redis

    redis/go-redis

    #62 this week

    Redis Go client

    database
    go
    golang
    redis
    redis-client
    redis-cluster
    Go
    BSD-2-Clause
    22.3K stars
    2.6K forks
    22.3K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 15, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    Ranks #62 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 2%).

    4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 10 days ago, with 392 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #76 in the weekly ranking the week of Mar 8, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an official Redis client library for the Go programming language to interact with Redis servers.
    • Offers comprehensive Redis support including clusters, Sentinel, pipelining, scripting, and advanced authentication with automatic connection pooling.
    • Use for building high-performance Go applications requiring efficient Redis data caching and storage.
    • Use for implementing distributed locking and rate limiting in Go services using Redis features.
    • Use for integrating Redis with OpenTelemetry to monitor and trace Go application performance.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    BSD 2-Clause

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    go-redis is the official Redis client library for the Go programming language. It offers a straightforward interface for interacting with Redis servers.

    Excerpt from the redis/go-redis README on GitHub (BSD-2-Clause license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    2.6K+40

    Open issues

    99+40

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