--- title: Valkey · SET first-blog-post "Hello, world" | daily.dev description: An introductory blog post from the Valkey project recaps its rapid formation: the Redis license change, the initial PlaceholderKV fork, its renaming and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Valkey · SET first-blog-post "Hello, world" | daily.dev og:description: An introductory blog post from the Valkey project recaps its rapid formation: the Redis license change, the initial PlaceholderKV fork, its renaming and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/jde9DrN94.png og:image:alt: Valkey · SET first-blog-post "Hello, world" 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. # Valkey · SET first-blog-post "Hello, world" **[Valkey](https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An introductory blog post from the Valkey project recaps its rapid formation: the Redis license change, the initial PlaceholderKV fork, its renaming and establishment as Valkey under the Linux Foundation, community code contributions, and a 7.2.4-rc1 release candidate, all within about three weeks. The post explains that the blog is a community-driven effort built in the open on GitHub, invites contributions via pull requests, reviews, and issues, and teases upcoming conference trip reports and the first general availability release. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Valkey and how is it related to Redis? Valkey is an open source in-memory data store established as a community fork of Redis after Redis changed its license. Following the license change, the project was initially set up as PlaceholderKV, then renamed and formally established as Valkey within the Linux Foundation, with hundreds of community code updates and a 7.2.4-rc1 release candidate produced within about three weeks. _Developers evaluating Redis alternatives can follow Valkey's progress and releases on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Valkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-9-0-released-with-ability-to-achieve-one-billion-requests-second-4b2f2pigi) · Phoronix · 48 upvotes · 1 comments - [Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die.](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-just-had-a-17x-year-its-lead-maintainer-still-doesn-t-want-redis-to-die--hymzgle9p) · The New Stack · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [\[Video Podcast\] Improving Valkey with Madelyn Olson](https://daily.dev/posts/video-podcast-improving-valkey-with-madelyn-olson-bjpwcn9zl) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Using Valkey on Azure and in .NET Aspire](https://daily.dev/posts/using-valkey-on-azure-and-in-net-aspire-8hoh4cisd) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Valkey 9.1 Delivers More Performance & Enhanced Security](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-9-1-delivers-more-performance-enhanced-security-9lzgcvzst) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#redis](https://daily.dev/tags/redis), [#valkey](https://daily.dev/tags/valkey) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94) ```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":"Valkey · SET first-blog-post \"Hello, world\"","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:23:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:51:28.744Z","description":"An introductory blog post from the Valkey project recaps its rapid formation: the Redis license change, the initial PlaceholderKV fork, its renaming and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--qPvKM23u--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2009","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Valkey","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Valkey","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--XXPzEmD8--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487496/logos/valkey-blog?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,backend,redis,valkey","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Valkey","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Valkey · SET first-blog-post \"Hello, world\""}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-set-first-blog-post-hello-world--jde9drn94#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Valkey and how is it related to Redis?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Valkey is an open source in-memory data store established as a community fork of Redis after Redis changed its license. 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