# Standalone Activity

> Learn about Standalone Activities in Temporal, their benefits, execution model, and when to use them.

> **Public Preview** — Go, Python, Java, .NET, TypeScript, Ruby
> Available in [Temporal Cloud](#temporal-cloud-support) and in the [Temporal CLI](#temporal-cli-support) v1.7.0 or higher with Temporal Server v1.31.0 or higher. Java SDK support is in [Pre-release](/evaluate/development-production-features/release-stages#pre-release).

See [limitations](#public-preview-limitations) below.

## What is a Standalone Activity? 

If you need to orchestrate multiple Activities, use a [Workflow](/workflows). But if you just need to
execute a single Activity, use a Standalone Activity.

Standalone Activities are Temporal’s [job queue](/evaluate/development-production-features/job-queue) -
the simplest way to run durable, retryable tasks on Temporal.

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```bash
brew install temporal
```
```bash
temporal --version
```
```
temporal version 1.7.0 (Server 1.31.0, UI 2.49.1)
```