Welcome

Oddjob is a free open source Java job scheduler. Oddjob provides 'no programming required' scheduling with a business orientated approach that brings control back to the user.

Features:

Monitor and Control jobs anywhere on the network. More
Visual configuration. More
Very flexible scheduling. More
Lots of functionality. More
Triggered and conditional execution. More
Extend without learning an API. More

Benefits

Automate tasks quickly.
Reduce development time.
Cut support overhead.
Make technology more transparent.

News

28th September 2009
Oddjob-0.28.0 is now available. This release includes:

Server Security with JMX Simple Security.
Network failure detection in the JMX client.
A cleaner core Oddjob achieved with more Oddballs.
A Simple services framework for auto wiring beans.

31st July 2009
Oddjob-0.27.0 is now available. This release includes:

A new module system for Oddjob called Oddballs. Includes an Oddball that lets Oddjob play with Spring.

17th May 2009
Oddjob-0.26.0 is now available. This release includes:

Cleaner server side Oddjob and improved user documentation for Sharing Oddjobs on the network.

8th April 2009
Oddjob-0.25.0 is now available. This release includes:

Simpler and more intuitive scheduling provided by three components: Timer, Retry and Trigger. These can be combined to meet most complicated scheduling requirements.
New state jobs for extra control over execution flow.

24th February 2009
Oddjob-0.24.0 is now available. This release includes:

New Java Bean based Configuration Framework that supports Drag and Drop, Job by Job, between Client and Server.

12th March 2006
Oddjob-0.22.0 is now available. This release includes:

New Improved web front end.
Improved persistence including database persistence.
New Simple SQL query job.
Extended support for java.lang.Runnable jobs.
Improved file/directory jobs.
Improved Developer Guide.
Lots More Examples.

7th December 2005
Oddjob-0.21.0 is now available. This release includes:

Right-click scheduling and unscheduling of any job on any server on any scheduler on any server.
Monitor a process's console output on any server.
Job scripting using groovy or other languages.
Cut and Paste support added to Oddjob Designer.
New User Guide.

5th October 2005
Oddjob-0.20.0 is now available. This release includes:

Quartz is now used for scheduling.
A schedule can now be triggered based on the completion state of another job.
Job properties can now be set directly from Oddjob Explorer.
System properties, environment variables and property files can now be used in Oddjob.
Documentation, particularly the reference guide has been improved.

Staying Informed

All new releases are published on Freshmeat under Oddjob.