xyOps

xyOps represents a paradigm shift in how development and operations teams approach workflow automation and infrastructure management. It is a next-generation, unified platform that seamlessly integrates job scheduling, workflow automation, server monitoring, alerting, and incident response into a single, cohesive system. Designed for developers and operations teams who demand complete control over their automation stack, xyOps eliminates the need for disparate tools and fragmented workflows. The platform is built on a foundation of openness and extensibility, ensuring that users never surrender their data, freedom, or visibility. Unlike many modern tools, xyOps does not hide critical features behind paywalls, nor does it push telemetry back to its creators. It is 100% free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license, a commitment that is permanent and unwavering. xyOps is designed to run anywhere, from a single server to a fleet of thousands, and its architecture adapts to the scale of any organization. With a visual workflow builder, a flexible job scheduler, real-time monitoring, smart alerting, and an integrated ticketing system, xyOps provides a comprehensive solution for orchestrating entire infrastructures. It empowers teams to automate complex pipelines, enforce operational limits, and respond to incidents with speed and precision, all while maintaining full ownership of their data and code.

Visual Workflow Builder

The graphical workflow editor allows users to connect events, triggers, actions, and monitors into meaningful, automated pipelines. Users can chain multiple jobs with conditional logic, pass data and even files between workflow steps, and assign specific actions to events such as notifications or webhooks. The builder also supports attaching limiters like timeouts, memory caps, and log size caps, and provides the ability to run jobs in parallel or create custom queues for optimal resource utilization.

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, and define blackout ranges for holidays or planned downtime. The scheduler supports crontab import for seamless migration, offers one-time jobs for single-shot executions, and is extensible through a plugin-based architecture that allows for custom scheduling logic.

Active Job Tracking

The platform provides real-time visibility into all running jobs, with the ability to run any number of jobs in parallel while optionally setting a maximum parallel limit and queuing the rest. Users receive real-time progress updates, including time remaining, and can enforce limits on CPU and memory usage per job. Jobs can emit their own progress and stats, and custom actions can be triggered based on the job result, enabling sophisticated automation scenarios.

Smart Alerts and Integrated Ticketing

xyOps features a rich alerting system with trigger expressions and flexible rules for complete customization. Alerts can be delivered via email, webhook, or custom notifications, and each alert includes a snapshot of the server at the time of the event. Alerts can automatically create tickets or run jobs, and active alerts can prevent new jobs from launching. The built-in ticketing system supports incident response, 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.

Infrastructure-Wide Job Orchestration

Teams managing fleets of servers, from five to five thousand, can use xyOps to schedule and orchestrate jobs across their entire infrastructure. This includes running maintenance scripts, deploying updates, and executing data processing tasks on targeted groups of servers. The platform's scalability and redundancy features, including hot backups and automatic failover, ensure that no jobs are interrupted even during primary system failures, providing enterprise-grade reliability.

Automated Incident Response Workflows

When a server monitor detects an anomaly or a job fails, xyOps can automatically trigger a predefined incident response workflow. This workflow might create a support ticket, send a notification to a team channel, and launch a diagnostic job on the affected server. The integrated ticketing system captures all relevant data, including server snapshots, and can run automated remediation steps, significantly reducing mean time to resolution.

CI/CD Pipeline Automation

Development teams can leverage xyOps to build and manage complex CI/CD pipelines. The visual workflow builder allows for chaining build, test, and deployment jobs with conditional logic. For example, a successful build can trigger automated tests, and only upon passing all tests will a deployment job be initiated. The platform's plugin marketplace offers integrations with popular tools like GitHub, AWS S3, and Notion, enabling seamless connectivity with existing development ecosystems.

Custom Performance Monitoring and Alerting

Operations teams can define custom monitors and alerts for any metric relevant to their infrastructure. This goes beyond standard CPU and memory tracking to include custom commands that grab specific metrics from applications or services. Historical performance graphs, available from hourly to yearly views, provide deep insights into system behavior. When thresholds are breached, smart alerts with flexible trigger expressions can notify the right teams through their preferred channels, ensuring rapid awareness of critical issues.

What is the licensing model for xyOps?

xyOps is 100% free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause license, and this will never change. 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.

How does xyOps handle scalability and redundancy?

xyOps is built for fleets of any size, from five servers to thousands. It supports running multiple hot backups that can take over instantly on power loss, ensuring no jobs are interrupted during primary failover. The platform scales to thousands of worker servers in a cluster and allows grouping servers manually or automatically based on hostname. Agents can be easily installed on macOS, Linux, and Windows systems.

Can I write custom plugins for xyOps?

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

What integrations are available in the Plugin Marketplace?

The xyOps Plugin Marketplace offers a growing library of ready-made plugins, both official and community-based. Current integrations include Atlassian, AWS S3, Bluesky, Cloudinary, Discord, GitHub, Google Sheets, Linear, Mastodon, Notion, OpenAI, Pushover, Replicate, Slack, Telegram, and Twilio. Users can write and publish their own plugins to the store for the community to use.