rueidis by rueian
A fast Golang Redis client that supports Client Side Caching, Auto Pipelining, RDMA, etc.
About rueidis
From the project's README at github.com/rueian/rueidis. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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A fast Golang Redis client that does auto pipelining and supports server-assisted client-side caching. Features Auto pipelining for non-blocking redis commands Server-assisted client-side caching Generic Object Mapping with client-side caching Cache-Aside pattern with client-side caching Distributed Locks with client-side caching Helpers for writing tests with rueidis mock OpenTelemetry integration Hooks and other integrations Go-redis like API adapter by @418Coffee Pub/Sub, Sharded Pub/Sub, Streams Redis Cluster, Sentinel, RedisJSON, RedisBloom, RediSearch, RedisTimeseries, etc. Probabilistic Data Structures without Redis Stack [Availability zone affinity routing](#availa
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 2.9k | github.com/rueian/rueidis |
| GitHub forks | 240 | github.com/rueian/rueidis |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 4.6 years | since Sep 2021 |
| Last commit | 5 days ago | May 2, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 221 | last: 25 days ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- ScyllaDB cut Sprig's read latency 4X after Redis and ClickHouse hit a wall
- Redis array: short story of a long development process
- Redis new Array type PR and request for feedbacks
- Redistricting and the Supreme Court have cut voters out of US House races
- Show HN: Diom – Backend primitives (queue, rate limit, etc.) in one Rust binary
Ready to self-host rueidis?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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