HTCondor

HTCondor is ranked #5 of 19 in job scheduler software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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HTCondor Free Software, source code, and complete documentation freely available under an open source license htcondor.org · 30 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Deployment: self-hosted
Dependency controls: Yes
Retry and recovery: Yes
Monitoring and alerts: Yes
Agent-based execution: Yes

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HTCondor

Purpose: HTCondor is a workload management system for compute-intensive jobs, with job queueing, scheduling, priorities, resource monitoring, and resource management.
Distributed computing: HTCondor uses computing resources across networked clusters, cloud resources, and international grids.
Job recovery: When a machine running a job becomes unavailable, HTCondor can automatically restart the job on another machine.
Resource matching: Its ClassAd mechanism matches job requests with machine offers using configurable requirements and preferences.
Data handling: HTCondor can transfer job data when machines lack a shared file system, or redirect job I/O to the submit machine.
Grid interoperability: HTCondor supports collaboration between installations through flocking, and HTCondor-G interoperates with Globus-managed resources.
Supported platforms: The maker lists Linux, MacOS, and Windows as supported platforms.
Current release: The feature release listed on September 24, 2026 is version 25.14.1.
Monitoring integrations: The 25.14.1 release adds a metric daemon that can export metrics to Prometheus and Ganglia.
Security support: HTCondor provides security fixes for the current feature version and current LTS version, and supports the previous LTS for approximately twelve months after a new LTS release.
Support options: Contracted support offers guaranteed problem resolution, faster issue turnaround, telephone access, and priority email access; fees vary by support policy.
License: HTCSS is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0 and distributed on an as-is basis without warranties or conditions.
Intended users: The maker says hundreds of organizations in industry, government, and academia use HTCondor installations ranging from a handful to many thousands of workstations.
Project home: HTCSS is housed within the Center for High Throughput Computing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and receives NSF funding through the PATh project.
Price from: Free

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Best Job Scheduler Software in 2026#5 of 19

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