kicker 0.5.0

Lightweight job runner framework built on FastAPI and APScheduler with a simple web UI.

kicker

Lightweight job runner built on FastAPI and APScheduler with a simple web UI.

Features

• FastAPI-style developer experience
  • app = Kicker()
  • @app.kick(...)
  • standard uvicorn module:app
• Schedule jobs with APScheduler
• Run jobs manually from UI
• Pause/resume scheduler and individual jobs
• Supports both sync and async functions
• Simple HTML interface

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Installation

uv add kicker

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Usage

Create a project and define your jobs:

# main.py
from kicker import Kicker

app = Kicker(
  logger_fmt="%(prefix)s[%(levelname)s] %(message)s at %(asctime)s"
)

@app.kick(day_of_week='mon-fri', hour='9-20/2', minute=0)
async def job_echo(logger):
    logger.info("job_echo executed")


# run the app
# uv run uvicorn package.module:app --reload

To see logs in the UI, declare a logger parameter — kicker injects it automatically. Jobs without it work fine but won't produce UI logs.

Splitting jobs across files

Like FastAPI's APIRouter, Coworker lets you define jobs in separate files and include them in the main app — no circular imports, no shared app instance.

# jobs/weekly_report.py
from kicker import Coworker

worker = Coworker()

@worker.kick(hour=8, minute=0)
async def weekly_report(logger):
  logger.info("weekly_report executed")

# main.py
from kicker import Kicker
from jobs.weekly_report import worker

app = Kicker()
app.include_coworker(worker)

Adding multiple log targets

It is possible to have multiple visual log containers. By default, a container with the index=1 is used. To see logs in a different container, use the standatd extra keyword argument of the logger method you use (info in this example) with a target key and some integer value as a new container index:

@app.kick(second="*/5")
def sync_job(logger: Logger):
    logger.info("sync job executed in the thread pool with a very long message", extra={"target": 2})

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Notes

• Scheduler runs in-process (not distributed)
• Running with multiple workers will duplicate job execution
• Designed for simple internal tools and automation

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License

MIT