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A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads.

36 mentions on Hacker News by 31 people: 10 stories, 26 comments · first 2024-03-23 · latest 2026-02-13

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  1. …[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/966133/ [4] https://github.com/redis-rs/redis-rs/issues/1419 [5] https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/544
    comment by mananaysiempre · 2026-02-13 · in MinIO repository is no longer maintained
  2. …Like Valkey¹ is the OSS Fork of Redis and OpenSearch² is the OSS Fork of ElasticSearch. [1]: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey [2]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch
    comment by randomtoast · 2025-11-03 · in OSS Alternative to Open WebUI – ChatGPT-Like UI, API and CLI
  3. …beyond Redis 7.2, you likely can just upgrade to valkey without too much effort or any downtime https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/2543
    comment by Redoubts · 2025-10-21 · in Valkey 9.0 now supports 1B RPS, hash field expiration, and more
  4. Looks like the fix was committed three days ago and they cut a release for version 8.1.4. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/commit/6dd003e88feace83e... https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases/tag/8.1.4
    comment by rpdillon · 2025-10-06 · in RediShell: Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Redis
  5. …commits to their repository then Redis does, and more contributors. So it appears to be active. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey https://github.com/redis/redis
    comment by graton · 2025-05-01 · in Redis is open source again
  6. Original license of Redis is retained in the form Valkey: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/blob/unstable/COPYING Third party licenses retained in a THIRDPARTY file in MariaDB https://github.com/MariaDB/server/blob/main/THIRDPARTY Only…
    comment by Zambyte · 2025-04-21 · in Getting forked by Microsoft
  7. …contributors listed on this page who seem to predate the fork and who have continued to contribute: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/graphs/contributors Particularly these contributors standout: https://github.com/enjoy-binbin…
    comment by bhouston · 2024-12-10 · in From where I left
  8. fork of redis https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey just before the transition to their new source available licenses
    comment by alanwreath · 2024-12-10 · in From where I left
  9. The only public record I've seen him talking about it was in https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/544 , where he mentioned having sold the copyright.
    comment by reconditerose · 2024-11-27 · in Redis Inc seeks control over future of Rust redis-rs client library
  10. We're working on it, you can follow the progress here: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/640 .
    comment by reconditerose · 2024-11-21 · in The Fastest Redis Ever
  11. The other is the company that bought the trademark https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/54 .
    comment by reconditerose · 2024-09-22 · in Redis users considering alternatives after licensing move
  12. …use those dumps you'll have to use a third-party tool to dump the data and put it back in valkey. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/845#issuecomment-...
    comment by forbiddenlake · 2024-09-18 · in Valkey 8.0.0 Is Out
  13. …a logical sequence of work. Of course now there's a great higher level blog post to the topic too. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/861 https://valkey.io/blog/unlock-one-million-rps-part2/ There's also a very early RDMA transport,…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2024-09-16 · in Valkey 8.0 Released as Speedy Redis Fork Achieving One Million RPS
  14. The biggest perf improvement in Valkey, will be RDMA for the version 8 release. See https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/pull/477#issuecomment-21...
    comment by olavgg · 2024-09-04 · in Why is single threaded Redis so fast (2023)
  15. …measure (assuming the line items are aligned to features and bugfixes and not just a list of PRs) https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/releases Maybe version number/release cadence is also helpful.
    comment by nijave · 2024-04-22 · in Valkey Is Rapidly Overtaking Redis
  16. …the kind of people I would proactively exclude from any public community I was trying to build. 1. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey/issues/18#issuecomment-2...
    comment by zoogeny · 2024-04-16 · in Redis is forked
  17. At this time it's just better to focus on the Redis project that matters. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey
    comment by chipdart · 2024-04-10 · in New Redis Inc logo and branding [video]
  18. …version on Codeberg ( https://codeberg.org/redict/redict ) can compete with the fork on Github ( https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey ) in terms of visibility and contributions.
    comment by dewey · 2024-04-03 · in Redict 7.3.0, a copyleft fork of Redis, is now available
  19. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey
    comment by newzisforsukas · 2024-04-02 · in Redis' license change and forking are a mess that everybody can feel bad about
  20. They have engineering resources to maintain a fork, which they've made. https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey
    comment by manfre · 2024-03-29 · in The race to replace Redis
  21. …from just before the change backed by AWS, Google, Oracle who are paying a few former core devs https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey And not to forget Redict, also a fork, that is maintained by drew devault https://codeberg.org/redict/redict
    comment by Yasuraka · 2024-03-29 · in The race to replace Redis
  22. …certainly worth mentioning in my post. Ah! And here's the two projects discussing merging efforts: https://github.com/placeholderkv/placeholderkv/issues/18
    comment by AndyKelley · 2024-03-26 · in Redis Renamed to Redict
  23. …people might actually contribute to it. The old development community is regrouping under https://github.com/placeholderkv/placeholderkv . As of right now we don't intend to change the license, we just want a more balanced governance that…
    comment by reconditerose · 2024-03-24 · in Redis Renamed to Redict
  24. Thanks for that. Here's Drew's comparison of the two forks as of now: https://github.com/placeholderkv/placeholderkv/issues/8#issu...
    comment by crabmusket · 2024-03-23 · in Redict is an independent, copyleft fork of Redis
  25. …active contributors, are gathering around a different project. They just don’t have a name yet. https://github.com/placeholderkv/placeholderkv/issues/9
    comment by _msw_ · 2024-03-23 · in Redis Renamed to Redict
  26. …[0] in another HN post [1], which is developed by some previous Redis maintainers. [0]: https://github.com/placeholderkv/placeholderkv [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793402
    comment by maxloh · 2024-03-23 · in Ask HN: Redis Takeover