FastScheduler
Decorator-first Python task scheduler, async support
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Hi! I've built this because I kept reaching for Celery for simple scheduled tasks and it felt like overkill. I just needed "run this function every hour" or "daily at 9am", not distributed workers.So it's decorators for scheduling (@scheduler.every(5).minutes, @scheduler.daily.at("09:00")), state saves to JSON so jobs survive restarts, and there's an optional FastAPI dashboard if you want to see what's running.No Redis, no message broker, runs in-process with your app. Trade-off is it's single process only — if you need distributed workers, stick with Celery.
HN · launched Jan 13, 2026 · 46 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: command line productivity tools · 82 launches, 0 in the last 7 days ▼ -100% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a lightweight Python scheduling library wrapping Python's built-in asyncio event loop and decorators.
Discussion
14 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: APScheduler, Celery, crontab, Kubernetes cronjobs
Concerns raised: Scheduler API/dashboard authorization not documented, Authentication/security middleware examples missing, Why not use established prior art like crontab or Kubernetes, Adds operational complexity vs. simpler alternatives
Feature requests: UI for defining jobs without code, User-defined job parameters via form interface, Edit scheduled jobs functionality, Pre-built dashboard with job creation forms
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 142 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #26 of 143 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 70 days after the earliest competitor.
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