What is Temporal?

Temporal is an open-source durable execution platform that lets developers build reliable, scalable applications using workflows and activities. It automatically captures the complete state of your code at every step, so applications can recover, replay, or pause from any point after failures. Temporal can be self-hosted as part of the open-source project or used as a managed service via Temporal Cloud.

How to use Temporal?

1. Choose a Temporal SDK for your preferred programming language and write your business logic as code. 2. Create Workflows that define your business logic and guarantee execution with durable, fault-tolerant state. 3. Code Activities to handle and retry failure-prone logic such as API calls and external services. 4. Run Temporal locally for development, then deploy the Temporal Service yourself or use Temporal Cloud for production. 5. Start for free with $150 in credits on Temporal Cloud.

Core features of Temporal

Durable execution: automatically captures complete application state at every step
Native SDKs for multiple programming languages
Workflows with built-in fault tolerance, recovery, replay, and pause
Activities with automatic retries and configurable retry policies
Timeouts and timers that can wait days, weeks, or months
Schedules for recurring workflow execution
Full visibility into running workflow executions
Self-hosted open-source option or managed Temporal Cloud