barddoo/zedis repository overview

⁠Zedis

A Redis-compatible in-memory data store written in Zig⁠. Implements the core Redis protocol with a focus on simplicity, performance, and memory safety.

Source: github.com/barddoo/zedis⁠

⁠Quick start

docker run -p 6379:6379 barddoo/zedis

redis-cli ping
# PONG

SET hello world
GET hello
# "world"

Works with any standard Redis client — no driver changes needed.

⁠Image variants

All images are built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64.

⁠Persistent data

docker run -p 6379:6379 -v zedis-data:/var/lib/zedis/data barddoo/zedis

⁠Custom config

docker run -p 6379:6379 -v ./zedis.conf:/etc/zedis/zedis.conf barddoo/zedis

Key config options:

bind 0.0.0.0
port 6379
maxclients 10000
kv-memory-budget 512mb
eviction-policy allkeys-lru
requirepass yourpassword

⁠Features

• RESP protocol — compatible with redis-cli and standard Redis clients
• GET, SET, DEL, INCR, DECR, EXISTS, EXPIRE, TTL, TYPE, KEYS, MGET, MSET, and more
• Key expiration with background TTL handling
• RDB snapshots and AOF persistence
• Pub/Sub
• Time series with Gorilla compression
• LRU eviction with configurable memory budget
• Single-store (no SELECT / multiple databases by design)

⁠Supported platforms

linux/amd64 · linux/arm64