valkey-io/valkey

Valkey

High-performance key-value store.

Open sourceActiveAn afternoon

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Worth knowing. Linux Foundation fork of Redis, created in 2024 after Redis left its BSD license.

“A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads.” — from the project

The license, in plain English

License: BSD 3-Clause · OSI-approved
Use it at work?: Yes — use it anywhere, including in commercial products.
Share your changes?: No. Keep the copyright notice and you’re done.

Our reading, not legal advice — the repository’s LICENSE file is the source of truth.

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