Temporal

Durable execution, MIT self-host

Free tier + paidAutomation & background jobstemporal.io

What it is

The heavyweight durable-execution engine: workflows are ordinary code in Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, .NET, PHP or Ruby, and the server replays event history to survive process crashes, deploys and multi-day sleeps. MIT-licensed server, mature SDKs, used for money movement and long-running sagas.

Why it earns a slot

Reach for it when correctness is non-negotiable: payments, provisioning, anything where a dropped job becomes a support ticket. A workflow can sleep for 30 days and wake up with its local variables intact.

Know before you commit

Steep learning curve: determinism constraints, workflow versioning and worker fleets are real engineering work. Self-hosting means running Cassandra or Postgres plus Elasticsearch, and Cloud starts at $100/mo once the credits run out.

Getting started

brew install temporal && temporal server start-dev

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Pricing snapshot

Self-hosted server free under MIT. Cloud gives $1,000 in starting credits; Essentials from $100/mo for 1M actions, Business from $500/mo for 2.5M, Enterprise 10M. Extra actions $50 per million.

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Evaluate Temporal (https://temporal.io) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Durable execution, MIT self-host. The heavyweight durable-execution engine: workflows are ordinary code in Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, .NET, PHP or Ruby, and the server replays event history to survive process crashes, deploys and multi-day sleeps. MIT-licensed server, mature SDKs, used for money movement and long-running sagas.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Reach for it when correctness is non-negotiable: payments, provisioning, anything where a dropped job becomes a support ticket. A workflow can sleep for 30 days and wake up with its local variables intact.
Watch out for: Steep learning curve: determinism constraints, workflow versioning and worker fleets are real engineering work. Self-hosting means running Cassandra or Postgres plus Elasticsearch, and Cloud starts at $100/mo once the credits run out.
Pricing: Self-hosted server free under MIT. Cloud gives $1,000 in starting credits; Essentials from $100/mo for 1M actions, Business from $500/mo for 2.5M, Enterprise 10M. Extra actions $50 per million.
Setup: brew install temporal && temporal server start-dev
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