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valkey
Key/value data structure server forked from Redis, with modules and clustering
- Stars
- 27.7k
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Oct 2026
- Language
- C
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Overview
Valkey is a C data structure server for key/value workloads, forked from Redis before its move to source-available licenses. It builds with make, or an experimental CMake setup, on Linux, macOS and the BSDs. It supports TLS, experimental RDMA, a module system, replication, Cluster and Sentinel. It is general infrastructure, not an AI project, so it fits this list only as a backing store.
Who it is for: Engineers who need a self-hosted Redis-compatible store for caching or state
Strengths
- BSD-3-Clause license, run as an open community project under LF Projects
- Builds on Linux, macOS and BSDs, 32 or 64 bit, with jemalloc default on Linux
- TLS as built-in or module; optional Zstandard compression for RDB and replication
- make install adds Redis-named symlinks (redis-server, redis-cli) for compatibility
Weaknesses
- Not an AI project; README describes no model, agent or retrieval features
- RDMA support is experimental and may change or be removed in any version
- CMake build is experimental; Makefile is the main build path
- No Docker or compose files detected; README covers building from source only
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs C compiler and make, OpenSSL (optional, for TLS), Zstandard 1.4.7+ (optional)
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