A modern replacement for Redis and Memcached
Redis and Memcached API compatible, multithreaded.
alternatives to
Redis
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
Dragonfly, Valkey, KeyDB and more. 7 alternatives to Redis, in C++, C, C#. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release. Drop-in: Dragonfly, Valkey, KeyDB.
Side by side
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonfly | Drop-in | 32k | Other | Source available | Yes | C++ | v2.1 | 2026-11-11 |
| Valkey | Drop-in | 28k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | C | 9.1.3 | 2026-11-12 |
| KeyDB | Drop-in | 13k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | C++ | v6.3.4 | 2026-10-22 |
| Memcached | Partial | 14k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | C | 1.6.45 | 2026-09-11 |
| Garnet | Partial | 12k | MIT | Open source | Yes | C# | v2.2.11 | 2026-11-12 |
| PikiwiDB | Partial | 6.1k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | C++ | v4.0.4 | 2026-10-16 |
| Apache Kvrocks | Partial | 4.5k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | C++ | v2.17.0 | 2026-11-11 |
Every alternative
7 alternatives
A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads.
Fork of Redis 7.2.4, same protocol and commands.
Migration notes → Official migration guide ↗
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 28k
- Latest
- 9.1.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
A Multithreaded Fork of Redis
Multithreaded fork of Redis.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 13k
- Latest
- v6.3.4
- Last push
- 2026-10-22
memcached development tree
In-memory key-value cache only, without persistence or data structures.
- Language
- C
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 14k
- Latest
- 1.6.45
- Last push
- 2026-09-11
Garnet is a remote cache-store from Microsoft Research that offers strong performance (throughput and latency), scalability, storage, recovery, cluster sharding, key migration, and replication features. Garnet can work with existing Redis clients.
Speaks RESP and supports a large part of the Redis commands.
Pikiwidb is a Redis-Compatible database developed by Qihoo's infrastructure team.
Speaks the Redis protocol and keeps data on disk in RocksDB, for datasets larger than memory.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Stars
- 6.1k
- Latest
- v4.0.4
- Last push
- 2026-10-16
Apache Kvrocks is a distributed key value NoSQL database that uses RocksDB as storage engine and is compatible with Redis protocol.
Redis protocol on top of RocksDB, keeping data on disk rather than in memory.
- Language
- C++
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 4.5k
- Latest
- v2.17.0
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
Head to head
- Dragonfly vs Garnet
- Dragonfly vs KeyDB
- Dragonfly vs Apache Kvrocks
- Dragonfly vs Memcached
- Dragonfly vs PikiwiDB
- Dragonfly vs Valkey
- Garnet vs KeyDB
- Garnet vs Apache Kvrocks
- Garnet vs Memcached
- Garnet vs PikiwiDB
- Garnet vs Valkey
- KeyDB vs Apache Kvrocks
- KeyDB vs Memcached
- KeyDB vs PikiwiDB
- KeyDB vs Valkey
- Apache Kvrocks vs Memcached
- Apache Kvrocks vs PikiwiDB
- Apache Kvrocks vs Valkey
- Memcached vs PikiwiDB
- Memcached vs Valkey
- PikiwiDB vs Valkey
About Redis
- Language
- C
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 77k
- Last push
- 2026-11-12