Software:Valkey
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| Original author(s) | Salvatore Sanfilippo[1][2] |
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| Developer(s) | Linux Foundation[3] |
| Initial release | March 28, 2024[4] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like[5] |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Data structure store, key–value database |
| License | BSD license[6] |
Valkey is an open-source in-memory key–value database, used as a distributed cache and message broker, with optional durability.[7] Because it holds all data in memory and because of its design, Valkey offers low-latency reads and writes, making it particularly suitable for use cases that require a cache. Valkey is a fork of Redis, the most popular NoSQL database and one of the most popular databases overall.[8][9][10][11] Valkey and Redis have been used by companies including Twitter,[12][13] Airbnb,