tempo

A Temporal TUI that matches your rhythm

Features

Workflow Management

• Browse workflows across namespaces
• View workflow details, inputs, outputs, and metadata
• Inspect full event history with tree and timeline views
• Cancel, terminate, or signal running workflows
• Compare two workflow executions side-by-side (diff view)
• Advanced search with visibility queries and saved filters

Namespace Operations

• List and browse all namespaces
• View namespace configuration and details
• Quick namespace switching

Task Queues & Schedules

• Monitor task queue activity
• View and manage schedules

Connection Profiles

• Save multiple Temporal server configurations
• TLS/mTLS support with certificate paths
• Quick profile switching with P key

Customization

• 26 built-in color themes (dark and light variants)
• Themes include: TokyoNight, Catppuccin, Dracula, Nord, Gruvbox, One Dark, Solarized, Rosé Pine, Kanagawa, Everforest, Monokai, GitHub
• Live theme preview while selecting

Installation

From Source

go install github.com/galaxy-io/tempo/cmd/tempo@latest

Brew

Brew installed versions will not recieve auto-updates you must update with brew update

brew install galaxy-io/tap/tempo

Build Locally

git clone https://github.com/galaxy-io/tempo.git
cd tempo
go build -o tempo ./cmd/tempo

Usage

tempo --address localhost:7233 // default dev server address loads without flag

Command Line Flags

Flag	Description
--address	Temporal server address (host:port)
--namespace	Default namespace
--profile	Connection profile name (from config)
--tls-cert	Path to TLS certificate
--tls-key	Path to TLS private key
--tls-ca	Path to CA certificate
--tls-server-name	Server name for TLS verification
--tls-skip-verify	Skip TLS verification (insecure)
--theme	Theme name

Keybindings

Navigation

Key	Action
j / k	Navigate down / up
Enter	Select / expand
Esc / Backspace	Go back
q	Quit (from root view)

Global

Key	Action
?	Show help
T	Theme selector
P	Profile selector
:	Command mode
/	Filter (in workflow list)

Workflow Actions

Key	Action
c	Cancel workflow
t	Terminate workflow
s	Signal workflow
d	Compare workflows (diff)

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.config/tempo/config.yaml (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tempo/config.yaml).

theme: tokyonight-night
active_profile: local

profiles:
  local:
    address: localhost:7233
    namespace: default

  staging:
    address: temporal.staging.example.com:7233
    namespace: staging
    tls:
      cert: /path/to/client.pem
      key: /path/to/client-key.pem
      ca: /path/to/ca.pem

Themes

26 themes are available, organized by color scheme family:

Dark Themes

• tokyonight-night, tokyonight-storm, tokyonight-moon
• catppuccin-mocha, catppuccin-macchiato, catppuccin-frappe
• dracula
• nord
• gruvbox-dark
• onedark
• solarized-dark
• rosepine, rosepine-moon
• kanagawa
• everforest-dark
• monokai
• github-dark

Light Themes

• tokyonight-day
• catppuccin-latte
• dracula-light
• gruvbox-light
• onelight
• solarized-light
• rosepine-dawn
• everforest-light
• github-light

Press T to open the theme selector with live preview.

Requirements

• Go 1.21+
• A running Temporal server

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Ways to Contribute

You can contribute by:

• reporting bugs
• Proposing features or design improvements
• Improving documentation
• Fixing issues labeled good first issue

To report a bug, make a feature request, and more, visit our issues page

Acknowledgments

• Temporal - The workflow engine this client connects to
• tview - Terminal UI library
• jig - UI component framework