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24 alternatives to Spooled

Open-source job queue with webhooks, SSE, and zero config

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Hook0▲339

    OpenSource Webhook as a service, secure and enterprise ready

    2024 · hook0.com · its alternatives →

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    Monitoring for websites, APIs, and cron jobs

    2024 · webgazer.io · its alternatives →

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    webhook is a lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands - adnanh/webhook

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Background jobs made simple

    2022 · loophook.xyz · its alternatives →

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    Create Cron job without line of code

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Schedule reminders, follow-ups, notifications, and expirations with one API call. Delivery tracking, retries, and failure alerting built in. No cron to maintain.

    2018 · posthook.io · its alternatives →

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    Reliable scheduled HTTP jobs with retries & logs

    Apr 2026 · runhooks.app · its alternatives →

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    Convoy▲130

    Open-source webhooks infrastructure

    2022 · getconvoy.io · its alternatives →

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    Hey Friends, Convoy is an open-source webhooks gateway. Webhooks continue to be hard at scale, and large teams require consistent tooling for inbound & outbound webhooks. Convoy enables developers to securely send, receive and manage millions of webhooks reliably with features like retries, rate limiting, circuit breaking, customer-facing webhook logs, zero downtime secrets rotation and more. Since our initial launch [0], we've learned a lot about our users and made several important improvements we are excited to share: - We are now a webhooks gateway! Akin to API Gateways that sit at the…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hookdeck▲243

    From webhooks to external event streams, Hookdeck ensures every event is received, processed, and monitored reliably at scale, giving you complete visibility and control.

    2021 · hookdeck.com · its alternatives →

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    Trigger webhooks at specific times or on intervals using cron expressions. Automate workflows with ease.

    2022 · cronhooks.io · its alternatives →

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    My favorite JS/TS job processing framework. Maybe yours too? [ARCHIVED] - eropple/taskbotjs

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Event driven task scheduler

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Create instant disposable Webhooks to inspect & respond fast

    2025 · webhook.projext.in · its alternatives →

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    Kafka-based Job Queue for Python. Contribute to joowani/kq development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Schedule Webhooks Without the Infrastructure Headache

    Nov 2025 · hookpulse.io · its alternatives →

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    Catch, edit, and retry failed webhooks & cron jobs

    Jun 2026 · underlayer.dev · its alternatives →

  18. 18SJ

    Hey HN, I'm the maintainer of node-cron (5M+ downloads/month), and I recently built Sidequest.js, a background job runner for Node.js inspired by Oban (Elixir) and Sidekiq (Rails). It solves some common problems I saw with libraries like node-cron: - Jobs don’t block your API: they run in isolated worker threads - No Redis or vendor lock-in: use Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, or MongoDB - Supports retries, uniqueness, concurrency, snoozing, prioritization - Comes with a CLI and a simple dashboard - Works great in monoliths and doesn’t require extra infra Quick start (no signup needed):…

    2025 · docs.sidequestjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Manage your background jobs in the cloud

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    webhook is a lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands - webhook/README.md at master · adnanh/webhook

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cron scheduler for devs | smart retries & extended timeouts

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    A simple golang application to automate the deployment of software releases. - skx/deployr

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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