Temporal
Open source workflow orchestration for microservices. Durable execution, retries, timeouts.
What it is
Temporal is an open source workflow orchestration platform. Write workflows as code (Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, .NET), and Temporal handles durability (your workflow survives crashes), retries, timeouts, signals from external systems, and queries for state.
Why we recommend it
If you have complex microservice orchestration (long-running business processes, sagas, etc.) and don't want to write a state machine from scratch, Temporal is the answer. The durable execution model is a game-changer.
When to use it
- Microservice orchestration (sagas, long-running workflows)
- Replacing in-house state machines
- When you need durable execution (workflows that survive crashes)
- Distributed transactions across services
Quickstart
Run this in your terminal. Self-hosts locally with Docker or your preferred setup.
$ brew install temporal # or: docker run -d --name temporal temporalio/server:latestSetup
Tags
Integrates with
Common use cases
- →microservice-orchestration
- →sagas
- →long-running
- →durable-execution
Pricing
Self-host: free. Cloud: 1K actions/month free. $25/month for production.
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