Dragonfly vs Valkey

Dragonfly vs Valkey
Fact	Dragonfly	Valkey
Language	C++	C
Licence	Other	BSD-3-Clause
Stars	32k	27k
Latest	v2.0.0	9.1.2
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	76 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Memcached. Alternatives to Memcached →
Full replacementDragonflySpeaks the memcached protocol as well as Redis's.
PartialValkeyServes as a cache in memcached's place, but through the Redis protocol.
Both replace Redis. Alternatives to Redis →
Drop-inDragonflyRedis and Memcached API compatible, multithreaded.
Drop-inValkeyFork of Redis 7.2.4, same protocol and commands.
Both replace Redis Cloud. Alternatives to Redis Cloud →
Full replacementDragonflyA multithreaded server compatible with the Redis API, run on your own machines.
Full replacementValkeyFork of Redis 7.2.4 with the same protocol and core commands, run on your own machines.

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…

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