Temporal is an open-source, MIT-licensed durable execution platform designed to build reliable and scalable applications. It allows developers to write code that automatically recovers from failures, ensuring no state is lost, and no manual recovery is required.
Key features include:
- Durable Execution: Automatically captures state at every step, resuming from the point of failure.
- Native SDKs: Supports multiple programming languages, eliminating boilerplate code.
- Workflows and Activities: Enables complex business logic to be defined as code, with automatic retries and seamless recovery.
- State Management: Persists application state, providing built-in retries, task queues, signals, and timers.
- Visibility: Offers insights into the state of Workflow executions, reducing debugging time.
Use cases include:
- AI/ML workflows
- Humans-in-the-loop processes
- Saga pattern implementation
- Long-running workflows
- Order fulfillment
- Durable ledgers
- CI/CD pipelines
- Customer acquisition
