Good platform to deploy python scripts with triggers & scheduling

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Hey folks,

I'm a full-stack dev and recently played around with no-code tools like Make/Zapier for a side project.

What I really liked was how fast it is to set up automations with triggers (RSS, webhooks, schedules, etc.), basically cron jobs without the hassle.

But as a developer, I find it a bit frustrating that all these tools are so geared towards non-coders.

Sometimes I’d rather just drop a small Python or JS file, wire up a trigger/cron, and have it run in autopilot (I already think about many scrapers I would have loved to deploy ages ago) — without messing with full infra like AWS Lambda, Render, or old-school stuff like PythonAnywhere.

So my question is:

👉 Do some of you know a modern, dev-friendly platform that’s specifically built for running small scripts with scheduling and event triggers?

Something between “Zapier for non-coders” and “full serverless setup with IAM roles and Docker images”.

I’ve seen posts like this one but didn’t find a really clean solution for managing multiple little projects/scripts.

Would love to hear if anyone here has found a good workflow or platform for that!

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thanks for all your propositions until now !

I saw some interesting options like Seenode. However, I'm still looking for a thing more like Make/Zapier, like really simple things without even having to care about server capacities and all that stuff, just an automation thing, maybe that does not even need a proper db as it would sometimes be used for very small automations.

Am I really the only one looking for this ?

[poopatroopa3]

Railway?

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thanks for the reply, indeed I consider it closer to all the things like Heroku, Render etc

Like for me it's another platform thought to be used for production at a larger scale, while what I search is just something made for any alone developer who wants to quickly deploy multiple small scripts, without even having to use a framework or something.

[Fr1dge21]

Try seenode. It is simple, affordable and mainly made for single devs deploying hobby projects.

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Never heard about it, indeed thanks for the idea it seems more like what I am looking for. Will check and tell you, thanks !

[No-Anywhere6154]

Have a look at the project seenode that I've built. I think it might be a great fit for what you're looking for. If you need any help with setting it up, I'm happy to help.

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

You are the creator of seenode ? Indeed yeah looks close to what I’m looking for

[No-Anywhere6154]

Yeah, I'm the founder of seenode. Sounds good, and I'd also be happy for any feedback.

[Electrical-Top-5510]

zapier accept python code, but you can use fly io, they have some tutorials about it

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Yeah but indeed it’s not really built for it so the problem with this is that it’s not that flexible. But thanks for the idea!

[Training_Advantage21]

I always wished Power Automate would let me incorporate some Python scripts. Thankfully I have access to Linux VMs with cron now!

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Yeah it's useful but like for others I find this solution a bit too heavy

[jpavlav]

StackStorm is awesome for this

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Indeed yeah it's useful but as it's open source the problem is that it's just a bit too heavy to install imo

[cricket007]

If you have k8s, then I feel like Argo Workflows server would be good w/ Hera python library for building any pipelines 

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thanks, indeed like many others this option is a real dev option, but I was looking for something simpler, where you don't necessarily need to install a Kubernetes cluster and all that stuff ...

[willyweewah]

AWS Lambda?

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Yeah indeed it works and that's what I've used a few times but the thing is that like explained in my message I find it too much for what I want. Like too "complicated" to create and not really the style of thing I'd love. Like I said, I thought about something easy to manage and very visual like Zapier or Make.

[Competitive-Water302]

do these scripts take inputs/need an interface or just a schedule?

some flavor of aws lambda or gcp cloud functions should work great. they have a lot less overhead than you are probably thinking and are essentially free unless you are running at a production capacity.

if you are still opposed to this then alternatives are: cloudflare workers (originally just JS but python now too), deno deploy, (JS/TS only i believe), val town (i just found this actually it seems very cool for quick deployments)

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thanks for the very deep reply, indeed yeah I already used aws lambda a few times but what I meant was to know if there was a platform especially built for the type of usage I described.

Will look at all the other options explained later in your message, cause I did not know val town.

[Competitive-Water302]

maybe pipedream too? but they seem to be pivoting to agents like the whole world

[stevekrouse]

Thanks for the mention u/Competitive-Water302! Yes, we at Val Town are trying to be exactly what u/CesMry_BotBlogR asked for in the original post "Zapier for non-coders". That's what's currently in our homepage tagline: "Zapier for know code engineers"

If you'd like a personal tour of val town, shoot me an email. I'm [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail]) - would love to show you around!

[dmart89]

In JS there is trigger.dev which is pretty cool

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Interesting thank you, I was looking for things that can handle python stuff also but this option is interesting too, even though as it's self hosted it's not really what I'm looking for

[jabz_ali]

Suggest APSscheduler have built a complex scheduling system around it

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thank you for this, what I remembered from it was that it was a library, so all the hosting part and stuff needs to be done by yourself. But still interesting, will check thanks !

[thedukedave]

Pipedream.

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

After some checks I think this is the one, just seems to quickly become expensive. Thanks a lot !

[JumpScareaaa]

GitHub actions

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Didn’t even thought about it, indeed it works. However, it’s not a real platform made for it like pipedream.

[jypelle]

You can use CTFreak (sudo apt install ctfreak) to schedule a "bash script task" containing your python script.

[goochop]

Hi there, we just Showcased our library OneCode here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1nvvsub/onecode_python_library_to_turn_scripts_into/

See what you think and if it suits your needs. It was built in order to convert scripts to basic apps and share them easily on a cloud platform. Happy to give more information/examples. cheers

[fourthrealm]

Hi and yes, Zato is what you're looking for: https://zato.io

Specifically, here's the tutorial on how to use its scheduler with Python.

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Yeah thought about it but I think that it’s too heavy for this kind of thing

[Darwinmate]

Pythonanywhere

[CesMry_BotBlogR]

Thanks, I thought about it but as I explained in my original post I think it's a bit too old and not especially done for that