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| 6 | + <title>CronTUI | A cron manager that finally feels pleasant to use</title> |
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| 9 | + content="CronTUI is a terminal UI for cron and native Windows scheduled tasks, with real-time validation, previews, backups, and CLI parity." |
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| 31 | + <header class="topbar"> |
| 32 | + <a class="brand" href="https://github.com/Meru143/crontui">CronTUI</a> |
| 33 | + <nav> |
| 34 | + <a href="#modes">Modes</a> |
| 35 | + <a href="#why">Why</a> |
| 36 | + <a href="#install">Install</a> |
| 37 | + <a href="https://github.com/Meru143/crontui">GitHub</a> |
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| 42 | + <section class="hero"> |
| 43 | + <div class="hero-copy"> |
| 44 | + <p class="eyebrow">Terminal scheduling with an opinionated UI</p> |
| 45 | + <h1>Editing cron should feel like editing a real interface, not decoding punctuation under pressure.</h1> |
| 46 | + <p class="lede"> |
| 47 | + CronTUI wraps cron and native Windows scheduling in a visual terminal workflow: |
| 48 | + add jobs, validate expressions live, preview the next run, keep backups, and |
| 49 | + still drop to a plain CLI when you want scripting instead of menus. |
| 50 | + </p> |
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| 52 | + <a class="button primary" href="https://github.com/Meru143/crontui">Star on GitHub</a> |
| 53 | + <a class="button secondary" href="#install">Install CronTUI</a> |
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| 57 | + <div class="hero-grid"> |
| 58 | + <figure class="panel"> |
| 59 | + <img src="./assets/crontui-linux-wsl.gif" alt="CronTUI Linux and WSL demo" /> |
| 60 | + <figcaption>Linux / WSL cron flow</figcaption> |
| 61 | + </figure> |
| 62 | + <figure class="panel"> |
| 63 | + <img src="./assets/crontui-native-windows.gif" alt="CronTUI native Windows demo" /> |
| 64 | + <figcaption>Native Windows task flow</figcaption> |
| 65 | + </figure> |
| 66 | + </div> |
| 67 | + </section> |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + <section id="modes" class="section"> |
| 70 | + <div class="section-head"> |
| 71 | + <p class="eyebrow">Modes</p> |
| 72 | + <h2>One interface, two scheduling worlds.</h2> |
| 73 | + <p> |
| 74 | + CronTUI does not pretend Windows and Unix cron are the same system. It gives both |
| 75 | + environments a clean terminal workflow while staying honest about the semantics and limits. |
| 76 | + </p> |
| 77 | + </div> |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + <div class="cards"> |
| 80 | + <article class="card"> |
| 81 | + <h3>Linux, macOS, WSL</h3> |
| 82 | + <p>Manage real `crontab` entries with schedule presets, next-run previews, and backup support.</p> |
| 83 | + </article> |
| 84 | + <article class="card"> |
| 85 | + <h3>Native Windows</h3> |
| 86 | + <p>Manage only CronTUI-owned tasks inside a dedicated Task Scheduler folder instead of mutating arbitrary jobs.</p> |
| 87 | + </article> |
| 88 | + <article class="card"> |
| 89 | + <h3>CLI parity</h3> |
| 90 | + <p>Every major operation is also available as a non-interactive command when you need automation instead of UI.</p> |
| 91 | + </article> |
| 92 | + </div> |
| 93 | + </section> |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + <section id="why" class="section split"> |
| 96 | + <div class="section-head"> |
| 97 | + <p class="eyebrow">Why CronTUI</p> |
| 98 | + <h2>Less memorizing. More confidence before you save.</h2> |
| 99 | + <p> |
| 100 | + The best parts of the tool are the small ones: live cron validation, next-run previews, |
| 101 | + stable managed IDs, and backups before writes. That turns a fragile text edit into a workflow |
| 102 | + you can trust when the schedule actually matters. |
| 103 | + </p> |
| 104 | + </div> |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | + <div class="feature-board"> |
| 107 | + <div class="feature"> |
| 108 | + <span>Live</span> |
| 109 | + <p>Realtime cron validation while you type.</p> |
| 110 | + </div> |
| 111 | + <div class="feature"> |
| 112 | + <span>Preview</span> |
| 113 | + <p>See upcoming run times before the entry is written.</p> |
| 114 | + </div> |
| 115 | + <div class="feature"> |
| 116 | + <span>Backup</span> |
| 117 | + <p>Automatic snapshots before each write or restore.</p> |
| 118 | + </div> |
| 119 | + <div class="feature"> |
| 120 | + <span>Filter</span> |
| 121 | + <p>Search and filter by command or enabled state.</p> |
| 122 | + </div> |
| 123 | + </div> |
| 124 | + </section> |
| 125 | + |
| 126 | + <section id="install" class="section install"> |
| 127 | + <div class="section-head"> |
| 128 | + <p class="eyebrow">Install</p> |
| 129 | + <h2>Use it in the mode your machine actually needs.</h2> |
| 130 | + <p> |
| 131 | + Go install is the short path. Releases are there when you want a binary. Native Windows |
| 132 | + and WSL both have explicit, documented paths. |
| 133 | + </p> |
| 134 | + </div> |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | + <div class="install-grid"> |
| 137 | + <pre><code>go install github.com/meru143/crontui@latest |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +crontui |
| 140 | +crontui add "0 9 * * 1-5" "backup.sh" |
| 141 | +crontui list --json</code></pre> |
| 142 | + <pre><code>Best fits: |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +- developer workstation schedules |
| 145 | +- recurring local scripts |
| 146 | +- WSL cron management |
| 147 | +- native Windows task management</code></pre> |
| 148 | + </div> |
| 149 | + </section> |
| 150 | + </main> |
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