Package

cron-schedule

A zero-dependency cron parser and scheduler for Node.js, Deno and the browser.

v6.0.0, 24 Nov 2025MIT-Types: -Queues and background jobs TypeScript tooling

$ npm install cron-schedule

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 1.3m; +664% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 9 months ago; v6.0.0
GitHub stars: -
Open issues / PRs: - / -
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,313,594 downloads last week, 5,784,383 in the last month. The 12-month change of +664% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 125 in total
Latest version: 6.0.0, 24 Nov 20259 months ago
First published: 5 Oct 2020
Last push to GitHub: -
Repository archived: -
Open issues: -
Open pull requests: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -
Dependents on npm: 41

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.0, 24 Nov 2025
v5 first release 5.0.1, 29 Apr 2024
v4 first release 4.0.0, 30 Mar 2023
v3 first release 3.0.0, 23 Feb 2021
v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Oct 2020
v1 first release 1.0.0, 5 Oct 2020

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.0.0	24 Nov 2025
5.0.4	30 Aug 2024
5.0.3	29 Jul 2024
5.0.2	29 Jul 2024
5.0.1	29 Apr 2024
4.0.0	30 Mar 2023
3.0.6	27 Apr 2022
3.0.5	25 Feb 2022
3.0.4	28 Oct 2021
3.0.3	17 Aug 2021
3.0.2	25 Jun 2021
3.0.1	23 Feb 2021
3.0.0	23 Feb 2021
2.2.4	21 Nov 2020

Compatibility

Module format: -Not determined from package.json
TypeScript types: -
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): -
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install cron-schedule

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cron-schedule@6.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cron-schedule@6.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cron-schedule@6.0.0

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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