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Dragonfly vs Redis
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Dragonfly | Redis |
|---|---|---|
| Language | C++ | C |
| Licence | Other | Other |
| Stars | 32k | 77k |
| Latest | v2.0.0 | 8.10.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 21 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 33 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 55 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Dragonfly replaces Redis. Alternatives to Redis →
Drop-inRedis and Memcached API compatible, multithreaded.
Both replace Redis Cloud. Alternatives to Redis Cloud →
Full replacementDragonflyA multithreaded server compatible with the Redis API, run on your own machines.
Full replacementRedisThe same Redis, run on your own machines.
Published benchmarks, each linked to its source. The numbers depend on the hardware and the workload they were measured on.
memtier_benchmark SET and GET throughput on AWS m5.xlarge
SET: Redis 190K QPS, Dragonfly 279K QPS. GET: Redis 220K QPS, Dragonfly 305K QPS. On c6gn.16xlarge Dragonfly crossed 3.8M QPS.
40-shard Redis 7 cluster vs Dragonfly on AWS c6gn.16xlarge
GET pipeline 1: Redis 4.43M ops/sec, Dragonfly 3.8M reproduced. GET pipeline 30: Redis 22.9M, Dragonfly 15.9M ops/sec.
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…
Redis
- 8.10.22026-09-17Update urgency: SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
- 8.8.32026-09-17Update urgency: SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
- 8.6.72026-09-17Update urgency: SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
- 8.4.72026-09-17Update urgency: SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
- 8.2.102026-09-17Update urgency: SECURITY: There are security fixes in the release.
Dragonfly
✓ signed The latest release, v2.0.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Redis
unsigned The latest release, 8.10.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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