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Temporal

Durable execution platform for mission-critical workflows

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Last commit18 Oct 2026
LicenceMITSPDX, from the repository
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Temporal is an open-source durable execution engine for reliable long-running workflows in Go, Java, TypeScript, Python and more. Temporal Cloud is the managed offering.

Fit: hosting and licence

Runs onLinux, Self-hosted
HostingSelf-host or cloud
Commercial useAllowed
Open-source licence (MIT): the Open Source Definition rules out restrictions on fields of use, including business use.

Sources: temporal.io · opensource.org/osd, checked 19 Oct 2026. “Runs on” is from this listing. Blank means we haven't found it in official docs yet, not that it's unsupported.

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