# Dragonfly

In-memory data store compatible with the Redis and Memcached APIs, built for caching and other data-intensive workloads.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/dragonfly/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.dragonflydb.io
- repository: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly
- docs: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs
- pricing: https://www.dragonflydb.io/pricing
- x: https://twitter.com/dragonflydbio
- discord: https://discord.gg/HsPjXGVH85

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: DragonflyDB Ltd.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: cpp
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker-image

### License

- licenseModel: source-available
- license: BUSL-1.1

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-07

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 31829
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 179
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://www.dragonflydb.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.dragonflydb.io/privacy (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.dragonflydb.io/privacy (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://www.dragonflydb.io/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/binary (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/dragonflydb/dragonfly/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/dragonflydb/dragonfly/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/docker (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/docker-compose (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/kubernetes (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/kubernetes-operator (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/binary (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/native-packages (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started/native-packages (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://www.dragonflydb.io/pricing (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/dragonflydb/dragonfly (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/dragonflydb/dragonfly/contributors (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Dragonfly is an in-memory data store written in C++ and shipped as a native binary. It runs as a server process that answers Redis and Memcached clients on a port, so applications that use those protocols can connect to it. The [getting-started guide](https://www.dragonflydb.io/docs/getting-started) lists Docker, Docker Compose, a Helm chart, a Kubernetes operator, a binary download and Linux packages as ways to start it. Its own [comparison page](https://www.dragonflydb.io/dragonfly-vs-redis) names Redis as the product it is compared with.

## Worth knowing

The license is source-available rather than open source. The Dragonfly Business Source License 1.1 does not allow the work to be used as part of an in-memory data store product or service, or offered as a service. The license changes to Apache 2.0 on a fixed change date. The company also sells Dragonfly Cloud as a hosted service, and a Self-Managed plan that adds LDAP authentication and role-based access control, priced on request.

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