diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 227029b..9791f6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ path = "lib/lib.rs"
 # macros
 "macros" = []
 # scheduling
-"sched" = ["dep:chrono"]
+"sched" = ["dep:chrono", "utils.threads"]
 "sched.tokio" = ["dep:tokio", "tokio?/time", "tokio?/rt", "sched"]
 "sched.rule-recurrence" = ["sched"]
 "sched.rule-cron" = ["sched"]
diff --git a/examples/sched.rs b/examples/sched.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e7e800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sched.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use lool::sched::{recur, ruleset, Scheduler};
+
+fn my_action() {
+    let now = chrono::Local::now();
+    println!("I'm running at {}", now.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"));
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut sched = Scheduler::new();
+
+    let handler = sched.schedule("test-task", my_action, recur(ruleset().at_second(0)));
+
+    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    loop {
+        {
+            let task = handler.task.lock().unwrap();
+
+            let is_running = task.is_running();
+            let last_run = task.get_last_run();
+            let name = task.name();
+
+            println!(
+                "task {} |--> is running: {}, last run: {:?}",
+                name, is_running, last_run
+            );
+        }
+
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/sched/README.md b/lib/sched/README.md
index c963b43..2a04e73 100644
--- a/lib/sched/README.md
+++ b/lib/sched/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 <br>
 
 <p align="center">
-<b>lool » <code>sched</code></b> is a utility library that provides a way to schedule tasks in various ways. Supports <code>std::thread</code> and the <a href="https://tokio.rs">tokio</a> runtime (as a feature flag).
+<b>lool » <code>sched</code></b> is a utility library that provides a way to schedule tasks in 
+various ways. Supports <code>std::thread</code> and the <a href="https://tokio.rs">tokio</a> runtime
+(as a feature flag).
 </p>
 
 
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ cargo add lool --registry=lugit --features sched {sub-feature}
 
 ### <a href="#"><img alt="has subfeatures" src="../../.github/img/icon-has-submodules.svg" height="12"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;sched.tokio
 
-Enables the `tokio` runtime support, replacing the default behaviour, which implies a `std::thread` pool to run the tasks.
+Enables the `tokio` runtime support, replacing the default behaviour, which implies a `std::thread`
+pool to run the tasks.
 
 > [!WARNING]
 > 
diff --git a/lib/sched/mod.rs b/lib/sched/mod.rs
index 3f3332e..e5ff6ba 100644
--- a/lib/sched/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 mod rules;
+mod scheduler;
+
 pub mod utils;
 
