Temporal is an open-source platform for building reliable applications and long-running workflows. It helps developers write business logic as code while the platform handles durability, retries, and recovery so the work can continue after crashes, network issues, or outages.
Key Features:
Durable execution that helps workflows keep running to completion.
Workflow-as-code approach for building application logic in code.
Built-in support for retries, timeouts, and failure recovery.
SDKs for multiple languages, including Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, .NET, PHP, and Ruby.
Use Cases:
Order fulfillment and payment processing that must not fail midway.
Customer onboarding and other long-running business processes.
Orchestrating complex AI and machine learning workflows.