xyOps

xyOps is a next-generation, open-source platform that unifies job scheduling, workflow automation, server monitoring, alerting, and incident response into a single, cohesive system. Designed for developers and operations teams, xyOps provides complete control over your automation stack without compromising on data privacy, operational freedom, or system visibility. Unlike many modern tools, xyOps does not hide critical features behind paywalls, nor does it push telemetry data back to any external service. It is open, extensible, and built to run anywhere, from a single server to a fleet of thousands. The platform offers a visual workflow builder, a flexible job scheduler with capabilities far beyond traditional cron, comprehensive server monitoring with custom metrics, smart alerting with complex triggers, and an integrated ticketing system for streamlined incident response. xyOps is 100% free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license, ensuring that all current and future features remain accessible without restriction. The product is designed to be developer-friendly, with simple setup from download to deployment in minutes, and it supports plugins written in any language using a straightforward JSON over STDIO API. With a growing marketplace of official and community plugins, including integrations with popular services like GitHub, Slack, AWS S3, OpenAI, and Discord, xyOps empowers teams to orchestrate their entire infrastructure efficiently and transparently.

Visual Workflow Builder

The graphical workflow editor allows users to chain multiple jobs together with conditional logic, pass data and files between workflow steps, and assign actions to events such as notifications or webhooks. Users can attach limiters like timeouts, memory caps, and log size caps to each step, run jobs in parallel, or create custom queues. This feature transforms complex automation sequences into intuitive, visual pipelines that are easy to design, understand, and maintain.

Flexible Job Scheduler

xyOps reimagines job scheduling with capabilities far beyond traditional cron. Users can target individual servers or entire groups, set multiple schedules per event, define blackout ranges for holidays or planned downtime, and import existing crontab configurations. The scheduler supports one-time jobs for single-shot executions and includes plugin-based scheduler extensions for custom scheduling logic, providing unparalleled flexibility for any automation need.

Active Job Tracking

The platform enables running any number of jobs in parallel, with an optional maximum parallel limit that queues the rest. Users receive real-time progress updates, including time remaining, and can enforce resource limits such as CPU and memory usage per job. Jobs can emit their own progress and statistics, and users can run custom actions based on job results, offering deep visibility and control over every execution.

Smart Alerts and Integrated Ticketing

xyOps features rich alerting with full customization and complex trigger expressions. Alerts can be delivered via email, webhook, or custom notification channels, and each alert includes a snapshot of the server at the time of the event. Alerts can automatically create tickets or trigger jobs, and active alerts can prevent new jobs from launching. The built-in ticketing system supports incident response workflows, allowing alerts and failed jobs to automatically generate tickets that can attach files and run jobs for CI/CD systems, all fully scriptable via API.

Centralized Infrastructure Orchestration

Operations teams managing fleets of servers, from five to five thousand, can use xyOps to schedule jobs across the entire infrastructure, track performance metrics in real time, set up smart alerts for anomalies, and view everything live from a single dashboard. This centralized approach eliminates the need for multiple disparate tools, reduces complexity, and provides a unified view of system health and automation status.

Automated Incident Response and Ticketing

When a critical alert is triggered, such as a server running out of disk space or a job failing, xyOps can automatically create a ticket in its integrated system, attach a snapshot of the server state, and run predefined remediation jobs. This automation accelerates incident response, reduces manual intervention, and ensures that every issue is tracked and resolved systematically, improving overall system reliability.

Complex CI/CD Pipeline Orchestration

Development teams can leverage the visual workflow builder to create sophisticated CI/CD pipelines that chain build, test, and deployment jobs with conditional logic. Workflows can pass data and files between steps, enforce resource limits, and trigger notifications or rollback actions on failure. The ability to run jobs in parallel and integrate with tools like GitHub and Discord makes xyOps a powerful engine for continuous integration and delivery.

Custom Monitoring and Plugin Development

Teams with unique monitoring requirements can use xyOps to define custom monitors and metrics by running arbitrary commands on servers. Using the simple JSON over STDIO Plugin API, developers can write plugins in any language to extend the platform with new event sources, actions, monitors, or triggers. These custom plugins can be published to the marketplace, fostering a community-driven ecosystem of reusable automation components.

What is the licensing model for xyOps?

xyOps is 100% free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license, and it always will be. The license will never be modified, split, or amended with additional restrictive terms. No new code or contributions will ever be accepted under a non-OSI-approved license. All current and future app features will remain open source forever. Professional and enterprise support plans are available separately for teams that require dedicated assistance.

How does xyOps handle scalability and redundancy?

xyOps is built to scale from five servers to thousands. It supports running multiple hot backup instances that can take over immediately on primary failure without interrupting any running jobs. Worker servers can be grouped manually or automatically based on hostname, and agents can be easily installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows. This architecture ensures high availability and seamless scaling as your infrastructure grows.

Can I write plugins for xyOps in my preferred programming language?

Yes. xyOps uses a simple JSON over STDIO Plugin API that requires no SDK and supports all programming languages. You can define custom parameters with UI form fields and create multiple plugin types, including Event, Action, Monitor, and Trigger plugins. This flexibility allows you to extend xyOps with exactly the functionality your team needs, using the tools and languages you are already comfortable with.

What integrations are available in the xyOps Marketplace?

The xyOps Marketplace offers a growing library of ready-made plugins, both official and community-based. Current integrations include popular services such as Atlassian, AWS S3, Bluesky, Cloudinary, Discord, GitHub, Google Sheets, Linear, Mastodon, Notion, OpenAI, Pushover, Replicate, Slack, Telegram, and Twilio. You can also easily add MCP servers as plugins and write and publish your own plugins to the store for others to use.