Formerly NewWave — same engine, new name

Workload automation & job scheduling without the enterprise price tag

IDRuns is a workload automation platform: define, schedule, run and monitor batch jobs across your servers from one web console. Orchestrations chain jobs into visual pipelines with conditions, loops, approvals and retries. A lower-cost alternative to Tidal or ActiveBatch, with published pricing, five agents included, and a live demo you can try today.

Watch the demos Open the live demo Download local demo (.exe) Download local demo (Linux) macOS installer — coming soon

No install required to explore — the live demo runs the real application.

idruns.exe is a self-contained Windows build — no installer; admin rights are only needed if you install it as a service. To run it locally:

Download idruns.exe using the button above.
Run it from a command prompt.
Answer the setup wizard: admin username/password, which network addresses to listen on, integrated database or SQL Server (use SQL Server for production), and whether to enable demo mode.
Your answers are saved to idruns.env, so you're not asked again.
Choose Yes when it offers to install IDRuns as a service: Windows asks for administrator rights, then IDRuns starts with the computer and keeps running after you sign out. Choose No to just try it in that window; you can run idruns.exe install-service later.
IDRuns opens in your browser. If it doesn't, go to http://localhost:8010.

Linux: the idruns download is a single self-contained executable with the same setup wizard. Make it executable and run it: chmod +x idruns && ./idruns. To keep it running as a systemd service, run sudo ./idruns install-service afterwards.

What is IDRuns?

IDRuns is a single-pane console for workload automation: the scheduled, dependency-driven execution of jobs — scripts, commands, file transfers, database tasks and API calls — across many machines.

Side note: pronounced "it runs" — as in, your jobs just run.

The server holds every definition, schedule and run history. Lightweight agent processes on your other machines poll the server over HTTP and execute the work. An integrated database gets you running on a single box for evaluation and demos; SQL Server is supported for production, including high-availability deployments.

Teams adopt IDRuns as their first proper scheduler, consolidate cron sprawl, Windows Task Scheduler and homegrown wrapper scripts into it, or move over from another enterprise scheduler. Experienced schedulers will recognise the concepts straight away; everyone else gets a simple, guided path to proficiency. Same result either way: every scheduled workload in one place you can see and control.

At a glance

Architecture: Central server + polling agents
Interface: Web console, one port
Database: Integrated (evaluation) or SQL Server (production, HA)
Job types: OS command, FTP, Plugin, File Mover, Approval Gate, Branch, Terminator
Events: Job, File, Variable and System events
Pipelines: Orchestrations — visual designer or YAML
Integration: REST API, API tokens, inbound webhooks
Auth: Local users, LDAP, workgroup RBAC
Platforms: Windows, Linux (macOS coming soon)