Dbos-transact-golang Alternatives

dbos-transact-golang reviews and mentions

• Ask HN: Do you still run Redis and workers just for background jobs?
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Mar 2026

  It’s a real problem you’re solving but the good news is that it’s already solved! You don’t have to build it yourself.

  You’re looking for durable execution to solve your problem.

  If you’re already running Postgres, check out DBOS[0]. It turns your app into its own durable executor using your database for coordination.

  [0] https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang

• Go-Native Durable Execution
  4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Mar 2026

  > but they do write this like Temporal… doesn’t exist

  See "DBOS vs. other systems" on the github repository page[1]

  1: https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang?tab=readme-...

• Show HN: Stepped Actions – distributed workflow orchestration for Rails
  6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Dec 2025

  I recently started using this DBOS in Go and it’s been good.

  https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang

  I have River on my list to try someday too

  https://riverqueue.com/pro

• Dbos: Durable Workflow Orchestration with Go and PostgreSQL
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Sep 2025
• Show HN: Postgres-Backed Durable Workflows in Go
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Sep 2025
• I solved a distributed queue problem after 15 years – DBOS
  4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Sep 2025

  :wave: Hey there, I'm working on the Go library and just wanted to confirm your suspicion:

  "since Golang doesn't have decorators in the same way Python does, we still have to have code doing the kind of "manual callback" style I mentioned"

  That's exactly right, specifically for steps. We considered other ways to wrap the workflow calls (so you don't have to do dbos.RunWorkflow(yourFunction)), but they got in the way of providing compile time type checking.

  As Qian said, under the hood the Golang SDK is an embedded orchestration package that just requires Postgres to automate state management.

  For example, check the RunWorkflow implementation: https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang/blob/0afae2...

  It does all the durability logic in-line with your code and doesn't rely on an external service.

  Thanks for taking the time to share your insights! This was one of the most interesting HN comment I've seen in a while :)

• Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2025)
  84 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Jul 2025

  I'm working on DBOS [0]. We're about to launch support for Golang [1] and Java, and that's going to bring some really interesting customer problems. I can't wait!

  [0] https://github.com/dbos-inc

  [1] https://github.com/dbos-inc/dbos-transact-go

• A note from our sponsor - SaaSHub
  www.saashub.com | 8 Jun 2026

  SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives Learn more →