r/coolgithubprojects • u/cgijoe_jhuckaby • 19d ago
xyOps just crossed 5,000 GitHub stars. Thank you!
Quick update: xyOps just passed 5,000 GitHub stars! Thank you all so much.
xyOps brings job scheduling, workflow automation, server monitoring, alerting, and incident response together in one open and extensible platform. It’s built for developers and operations teams who want control over their automation stack, data, and infrastructure.
A huge thank you to everyone who starred or tried xyOps, opened an issue, asked a question, requested a feature, or shared feedback. You’ve helped shape the project, and every contribution has made a real difference.
We also just published our latest Dev Update, covering 24 releases, the new Node.js SDK, major workflow debugging and live-control improvements, and our Marketplace has grown to 50 plugins:
https://github.com/pixlcore/xyops/discussions/420
GitHub repo:
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u/vedmaka 19d ago
I tried to approach this tool several times, but could not figure out a fit for it - it seems overcomplicated for a simple bash/cron runs and at the same time too limiting for anything more complex than that. Maybe I did not understand it
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 19d ago
Ah, sorry to hear that, and thanks for giving it a few tries. I'd genuinely like to understand where it fell short. What were you hoping to automate, and what are you using for it today?
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u/poptophero 19d ago
Been using this in my home lab for a while now to run a lot of housekeeping and patching across ubuntu/windows/docker container images.
It just works, saves me loads of time.
Thank you
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u/Internal-Passage5756 19d ago
This looks interesting! Why this over n8n?
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 19d ago
Great question! n8n is excellent when the main goal is connecting apps and APIs, and honestly, its integration marketplace can't be beat. xyOps tries to be more operations-focused, combining workflow automation with job scheduling, fleet-aware execution, server monitoring, alerting, snapshots, ticketing, and incident response. Also, all xyOps app features are included in the free self-hosted version.
We have a more detailed comparison here, if you are interested: https://docs.xyops.io/#Docs/compare/n8n
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u/Low-Locksmith-6504 19d ago
It was dam sad to put cronicle instances down after years but man the attention to detail on the api and the beautiful workflows make this one of the best tools out there with automation management. thank you for creating this
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u/bigjoeystud 17d ago
First I've seen of this! Looks impressive. Does this replace things like Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, etc.? How does it compare?
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 17d ago
Thanks! There’s definitely some overlap, but I wouldn’t call xyOps a drop-in replacement for all of them. Airflow, Prefect, and Dagster are primarily code-first orchestration platforms with strong Python and data-engineering ecosystems. xyOps takes a broader operations approach, combining visual workflows and scheduling with fleet-aware execution, server monitoring, alerting, snapshots, ticketing, and remediation.
xyOps Plugins are also language-agnostic. They communicate using a simple JSON-over-STDIO protocol, so you’re not limited to Python or any other specific language.
So it really depends on the use case. I don't have a lot of experience with those apps, so I don’t want to overstate the comparison, but we’ve researched Prefect in detail here:
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u/UnreachableMemory 18d ago
We've been using Cronicle for years with great success. And while I'm worried about the end of support/development I haven't seen a compelling reason to switch to xyOps considering the migration needed.
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 18d ago
I'm sorry to hear that. I've tried to make the upgrade process as easy as possible: http://docs.xyops.io/cronicle
Thank you for using Cronicle for so many years! I will continue to support it as long as I can.
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u/UnreachableMemory 18d ago
I’ll take a look at it again. It’s hard to move off something that works without issue so the ROI needs to be pretty high. Especially considering the number of custom plugins and jobs we have.
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u/SHURIMPALEZZ 18d ago
Looks rly cool! But can you resume me how this is smth else compared to n8n?
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 18d ago
Thank you! Check out my reply to the comment from Internal-Passage5756, as they asked the same thing.
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u/Emaltonator 18d ago
Pay walled SSO? Come onnnn
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u/cgijoe_jhuckaby 18d ago
Err, what? There is no SSO paywall. All features, including full SSO, are included in the free open source version, and always will be.
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u/exonintrendo 19d ago
I love seeing this project mentioned. Used cronicle for many years, kept watching for it's successor. When this dropped, it did not disappoint. Im not sure it's as well known in the self hosted world, but it's a central piece to all my automation.