Guides
How to stop renting timers and webhook pipes
Written for engineers who already pay EasyCron, cron-job.org, or an automation SaaS just to hit an HTTP endpoint on a schedule.
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Self-hosted cron alternative
Stop paying a monthly bill to fire HTTP on a timer. NexusCron is a self-hosted cron alternative you deploy with Docker on machines you already own.
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EasyCron and cron-job.org alternative
Compare EasyCron, cron-job.org, and other hosted cron products with NexusCron. Same job, no subscription, logs and secrets stay on your disk.
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Migrate off EasyCron to a self-hosted runner
Step-by-step migration from EasyCron to a self-hosted cron runner. Export jobs, map cron expressions, Docker Compose, HTTP pings, and cutover without downtime.
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Migrate cron jobs off cloud providers to self-hosted
Technical guide for migrating cron jobs off cloud providers to self-hosted NexusCron. Architecture, Docker Compose, job mapping, and cutover without missed pings.
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Replace cloud cron services with self-hosted NexusCron
Architecture, Docker Compose, production env vars, and cutover for replacing hosted cron with NexusCron on a VPS you already run. One lifetime payment.
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Migrate EasyCron jobs to self-hosted NexusCron
Architecture, Docker Compose, and cost math for replacing $20–$50/month hosted cron with NexusCron on a VPS you already run. One lifetime payment.
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Self-hosted webhook router
A self-hosted webhook router that receives, transforms, and forwards events on your infrastructure. One payment. No Zapier tax for simple routing.
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Replace cloud webhook services with self-hosted Webhook Router
Architecture, Docker Compose, and config mapping to replace Hookdeck, Svix, Zapier, and Make with NexusCore Webhook Router on your VPS. One lifetime payment.
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Replace cloud webhook queues with local SQLite routing
Technical architecture for replacing cloud webhook queues with local SQLite routing. Production Docker Compose, under 50MB RAM, WAL mode, retries, and dead-letter replay.
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Self-hosted pipeline setup
NexusPipeline is a FastAPI Docker execution engine. Clone it, compose up, and keep job state on disk you control. One payment. No worker SaaS.
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Self-hosted admin dashboard setup
NexusAdmin is the self-hosted dashboard that sits next to NexusPipeline. One payment, Docker Compose, no SaaS admin tenant.
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Self-hosted log stream setup
LogStream is a single-binary Node.js collector. HTTP and UDP ingest, SQLite, live dashboard, webhook alerts. One payment. No observability SaaS.
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Self-hosted env sync setup
EnvSync Agent syncs .env values across VPS hosts, laptops, and microservices. Encrypted key-value store. One payment. No secrets tenant.
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Self-hosted API proxy setup
API Proxy Service sits between your code and upstream APIs. Retries, rate limits, fallbacks, circuit breakers. One payment. No gateway SaaS.