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The best node-redis alternatives

3 tools that do a similar job to node-redis, 3 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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node-redis

A Redis client library for Node.js, written in TypeScript, for talking to Redis from JavaScript code.

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    ioredis

    Open source · MIT · ★ 15.4k

    A Node.js client for Redis, written in TypeScript, with Cluster, Sentinel, and Streams support.

    Best for: Node.js backend developers who already run Redis and want a full-featured client; Teams maintaining existing projects that already depend on ioredis

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    redis-py

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.7k

    The official Python client library for talking to Redis from Python code.

    Best for: Python developers who need to read and write data in a Redis server; Backend teams building caching or session storage on Redis

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    Jedis

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.4k

    A Java client library for talking to Redis servers from Java code.

    Best for: Java developers who need to read and write data in Redis from an application; Teams building Java services that use Redis Cluster

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to node-redis. We don't take payment for placement.