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Database Entry

Valkey


Valkey is a hard-fork of Redis started in 2024.

Source Code
https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey[02]
Country of Origin
US
Start Year
2024 [07]
Project Type
Open Source
Written in
C
Derived From
Redis
Compatible With
Redis
Operating System
Linux
License
BSD License
Twitter
@valkey_io[05]

Database Entry

Valkey


Valkey is a hard-fork of Redis started in 2024.

History[06]


The Valkey project started in March 2024 after Redis Inc. announced that they were changing the license of the open-source Redis project. The initial members supporting the development of Valkey include Amazon, Google, Oracle, Ericsson, and Snap. Control of the project is managed under the Linux Foundation.

Concurrency Control


Same as LMDB

Data Model


Same as LMDB

Indexes


Same as LMDB

Isolation Levels


Same as LMDB

Joins


Same as LMDB

Logging


Same as LMDB

Parallel Execution


Same as LMDB

Query Compilation


Same as LMDB

Query Execution


Same as LMDB

Query Interface


Same as LMDB

Storage Architecture


Same as LMDB

Storage Model


Same as LMDB

Stored Procedures


Same as LMDB

System Architecture


Same as LMDB

Views


Same as LMDB

Citations

7 sources
  1. https://valkey.io valkey.io
  2. GitHub - valkey-io/valkey: A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads. · GitHub github.com
  3. Valkey · Documentation valkey.io
  4. Valkey - Wikipedia wikipedia.org
  5. https://twitter.com/valkey_io twitter.com
  6. Linux Foundation Launches Open Source Valkey Community linuxfoundation.org
  7. A single commit to get stuff building github.com
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