About WatchCron

Simple, reliable monitoring for your scheduled tasks.

WatchCron is a cron job and heartbeat monitoring service. We help developers and teams ensure their scheduled tasks, background workers, and automated pipelines run on time — every time.

How It Works

WatchCron uses a Dead Man's Switch pattern. Your scheduled tasks ping a unique URL on each run. If a ping is missed, we alert you immediately through your preferred channels — email, Slack, Telegram, or webhooks.

Why WatchCron?

• Zero-dependency integration — just add an HTTP request to your job
• Support for cron expressions and simple period-based schedules
• Start/finish/fail signals for precise duration tracking
• Multi-channel notifications with per-check assignment
• Team collaboration with role-based access
• Full REST API for programmatic management
• SVG status badges for your README or dashboards

Built for Developers

WatchCron is designed to be simple to set up and invisible when everything works. No agents to install, no SDKs to learn. Add a single curl call to your cron job and you're done.