemon.

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)¶

Recommended if you use Homebrew. You get automatic updates with brew upgrade.

brew install cronboard

uv¶

Good choice if you already use uv for Python tooling. Installs the latest version from the repository.

uv tool install git+https://github.com/antoniorodr/cronboard

AUR (Arch Linux)¶

For Arch users. Install from the AUR with your preferred helper (e.g. yay or paru).

yay -S cronboard

Nix¶

For Nix/NixOS users. Adds Cronboard to your profile from the project’s flake.

nix profile add github:antoniorodr/cronboard

Manual (from source)¶

Use this if you want to run from a clone (e.g. for development or a specific branch). Requires Python 3.13+ and the project’s dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/antoniorodr/cronboard
cd cronboard
pip install .