--- title: Easy distributed / scheduled jobs with JobRunr and... description: JobRunr, a distributed job scheduling library for Java, is now available on the Spring Initializr. The walkthrough demonstrates setting up JobRunr with Spring... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/easy-distributed-scheduled-jobs-with-jobrunr-and-spring-boot-vwawkzyyj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Easy distributed / scheduled jobs with JobRunr and Spring Boot | daily.dev og:description: JobRunr, a distributed job scheduling library for Java, is now available on the Spring Initializr. The walkthrough demonstrates setting up JobRunr with Spring... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/easy-distributed-scheduled-jobs-with-jobrunr-and-spring-boot-vwawkzyyj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VwaWKZYyJ.png og:image:alt: Easy distributed / scheduled jobs with JobRunr and Spring Boot og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Easy distributed / scheduled jobs with JobRunr and Spring Boot **[Coffee \+ Software](https://daily.dev/sources/coffee-software)** · 13 min read · 8 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JobRunr, a distributed job scheduling library for Java, is now available on the Spring Initializr. The walkthrough demonstrates setting up JobRunr with Spring Boot and PostgreSQL, covering one-time scheduled jobs, recurring cron-based jobs, and a carbon-aware scheduling feature that consults local energy grid data to run jobs at the most energy-efficient time. The demo also shows the built-in dashboard for monitoring job states, OpenTelemetry/Grafana metrics integration, virtual thread support for scalability, and GraalVM native image compatibility for lightweight worker nodes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I add JobRunr to a Spring Boot project using Spring Initializr? JobRunr is now available directly as a dependency option on start.spring.io, the Spring Initializr. Selecting it alongside Postgres, Spring JDBC, web, actuator, and OpenTelemetry support generates a project with JobRunr's autoconfiguration already wired in, including GraalVM native image support, so background job servers, dashboard, and metrics can be enabled with simple configuration properties. _Developers wiring up Spring Boot job scheduling can track library integrations like JobRunr on daily.dev._ ### How does JobRunr's carbon-aware job scheduling feature work? Carbon-aware scheduling in JobRunr consults local energy grid services to determine the most cost-effective and greenest time to run a job within a specified time window, such as between noon and 1pm. Jobs marked as carbon-aware show a green indicator in the dashboard and get queued to run at the calculated optimal time rather than immediately, useful when exact timing is flexible. _Teams weighing sustainability features in scheduling tools can follow developments like this on daily.dev._ ### How does JobRunr compare to Quartz for job scheduling in Java? JobRunr is described as gaining significantly more community traction and conference visibility than Quartz, the long-established Java job scheduling library, even though Quartz remains supported. JobRunr offers simpler setup, a built-in dashboard, recurring cron-based jobs, distributed background servers that share a database, virtual thread support, and native image compatibility via GraalVM for lightweight worker nodes. _Developers deciding between Quartz and JobRunr for Java scheduling can compare trade-offs on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [JobRunr Introduces ClawRunr, an Open-Source Java AI Agent](https://daily.dev/posts/jobrunr-introduces-clawrunr-an-open-source-java-ai-agent-xbn1g5r1z) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [DB-Scheduler: A Persistent, Cluster-Friendly Scheduler for Java](https://daily.dev/posts/db-scheduler-a-persistent-cluster-friendly-scheduler-for-java-najdvpqye) · Baeldung · 17 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#java](https://daily.dev/tags/java), [#distributed-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/distributed-systems), [#spring-boot](https://daily.dev/tags/spring-boot) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/easy-distributed-scheduled-jobs-with-jobrunr-and-spring-boot-vwawkzyyj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Easy distributed / scheduled jobs with JobRunr and Spring Boot","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/easy-distributed-scheduled-jobs-with-jobrunr-and-spring-boot-vwawkzyyj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/easy-distributed-scheduled-jobs-with-jobrunr-and-spring-boot-vwawkzyyj"},"datePublished":"2026-08-05T09:41:12.490Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:33:04.068Z","description":"JobRunr, a distributed job scheduling library for Java, is now available on the Spring Initializr. 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