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 sacrificing data privacy, operational freedom, or system visibility. Unlike many commercial tools, xyOps does not hide essential features behind paywalls, nor does it push telemetry data back to any external service. The platform is built to be open, extensible, and capable of running anywhere across your infrastructure. Whether you manage five servers or five thousand, xyOps offers a comprehensive solution for orchestrating your entire environment. It includes a visual workflow builder for creating complex automation pipelines, a flexible job scheduler that goes far beyond traditional cron capabilities, real-time job tracking with resource limits, server monitoring dashboards, smart alerting with customizable triggers, and an integrated ticketing system for incident response. All of this is backed by a plugin architecture that supports any programming language, a growing marketplace of ready-made plugins, and the ability to run multiple hot backups for high availability. xyOps is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license, ensuring it remains free and open source forever, with all current and future features available without restriction.

Visual Workflow Builder

The graphical workflow editor allows you to chain multiple jobs with conditional logic, pass data and files between workflow steps, and assign actions to events such as notifications or webhooks. You can attach limiters including timeouts, memory caps, and log size caps, and run jobs in parallel or create custom queues for efficient task execution.

Flexible Job Scheduler

Go beyond traditional cron with the ability to target individual servers or entire server groups. The scheduler supports multiple schedules per event, blackout ranges for holidays or downtime, crontab import for migration, one-time jobs, and plugin-based scheduler extensions for maximum flexibility in job timing and execution.

Active Job Tracking

Run any number of jobs in parallel with an optional maximum parallel limit that queues the rest. Gain real-time progress updates with time remaining estimates, enforce CPU and memory usage limits per job, and allow your jobs to emit their own progress and statistics. Run custom actions based on job results for dynamic response.

Smart Alerts and Integrated Ticketing

Rich alerting with full customization and complex trigger expressions. Alerts can be delivered via email, webhook, or custom notifications and include a snapshot of the server at the time of the alert. Alerts can automatically create tickets or run jobs, and active alerts can prevent new jobs from launching. The built-in ticketing system supports file attachments and job execution for CI/CD integration.

Infrastructure Automation and Orchestration

Operations teams can use xyOps to automate routine infrastructure tasks such as server patching, backup execution, log rotation, and configuration management across a fleet of servers. The visual workflow builder allows chaining these tasks with conditional logic, ensuring that critical maintenance windows are respected and that failures trigger appropriate alerts or remediation workflows without manual intervention.

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Pipelines

Development teams can leverage xyOps to build and manage CI/CD pipelines directly within their infrastructure. The platform can schedule build jobs, run tests in parallel across multiple servers, deploy artifacts, and monitor deployment health in real time. Alerts can automatically create tickets or roll back deployments if failures are detected, providing a complete automation loop for software delivery.

Incident Response and On-Call Management

When monitoring detects anomalies or job failures, xyOps can automatically create tickets in its integrated ticketing system, assign them to the appropriate team, and trigger incident response workflows. These workflows can include running diagnostic jobs, collecting server snapshots, notifying on-call personnel via multiple channels, and even executing automated remediation steps to restore service quickly.

Custom Business Process Automation

Beyond technical infrastructure, xyOps can automate business processes that involve data processing, report generation, and third-party integrations. Using the plugin marketplace, teams can connect to services like AWS S3, Google Sheets, Notion, Slack, and Discord. Workflows can be designed to process incoming data, update spreadsheets, send notifications, and trigger downstream actions, all within a single platform.

What is the licensing model for xyOps and will it change?

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.

How does xyOps handle scalability and high availability?

xyOps scales to thousands of worker servers in your cluster and supports running multiple hot backups that can take over instantly on power loss. No jobs are interrupted during primary failover. Servers can be grouped manually or automatically based on hostname, and agents can be easily installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems.

Can I extend xyOps with custom plugins and what languages are supported?

Yes, xyOps uses a simple JSON over STDIO Plugin API that requires no SDK, and all programming languages are supported. You can define custom parameters with UI form fields. Multiple plugin types are available including Event, Action, Monitor, and Trigger. You can also easily add MCP servers as plugins and publish your own plugins to the marketplace.

What third-party integrations are available in the plugin marketplace?

The xyOps plugin marketplace offers a growing library of both official and community-based plugins. Current integrations include Atlassian, AWS S3, Bluesky, Cloudinary, Discord, GitHub, Google Sheets, Linear, Mastodon, Notion, OpenAI, Pushover, Replicate, Slack, Telegram, and Twilio. The marketplace continues to expand with new plugins from the community.