Introducing Temporal

Temporal is a developer-first, open source platform that ensures the successful execution of services and applications.

Who is Temporal for?

Backend engineers
Platform engineers
SRE/DevOps, infrastructure engineers
Architects

What problems does Temporal solve?

Compensating transactions (saga pattern)

Handle failures across distributed services with compensating transactions

Human-in-the-loop

Integrate human decision making into automated processes

Long-running workflows

Build reliable processes that run for days or months

Microservice orchestration

Coordinate multiple services and handle failures gracefully

Reliable scheduling

Schedule and manage recurring tasks with guaranteed execution

Distributed transactions

Maintain data consistency across multiple services

How does Temporal work?

Temporal provides durable execution for your applications through its unique architecture. Write your business logic as Workflows and Activities, deploy them to Workers, and let Temporal handle the rest.

What programming languages are supported?

Temporal allows you to develop with durable execution in different languages and multiple languages can be used to build single services, enabling polyglot development.