Valkey
In-memory data store and community-led fork of Redis, created after Redis's 2024 license change moved it away from an open-source license.
- Actively maintained
- Foundation-backed
- Well documented
- Permissive license
Overview
Valkey is a drop-in replacement for Redis - same protocol, same commands, same use cases as an in-memory database, cache, and message broker - maintained as an open-source project under the Linux Foundation after Redis Inc. relicensed Redis away from its original open license. It's backed by AWS, Google, and other major cloud providers.
Valkey is a fit for teams that want Redis's exact feature set and API under a license that stays open-source, a directly relevant alternative for anyone evaluating the existing Redis entry in this catalog against its current licensing terms.
Why it's in this catalog
Catalog rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
Community fork of Redis under a permissive license, notable given Redis's license change to a source-available/AGPL model.
- Foundational
- Foundation-governed
- Categories
- Database
- Languages
- C
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
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