-pub use rules::*;
+pub use {rules::*, scheduler::*};
diff --git a/lib/sched/rules.rs b/lib/sched/rules.rs
index 5a38019..4335413 100644
--- a/lib/sched/rules.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/rules.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 ///   - `Once`: runs only at a specific `chrono::DateTime`
 ///   - `Repeat`: runs at specific intervals defined by a `RecurrenceRule`
 ///   - `Cron`: runs at specific intervals defined by a cron expression
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum SchedulingRule {
     /// 🧉 » a scheduling rule that makes the task run only once at a specific `chrono::DateTime`
     Once(chrono::DateTime<Local>),
@@ -54,3 +55,20 @@ impl SchedulingRule {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// 🧉 » create a new `SchedulingRule` that runs at specific intervals defined by a cron expression
+#[cfg(feature = "sched.rule-cron")]
+pub fn cron(cron: &str) -> SchedulingRule {
+    SchedulingRule::Cron(cron.to_string())
+}
+
+/// 🧉 » create a new `SchedulingRule` that runs at specific intervals defined by a `RecurrenceRule`
+#[cfg(feature = "sched.rule-recurrence")]
+pub fn recur(rule: &RecurrenceRuleSet) -> SchedulingRule {
+    SchedulingRule::Repeat(rule.clone())
+}
+
+/// 🧉 » create a new `SchedulingRule` that runs only once at a specific `chrono::DateTime`
+pub fn once(datetime: DateTime<Local>) -> SchedulingRule {
+    SchedulingRule::Once(datetime)
+}
diff --git a/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/rule_unit.rs b/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/rule_unit.rs
index 9d97354..031de6b 100644
--- a/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/rule_unit.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/rule_unit.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use num_traits::PrimInt;
 /// 🧉 » a recurrence rule unit
 ///
 /// represents a single rule unit that can be used to match a value
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum Rule<T>
 where
     T: PrimInt,
diff --git a/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/ruleset.rs b/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/ruleset.rs
index 6d79ab9..5dfcb48 100644
--- a/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/ruleset.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/rules/recurrent/ruleset.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use {
 /// sets rules that define a certain recurrence behavior
 ///
 /// use the builder pattern to create a new `RecurrenceRuleSet`
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct RecurrenceRuleSet {
     /// second of the minute (0..59)
     second: Option<Rule<u32>>,
diff --git a/lib/sched/scheduler.rs b/lib/sched/scheduler.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f86c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sched/scheduler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    Arc, Mutex,
+};
+
+use {
+    super::SchedulingRule,
+    crate::utils::threads::threadpool::ThreadPool,
+    chrono::{DateTime, Local},
+};
+
+// TODO: add logging (always as debug)
+
+type Action = Box<dyn FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static>;
+
+/// 🧉 » a scheduled task
+///
+/// this structs represents a task that has been scheduled in the scheduler.
+///
+/// this is returned by the `Scheduler::schedule` method, and can be used to check and control the
+/// status of the task.
+pub struct ScheduledTask {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    index: usize,
+    name: String,
+    action: Action,
+    rules: Vec<SchedulingRule>,
+    is_running: AtomicBool,
+    last_run: Arc<Mutex<Option<DateTime<Local>>>>, // TODO: remaining limits
+}
+
+impl ScheduledTask {
+    fn run(&mut self) {
+        let action = self.action.as_mut();
+        action();
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_last_run(&self) -> Option<DateTime<Local>> {
+        let last_run_lock = self.last_run.lock().unwrap();
+        last_run_lock.as_ref().cloned()
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_running(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_running.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+}
+
+/// 🧉 » a task scheduler.
+///
+/// this struct is responsible for scheduling tasks to be executed at specific times, depending on
+/// the rules provided for each task.
+///
+/// Each task can have n rules, and the task will be executed when any of the rules is met.
+pub struct Scheduler {
+    pool: ThreadPool,
+    tasks: Vec<Arc<Mutex<ScheduledTask>>>,
+}
+
+impl Default for Scheduler {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Scheduler {
+    /// 🧉 » create a new scheduler
+    ///
+    /// default constructor, sets the internal thread pool to have 5 threads at most.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tasks: vec![],
+            pool: ThreadPool::create(5).unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// 🧉 » create a new scheduler
+    ///
+    /// creates a new scheduler, just like `Scheduler::new`, but with a specific capacity for the
+    /// internal thread pool.
+    pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tasks: vec![],
+            pool: ThreadPool::create(capacity).unwrap(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// 🧉 » schedule a task
