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Dragonfly vs Memcached
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Dragonfly | Memcached |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C++ | C |
| Licence | Other | BSD-3-Clause |
| Stars | 32k | 14k |
| Latest | v2.0.0 | 1.6.45 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-11 |
| Release cadence | about 21 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 33 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Dragonfly replaces Memcached. Alternatives to Memcached →
Full replacementSpeaks the memcached protocol as well as Redis's.
Dragonfly
- v2.0.02026-09-16We have been waiting three years to bump the major version.
- v1.40.22026-09-03Tiered storage (disk offload)
- v1.40.12026-08-06Fixed connection-state handling in squashed pipelines. Commands following AUTH, SELECT, HELLO, CLIENT, or RESET now obs…
- v1.40.02026-08-04This is one of our biggest releases yet—both in terms of feature quality, total contributions, and the highest number o…
- v1.39.02026-06-09This release delivers a significant leap in full-text search capability — FT.HYBRID fuses vector similarity with text q…
Memcached
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Dragonfly
✓ signed The latest release, v2.0.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Memcached
unsigned The latest release, 1.6.45, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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