crontab-gen-cli

CLI tool for crontab-gen

Installation

npm install -g crontab-gen-cli

Usage

Initialize configuration

crontab-gen init
crontab-gen init --template advanced
crontab-gen init --output custom-config.json

Validate configuration

crontab-gen validate
crontab-gen validate path/to/config.json

View configuration

crontab-gen show
crontab-gen show --env production
crontab-gen show --json

Modify configuration

crontab-gen set settings.debug true
crontab-gen set settings.logLevel \"warn\"

Compare configurations

crontab-gen diff config-dev.json config-prod.json

List templates

crontab-gen templates

Templates

| Template | Description | |----------|-------------| | minimal | Bare minimum configuration | | standard | Recommended defaults for most projects | | advanced | Full-featured with security, caching, and multi-environment support |

Why crontab-gen-cli?

• Zero dependencies at runtime — just commander and chalk
• Template-based — start with minimal, standard, or advanced presets
• Validation built-in — catch config errors before deployment
• Environment-aware — manage dev/staging/production configs in one file
• Diff support — compare configs across environments

License

MIT