# norc

> norc is a cron job manager: see, edit and run every cron job on every machine in one place. It edits, deploys, and syncs crontab entries, not just watches them.

## What it is

norc sits between raw cron (too primitive: no UI, no sync, no history, easy to break by hand) and monitoring-only tools like Cronitor, Healthchecks.io, and Dead Man's Snitch (too passive: they tell you a job failed after the fact but cannot fix it, edit it, or deploy it). norc gives infra-savvy engineers and SREs a calmer interface over the crontab they already run, plus the ability to actually manage it — locally and remotely — instead of only monitoring it from outside.

## Core capabilities

- Local-first crontab editing, within your plan's job limit, counted across all managed machines.
- Cross-device sync, so job state stays consistent across a laptop, desktop, and your other paired machines.
- Remote server management: edit and deploy cron jobs on any paired machine you can reach, not just the one in front of you — the norc agent connects outbound, so no inbound ports or SSH keys are held by norc.
- Run history and failure visibility, so a missed or failing job is visible without a separate pinger.
- AI schedule generation from natural language, bring-your-own API key (BYOK) — describe a schedule in English and norc proposes the cron expression.
- Safe crontab writes: norc's writer never touches foreign or hand-written crontab entries — only the lines it manages.

## Platforms

Web, desktop (macOS and Linux) and CLI. The iOS and Android apps are coming soon, and the Windows desktop app is in progress and not shipping yet. Any Linux or macOS server you can install the headless `norc` CLI agent on can be managed as a remote machine.

## Pricing

Five tiers, priced as a flat tier by machines and jobs (not per run, and not per monitor — job limits count across all machines on the account). Pro is free for 14 days from the first paired machine, no card needed. Source: packages/pricing/pricing.json.

- **Free** — $0 forever. 1 managed machine, 15 jobs, 5 shared variables. Desktop, CLI and web vault, cross-device sync, remote servers, API and gitops writes, BYOK AI scheduling, 7-day run history, in-app alert log. Local-first.
- **Hobbyist** — $5/month or $50/year. 3 managed machines, 20 jobs, 15 shared variables. Adds missed-run detection and a 90-day run history.
- **Pro** — $8/month or $80/year. 5 managed machines, 30 jobs, 25 shared variables. The same features as Hobbyist, with higher limits.
- **Power** — $19/month or $190/year. 25 managed machines, 150 jobs, 100 shared variables. Adds a 365-day run history, on top of everything in Pro.
- **Team** — custom pricing, contact sales. Higher machine, job and shared-variable limits than Power, on custom terms. Team features such as workspaces, roles and an audit log are still in development and not available yet.

## AI agents and assistants

- [norc-mcp](https://norc.app/mcp): MCP server for a norc account, with tools for jobs, machines, run history and GitOps sync. Hosted at `https://mcp.norc.app/mcp` (Streamable HTTP, `Authorization: Bearer <norc API key>`), or run locally with `npx -y norc-mcp`. MIT licensed: https://github.com/norcapp/norc-mcp. Listed in the official MCP Registry as `io.github.norcapp/norc-mcp`; server card at https://norc.app/.well-known/mcp.json.
- [SKILL.md](https://norc.app/SKILL.md): agent skill for setting up norc for a user (pick a plan, install and pair the CLI, connect MCP).
- [CLI](https://norc.app/cli): `npm install -g norc-cli`, `brew install norcapp/norc/norc-cli`, apt or Scoop; pair with `norc pair`, or `norc login` with an API key (hidden prompt or `NORC_API_KEY`) on headless machines.

## Machine-readable

- [llms-full.txt](https://norc.app/llms-full.txt): every public page as markdown in one file.
- [pricing.md](https://norc.app/pricing.md): plans and limits as markdown.
- Every page has a markdown copy at its URL plus `.md` (for example https://norc.app/compare.md; the homepage is https://norc.app/index.md).

## Learn more

- [Pricing](https://norc.app/pricing): full tier breakdown and FAQ.
- [Docs](https://norc.app/docs): install, pairing and CLI reference.
- [Compare](https://norc.app/compare): norc vs Cronitor, Healthchecks.io, Dead Man's Snitch, Sentry Crons, and other monitoring-only tools, plus raw cron/systemd.
- [Blog](https://norc.app/blog): cron syntax, failure runbooks, fleet management, AI scheduling, and tool comparisons.
- [Privacy](https://norc.app/privacy): data handling policy.
- [Terms](https://norc.app/terms): terms of service.
- [Status](https://norc.app/status): service status.

## Contact

hello@norc.app