APScheduler
In-process task scheduler with Cron-like capabilities for Python applications.
Jobs, queues and workflows PyPI MIT
Used in agent projects
50
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in jobs, queues and workflows
#2 of 7
by use in those projects
Downloads
8.9M
PyPI, last 7 days, apscheduler
GitHub stars
7,652
last push Oct 8, 2026
How APScheduler is used
APScheduler is a dependency in 50 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #2 of 7 in jobs, queues and workflows. The most used alternative there is node-cron. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (84.0%), Requests (72.0%), Pydantic (54.0%).
Often used with APScheduler
| python-dotenv | 84.0% of APScheduler projects · 12.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 72.0% of APScheduler projects · 13.5× more than average |
| Pydantic | 54.0% of APScheduler projects · 10.6× more than average |
| FastAPI | 50.0% of APScheduler projects · 11.8× more than average |
| Uvicorn | 50.0% of APScheduler projects · 11.7× more than average |
| solders | 48.0% of APScheduler projects · 14.4× more than average |
| aiohttp | 46.0% of APScheduler projects · 19.8× more than average |
| SQLAlchemy | 46.0% of APScheduler projects · 23.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list APScheduler as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install apscheduler |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (49), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | nmweaver/soltrade, pipedude/evi-run, leionion/solana-bot-bump, siiway/NextBridge, imcrazysteven/Crypto-Trading-Analyze-Telegram-Bot |
Alternatives to APScheduler
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| node-cron npm Job scheduling for Node.js with overlap prevention and distributed coordination. |
74 (0.6%) | 5.1M | 3,280 | ISC |
| Celery pypi Distributed task queue for Python executing jobs asynchronously across workers. |
48 (0.4%) | 11M | 28.9K | BSD-3-Clause |
| BullMQ npm Fast, reliable Redis-backed queue for jobs and messages in Node.js. |
43 (0.3%) | 9.6M | 9,490 | MIT |
| schedule pypi Simple Python library for scheduling jobs to run at regular intervals. |
29 (0.2%) | 1.3M | 12.3K | MIT License |
| p-queue npm Promise queue with concurrency control for managing async task execution. |
21 (0.2%) | 37.3M | 4,283 | MIT |
| amqplib npm AMQP 0-9-1 client library for RabbitMQ and message-based workflows. |
20 (0.2%) | 3M | 3,844 | MIT |