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Temporal vs puppetry
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars, 1,914 forks, 956 open issues and last shipped today. puppetry has 888 stars, 127 forks, 25 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Temporal leads on adoption by 2,510% (23,180 vs 888 stars). Temporal is written in Go under MIT; puppetry is written in JavaScript under MIT. Temporal has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, puppetry 14%. Temporal was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Temporal | puppetry | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 23K | ★ 888 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-06-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 127 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Temporal if
- You weight community size — 23K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick puppetry if
- You want the puppetry feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and puppetry fits your workflow better
About Temporal
Temporal is a durable execution platform for building resilient applications with workflows. It lives in the infrastructure and operations ecosystem, specifically within orchestration and scheduling. The server executes units of application logic called Workflows and automatically handles intermittent failures by retrying failed operations. Temporal originated as a fork of Uber's Cadence and is developed by Temporal Technologies, a startup formed by the creators of Cadence.
read the full Temporal overview →
About puppetry
Puppetry is a no code/low code end to end web testing tool built on top of Puppeteer and Jest, aimed at QA engineers, testers, and developers who want to record and manage browser tests through a UI instead of writing scripts — though the project is now officially deprecated and kept only as an example and a piece of its own history.
read the full puppetry overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Temporal or puppetry more popular?
Temporal has 23,180 GitHub stars and puppetry has 888. Temporal has the larger community by that measure.
Are Temporal and puppetry free?
Both are open source. Temporal is licensed under MIT and puppetry under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Temporal and puppetry?
Temporal is written in Go and puppetry in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Temporal or puppetry?
Choose Temporal if you want the larger community (23,180 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose puppetry if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.