keydb ☆

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Description:
Multithreaded fork of Redis

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @KeyDBIO | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Databases

Tags: database redis key-value in-memory caching nosql

Install: brew install keydb

About:
KeyDB is a high-performance, in-memory database system that is a multithreaded fork of Redis. It maintains full compatibility with Redis protocols and commands while leveraging multithreading to achieve significantly higher throughput and lower latency. This makes it an ideal drop-in replacement for scaling Redis workloads on modern multi-core hardware.

Key Features:

Multithreaded architecture for high performance
Fully compatible with Redis modules and commands
Advanced data structures and persistence options
Active-Active replication for distributed systems

Use Cases:

High-traffic caching layers for web applications
Real-time analytics and leaderboards
Message queuing and pub/sub systems
Primary database for high-speed data ingestion

Alternatives:

Redis – KeyDB offers multithreading for better multi-core utilization, while Redis is primarily single-threaded.
Memcached – KeyDB provides persistent storage and rich data types, whereas Memcached is a simpler, volatile key-value store.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 5:43pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	47f4a6f3
Sep 14, 2024 11:39am		0	VERSION_BUMP	eb291d22