--- title: The Faster Redis Alternative | daily.dev description: KeyDB is a fully open source database and a faster drop-in alternative to Redis. It offers high throughput, supports various data structures, has multiple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-faster-redis-alternative-bq04s9lo6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Faster Redis Alternative | daily.dev og:description: KeyDB is a fully open source database and a faster drop-in alternative to Redis. It offers high throughput, supports various data structures, has multiple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-faster-redis-alternative-bq04s9lo6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Bq04s9lo6.png og:image:alt: The Faster Redis Alternative og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Faster Redis Alternative **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 1 min read · 199 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary KeyDB is a fully open source database and a faster drop-in alternative to Redis. It offers high throughput, supports various data structures, has multiple persistence options, and is scalable to any workload. KeyDB also has open source features such as MVCC non-blocking architecture, cross-region multi-master support, better EXPIRation, TLS encryption, and ModJS for creating custom commands. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@rafalnawojczyk** · 4 upvotes > After Redis move from open-source to some weird licenses - this tool should really pop, so ppl will have more courage to stop using redis at all. **@jpg** · 1 upvotes > I am a big fan of KeyDB, I tried both this and DragonflyDB a while back, and KeyDB has flash support, which I feel is a must have for a k/v store. **@usmras** · 0 upvotes > long live open source ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Governing Security in the Age of Infinite Signal](https://daily.dev/posts/governing-security-in-the-age-of-infinite-signal-qhihbir44) · Snyk · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government](https://daily.dev/posts/no-one-has-a-good-plan-for-how-ai-companies-should-work-with-the-government-nkajqoze1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-faster-redis-alternative-bq04s9lo6) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Faster Redis Alternative","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-faster-redis-alternative-bq04s9lo6","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-faster-redis-alternative-bq04s9lo6"},"datePublished":"2024-03-27T12:37:00.544Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"KeyDB is a fully open source database and a faster drop-in alternative to Redis. 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