+    ///
+    /// schedules a task to be executed at times determined by the provided rules.
+    pub fn schedule<F>(&mut self, name: &str, action: F, rules: SchedulingRule) -> TaskHandler
+    where
+        F: FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    {
+        self.schedule_many_rules(name, action, vec![rules])
+    }
+
+    /// 🧉 » schedule a task
+    ///
+    /// schedules a task to be executed at times determined by the provided rules.
+    pub fn schedule_many_rules<F>(
+        &mut self,
+        name: &str,
+        action: F,
+        rules: Vec<SchedulingRule>,
+    ) -> TaskHandler
+    where
+        F: FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    {
+        let index = self.tasks.len();
+
+        let task = Arc::new(Mutex::new(ScheduledTask {
+            index,
+            name: name.to_string(),
+            action: Box::new(action),
+            rules,
+            is_running: AtomicBool::new(false),
+            last_run: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+        }));
+
+        self.tasks.push(task.clone());
+
+        run_in_pool(task.clone(), &self.pool);
+
+        TaskHandler { task: task.clone() }
+    }
+}
+
+/// 🧉 » task handler
+///
+/// returned by the `Scheduler::schedule` method,
+/// this struct can be used to check and control
+/// the status of the task.
+pub struct TaskHandler {
+    // HACK: holding the task in the TaskHandler is a temporal hack
+    //       TaskHandler should hold Atomic references to the important parts of the task
+    //       instead. e.g. is_running, last_run, etc.
+    //       the problem is with last_run, as its a DateTime, and not a primitive type
+    //       we could get around this by instead of holding the DateTime, holding the i64
+    //       value (unix timestamp) and then converting it to a DateTime when needed.
+    pub task: Arc<Mutex<ScheduledTask>>,
+}
+
+/// **main function to run the task in the thread pool**
+///
+/// it spawns a new job in the thread pool to run the task until the task is no longer scheduled to
+/// run.
+fn run_in_pool(task_mutex: Arc<Mutex<ScheduledTask>>, pool: &ThreadPool) {
+    pool.execute(move || {
+        let (mut maybe_next_run, name) = {
+            let task = task_mutex.lock().unwrap();
+            let rules = &task.rules;
+
+            (get_next_run_time(rules, None), task.name.clone())
+        };
+
+        while let Some(run_date) = maybe_next_run {
+            let now = Local::now();
+            if run_date > now {
+                // if the next run is in the future, go to bed until then
+                let sleep_until = run_date - now;
+                println!(
+                    "task {} will run in {} seconds",
+                    name,
+                    sleep_until.num_seconds()
+                );
+                std::thread::sleep(sleep_until.to_std().unwrap());
+            } else {
+                // if the next run is in the past, run the task immediately, probably missed the
+                // run time for a few nanos
+                println!("task will run in 0 seconds");
+            }
+
+            let mut task = task_mutex.lock().unwrap();
+
+            task.last_run = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Some(run_date)));
+            task.is_running.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+            task.run();
+            task.is_running.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
+            maybe_next_run = get_next_run_time(&task.rules, Some(run_date));
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/// **get next run time**
+///
+/// this function takes a list of scheduling rules and a base time, and returns the next time the
+/// task should run.
+///
+/// to determine the next run time, it iterates over the list of rules and calculates the next run
+/// time for each of them, returning the earliest of them all.
+fn get_next_run_time(
+    rules: &Vec<SchedulingRule>,
+    from: Option<DateTime<Local>>,
+) -> Option<DateTime<Local>> {
+    let mut next_run_so_far: Option<DateTime<Local>> = None;
+
+    let base = if let Some(from) = from {
+        from
+    } else {
+        Local::now()
+    };
+
+    for rule in rules {
+        let rule_next_run = rule.next_from(base);
+
+        if let Some(next_run) = rule_next_run {
+            if let Some(d) = next_run_so_far {
+                if next_run < d {
+                    next_run_so_far = Some(next_run);
+                }
+            } else {
+                next_run_so_far = Some(next_run);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    next_run_so_far
+}
diff --git a/🧳 lool.code-workspace b/🧳 lool.code-workspace
index d176ddc..8e7a9b9 100644
--- a/🧳 lool.code-workspace	
+++ b/🧳 lool.code-workspace	
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
         },
         "lucodear-icons.activeIconPack": "rust_ferris",
         "lucodear-icons.folders.associations": {
-            ".cargo": "rust",
             "stylize": "theme",
             "ruleset": "rules",
-            "recurrent": "generator"
+            "recurrent": "generator",
         },
         "lucodear-icons.files.associations": {