The best replacement for cron is at.

The best alternatives to cron are rated as following:
★★★★★  at
★★★★  anacron
★★★  quartz
★★★  daemon
★★★  launchd
★★★  autosys
★★  crond
★  celery
★  upstart
★  scheduler
  windows task scheduler
  atd
  tycron
  crontab
  systemd
  quartz scheduler

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