Is it possible to run a job every hour without cron?

Question

Node.js

The question is in the title. Can you help?

Answer 1

setTimeout

Answer 2

cron is just a program that regularly performs some actions and then "goes to sleep" until the next awakening (when to wake up is determined by the job schedule). Nobody prevents you from writing a similar program; but note that it must run in daemon mode, i.e. "be resident" in terms of DOS (DOS has not been used for a long time, and the terminology is sometimes relevant).
But if "once an hour" - then it's easier through cron.

Answer 3

systemd timer as an option. I use Manjaro.

Answer 4

setInterval(myFunc, 1000*60*60);

Answer 5

https://www.npmjs.com/package/cron