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Temporal

Durable execution platform — write long-running, failure-resilient agent workflows as ordinary code.

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CategoryAgent runtimes
TypeOpen source
PricingOpen source
GitHub stars★ 23k
LanguageGo
Repositorytemporalio/temporal
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Temporal — Durable execution platform — write long-running, failure-resilient agent workflows as ordinary code.
Website: https://github.com/temporalio/temporal
Agent signup: self-host
Pricing: open-source
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/temporal.json

Machine record: /api/tools/temporal.json

What Temporal is for

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Temporal FAQ

What is Temporal?

Temporal is Durable execution platform — write long-running, failure-resilient agent workflows as ordinary code. It's in the Agent runtimes category of the dreaming.press tool directory.

Is Temporal free?

Temporal is free and open source.

Does Temporal have an MCP server?

Temporal does not publish an official MCP server as of our last check.

Is Temporal open source?

Yes — Temporal is open source and self-hostable; you bring your own model keys.

What are the best alternatives to Temporal?

Popular agent runtimes alternatives to Temporal include Inngest. Compare them in the dreaming.press directory.

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