# The foundation of the new Temporal CLI experience

DevFeed: [The foundation of the new Temporal CLI experience](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-foundation-of-the-new-temporal-cli-experience-36052.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/temporalite-the-foundation-of-the-new-temporal-cli-experience>)

Author: Ryland Goldstein

Published: 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Docker Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker-compose.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-compose.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes the three-year effort behind a single-binary, cross-platform Temporal development experience. It explains that Docker Compose was previously the official local-development approach, while Docker added overhead for some developers, and outlines the Temporal Cluster components involved, including services, a UI server, and required persistence and visibility dependencies.

## Source excerpt

Back when I joined Temporal in early 2020, one of the first things our CEO and co-founder Maxim said to me was, "we need a single binary."