diff --git a/examples/temporal/.test.sh b/examples/temporal/.test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0cd63bfd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/temporal/.test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+
+# Start the services in the background and store the PID
+echo "Starting temporal service..."
+devenv up &
+DEVENV_PID=$!
+
+export TEMPORAL_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:17233
+
+# temporal status and store its exit status
+check_temporal_status() {
+	echo "Waiting for service to become available..."
+	TEMPORAL_OUTPUT=$(temporal operator cluster health)
+	TEMPORAL_EXIT_STATUS=$?
+}
+
+# Continuously check temporal status until it returns successfully (up to a maximum of 20 times)
+for i in $(seq 1 20); do
+	check_temporal_status
+	if [ $TEMPORAL_EXIT_STATUS -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "Service is up..."
+		break
+	else
+		sleep 1
+	fi
+done
+
+echo "Checking namespace..."
+temporal operator namespace describe mynamespace
+
+# Print the captured output when temporal status succeeds
+echo "Startup complete..."
+temporal operator cluster system
+echo "$TEMPORAL_OUTPUT"
+
+# Clean up by terminating all spawned processes
+pkill -P $DEVENV_PID
+wait $DEVENV_PID&>/dev/null
+
+# Exit the script
+exit $TEMPORAL_EXIT_STATUS
diff --git a/examples/temporal/devenv.nix b/examples/temporal/devenv.nix
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index 000000000..74b78569a
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+++ b/examples/temporal/devenv.nix
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+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  services.temporal = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    port = 17233;
+
+    namespaces = [ "mynamespace" ];
+
+    state = {
+      ephemeral = false;
+      sqlite-pragma = {
+        journal_mode = "wal";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/examples/temporal/devenv.yaml b/examples/temporal/devenv.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7cb5ceda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/temporal/devenv.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+inputs:
+  nixpkgs:
+    url: github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable
diff --git a/src/modules/services/temporal.nix b/src/modules/services/temporal.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d73ece406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/services/temporal.nix
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+{ pkgs, lib, config, ... }:
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.temporal;
+  types = lib.types;
+
+  databaseFile = config.env.DEVENV_STATE + "/temporal.sqlite";
+
+  commandArgs = [
+    "--log-format=pretty"
+    "--ip=${cfg.ip}"
+    "--port=${toString cfg.port}"
+    "--headless=${lib.boolToString (!cfg.ui.enable)}"
+    "--ui-ip=${cfg.ui.ip}"
+    "--ui-port=${toString cfg.ui.port}"
+  ] ++
+  (lib.forEach cfg.namespaces (namespace: "--namespace=${namespace}")) ++
+  (lib.optionals (!cfg.state.ephemeral) [ "--db-filename=${databaseFile}" ]) ++
+  (lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: "--sqlite-pragma ${name}=${value}") cfg.state.sqlite-pragma);
+in
+{
+  options.services.temporal = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Temporal process";
+
+    package = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.package;
+      description = "Which package of Temporal to use.";
+      default = pkgs.temporal-cli;
+      defaultText = lib.literalExpression "pkgs.temporal-cli";
+    };
+
+    ip = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.str;
+      default = "127.0.0.1";
+      description = "IPv4 address to bind the frontend service to.";
+    };
+
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.port;
+      default = 7233;
+      description = "Port for the frontend gRPC service.";
+    };
+
+    ui = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.submodule {
+        options = {
+          enable = lib.mkOption {
+            type = types.bool;
+            default = true;
+            description = "Enable the Web UI.";
+          };
+
+          ip = lib.mkOption {
+            type = types.str;
+            default = cfg.ip;
+            description = "IPv4 address to bind the Web UI to.";
+          };
+
+          port = lib.mkOption {
+            type = types.port;
+            default = cfg.port + 1000;
+            defaultText = lib.literalMD "[`services.temporal.port`](#servicestemporalport) + 1000";
+            description = "Port for the Web UI.";
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      default = { };
+      description = "UI configuration.";
+    };
+
+    namespaces = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.listOf types.str;
+      default = [ ];
+      description = "Specify namespaces that should be pre-created (namespace \"default\" is always created).";
+      example = [
+        "my-namespace"
+        "my-other-namespace"
+      ];
+    };
+
+    state = lib.mkOption {
+      type = types.submodule {
+        options = {
+          ephemeral = lib.mkOption {
+            type = types.bool;
+            default = true;
+            description = "When enabled, the Temporal state gets lost when the process exists.";
+          };
+
+          sqlite-pragma = lib.mkOption {
+            type = types.attrsOf types.str;
+            default = { };
+            description = "Sqlite pragma statements";
+            example = {
+              journal_mode = "wal";
+              synchronous = "2";
+            };
+          };
+        };
+      };
+      default = { };
+      description = "State configuration.";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    packages = [ cfg.package ];
+    processes.temporal.exec = "${cfg.package}/bin/temporal server start-dev ${lib.concatStringsSep " " commandArgs}";
+  };
+}