Both are open source runtime & deploy options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence.
One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point.
The generated docker-compose.yml below is runnable as-is.
Durable execution — the run survives a crash, a deploy and a week of waiting.
| Docker Compose | Temporal | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing | open source | freemium |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Languages | Any language | TypeScript, Python |
| Install | — | — |
| Keys required | None | None |
Both are open source runtime & deploy options with comparable terms, so the choice comes down to which model of the problem you prefer — compare the descriptions below rather than the licence. Docker Compose: One file, one box, everything local. The honest starting point. Temporal: Durable execution — the run survives a crash, a deploy and a week of waiting.
Docker Compose can run on your own infrastructure. Temporal can run on your own infrastructure.
Docker Compose is open source (open source). Temporal is open source (freemium).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/docker-compose-vs-temporal