--- title: Valkey · Valkey 2025 Year-End Review: Reflecting on... description: Valkey's 2025 year-end recap covers major releases including the Valkey bundle (JSON, Bloom, Vector Search, LDAP modules), Valkey 8.1, and Valkey 9.0, which... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-valkey-2025-year-end-review-reflecting-on-progress-and-looking-ahead-9pjkbluyc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Valkey · Valkey 2025 Year-End Review: Reflecting on Progress and Looking Ahead | daily.dev og:description: Valkey's 2025 year-end recap covers major releases including the Valkey bundle (JSON, Bloom, Vector Search, LDAP modules), Valkey 8.1, and Valkey 9.0, which... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/valkey-valkey-2025-year-end-review-reflecting-on-progress-and-looking-ahead-9pjkbluyc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9pjkbLUyc.png og:image:alt: Valkey · Valkey 2025 Year-End Review: Reflecting on Progress and Looking Ahead 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 · Valkey 2025 Year-End Review: Reflecting on Progress and Looking Ahead **[Valkey](https://daily.dev/sources/valkey-blog)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Valkey's 2025 year-end recap covers major releases including the Valkey bundle (JSON, Bloom, Vector Search, LDAP modules), Valkey 8.1, and Valkey 9.0, which introduced hash field expiration, atomic slot migration, multiple databases in cluster mode, 1 billion+ RPS support, and 40% higher throughput. The project reports 346 active contributors, its first dedicated conference (Keyspace Amsterdam), a large presence at Keyspace Beijing, AWS re:Invent, and other conferences worldwide. Goals for 2026 include easier operability, better multi-threaded CPU utilization, deeper integrations with other open source projects, and growing local community groups. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new features did Valkey 9.0 introduce? Valkey 9.0 added hash field expiration for fine-grained TTLs that automatically free memory, atomic slot migration enabling seamless zero-error resharding with no downtime, and support for multiple databases within a single cluster to isolate workloads. The release also achieved clusters handling over 1 billion requests per second with 40% higher throughput compared to prior versions. _Track major Valkey releases like this on daily.dev before planning a cluster upgrade._ ### How many active contributors does the Valkey open source project have? The Valkey project had 346 active contributors during 2025, counting individuals who made commits, filed issues, or opened pull requests, according to LFX analytics covering the period from January 2025 to January 2026. _Developers evaluating open source database projects can follow community health metrics like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Valkey just had a 17x year. 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