# Redis

In-memory data store used as a cache, database and streaming engine, offered under source-available and open-source licenses.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/redis/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://redis.io
- repository: https://github.com/redis/redis
- docs: https://redis.io/docs/latest/
- x: https://x.com/Redisinc

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Redis Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- 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: docker-image, snap, homebrew, rpm, debian-package, source-tarball

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: RSALv2 or SSPLv1 or AGPLv3, BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-17

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 77004
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 62913
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://redis.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/redis/redis (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/redis/redis (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://redis.io/docs/latest/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://redis.io/legal/licenses/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://redis.io/legal/licenses/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://redis.io/downloads/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/redis/redis (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://redis.io/downloads/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/redis/redis/releases/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/redis/redis/blob/unstable/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://redis.io/legal/licenses/ (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://redis.io/legal/licenses/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://redis.io/downloads/ (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/redis/redis (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/archive/install-redis/ (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Redis is an in-memory data store written in C, used as a cache, a database and a streaming engine. Redis Ltd develops it and also sells the commercial products Redis Cloud and Redis Software.

## Worth knowing

Recent releases are offered under a choice of RSALv2, SSPLv1 or AGPLv3, and earlier releases carry their own terms, which the [license page](https://redis.io/legal/licenses/) sets out.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0