# Memcached

Distributed in-memory key-value cache daemon that applications use to store results of database and API calls.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/memcached/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-29
Listed since: 2026-10-29

## Record

### Links

- home: https://memcached.org
- repository: https://github.com/memcached/memcached
- docs: https://docs.memcached.org
- discord: https://discord.gg/AuD7kJTdvS
- forum: https://groups.google.com/group/memcached

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Danga Interactive, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2003
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: database
- hosting: binary
- language: c
- 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: apt package

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 14301
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 199
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/memcached/memcached (read 2026-10-29)
- urls: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainer: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- category: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/memcached/memcached (read 2026-10-29)
- runtime: https://memcached.org/downloads (read 2026-10-29)
- currentMajor: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- latestReleaseDate: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- license: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-29)
- licenseModel: https://memcached.org/ (read 2026-10-29)
- runsAs: https://docs.memcached.org/serverguide/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://docs.memcached.org/serverguide/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://docs.memcached.org/serverguide/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://docs.memcached.org/serverguide/ (read 2026-10-29)
- installMethod: https://docs.memcached.org/serverguide/ (read 2026-10-29)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/memcached/memcached (read 2026-10-29)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/memcached/memcached/contributors?per_page=1&anon=false (read 2026-10-29)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/memcached/memcached/blob/master/ChangeLog (read 2026-10-29)

## Notes

Memcached is a distributed memory object caching system written in C. It runs as a daemon that keeps small key-value entries in RAM, which dynamic web applications use to reduce database load.

The install guide covers distribution packages for apt, yum and Homebrew, and a source build with make.

## Worth knowing

A source build needs the libevent development package.

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