cron
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cron last released 4.4.0 on 2025-12-09. Its latest version requires Node.js >=18.x.
Facts
- Latest release
- 4.4.0, (10 months ago)
- First published
- (15 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 4
- Median days between releases
- 7
- Median days between major versions
- 511
- Monthly downloads
- 28,175,758
- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/kelektiv/node-cron
- Homepage
- github.com/kelektiv/node-cron
- Source
- registry.npmjs.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
5 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4.0.0 | 2025-02-19 | 4.4.0 | 2025-12-09 |
| 3 | 3.0.0 | 2023-09-30 | 3.5.0 | 2025-01-10 |
| 2 | 2.0.0 | 2022-05-03 | 2.4.4 | 2023-09-25 |
| 1 | 1.0.0 | 2012-08-07 | 1.8.3 | 2022-04-29 |
| 0 | 0.1.0 | 2011-04-09 | 0.3.4 | 2012-07-04 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of cron declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | >=18.x | 18.0.0 | 4.0.0 | 2025-02-19 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of cron runs on 9 tracked runtime releases.
| Runtime | Cycle | Released | End of life | LTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | 26 | 2026-05-05 | 2029-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 25 | 2025-10-15 | 2026-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 24 | 2025-05-06 | 2028-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 23 | 2024-10-16 | 2025-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 22 | 2024-04-24 | 2027-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 21 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 20 | 2023-04-18 | 2026-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 19 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 18 | 2022-04-19 | 2025-04-30 | yes |
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