🚀 Cron Translator v2.0: 16 Languages, Spring Boot Macros & Crontab Parser

Vito Saulle — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:28:41 +0000

Hi everyone! 👋
I'm excited to announce a massive update to Cron Translator, this is essentially a v2.0 release with three major features that make it the most comprehensive cron tool available:

🌍 Feature 1: Global Language Support (16 Languages!)We've added 13 new languages, bringing total support to 16 languages covering 5 billion users worldwide!

New languages:

🇩🇪 German (Deutsch)
🇫🇷 French (Français)
🇵🇹 Portuguese (Português)
🇮🇳 Hindi (हिन्दी)
🇯🇵 Japanese (日本語)
🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
🇰🇷 Korean (한국어)
🇷🇺 Russian (Русский)
🇹🇷 Turkish (Türkçe)
🇮🇩 Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)
🇵🇱 Polish (Polski)
🇻🇳 Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
🇳🇱 Dutch (Nederlands)

Impact:
✅ 580M+ developers can now use it in their native language
✅ 13/16 languages have native cronstrue support
✅ Zero competition in Turkish, Indonesian, Vietnamese markets
✅ Full localization: UI, examples, docs, SEO content

⚡ Feature 2: Spring Boot Macro SupportSpring developers rejoice! We now support Spring Framework 5.3+ scheduling macros:

@Scheduled(cron = "@hourly")   → "Once an hour, at the beginning of the hour"
@Scheduled(cron = "@daily")    → "Once a day at midnight"
@Scheduled(cron = "@weekly")   → "Once a week, Sunday at midnight"
@Scheduled(cron = "@monthly")  → "Once a month, on the first day at midnight"
@Scheduled(cron = "@yearly")   → "Once a year, January 1st at midnight"
@Scheduled(cron = "@annually") → "Once a year, January 1st at midnight"

Why this matters:

No more converting Spring macros to cron manually
Instant translation in all 16 languages
Auto-detection: paste @daily and get immediate translation
Perfect for Spring Boot, Spring Batch, and Spring Integration projects
Example:

Input:  @weekly
Output: "Jede Woche, Sonntag um Mitternacht" (German)
        "每週一次，週日午夜" (Chinese)
        "週に1回、日曜日の深夜0時" (Japanese)

📋 Feature 3: Crontab Parser (Paste & Parse)

New dedicated Crontab Parser section! Paste the entire output of crontab -l and get:

Before:

bash$ crontab -l
# Database backup
0 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/backup.sh
# Generate reports
30 9 * * 1-5 /opt/scripts/report.py
# Clear cache
0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/cache-clear.sh

After: Beautiful, readable table with:

✅ Translated schedules in your language
✅ Comments preserved as descriptions
✅ Command paths displayed
✅ One-click copy for each line
✅ Automatic parsing of complex formats

Have you tried the new features? What should we add next?
Drop a comment below! 👇
Special thanks to:

@bradymholt for cronstrue library
Spring Boot community for macro idea inspiration
Everyone who requested non-English support

🔗 Try It Out! Visit crontranslator.com

I built a free cron expression translator with visual builder

Vito Saulle — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:14:50 +0000

Hey everyone! I created a tool to translate cron expressions into
plain English because I always forget the syntax.

🔗 crontranslator.com

Features:

Unix & Quartz format support
Visual cron builder
Multilingual (EN/IT/ES)
Shows next 5 execution times
Dark mode
100% free, no ads

Tech stack: React + Vite, deployed on Vercel

Would love your feedback! What features would you add?

DEV Community: Vito Saulle

🚀 Cron Translator v2.0: 16 Languages, Spring Boot Macros & Crontab Parser

I built a free cron expression translator with visual builder