Life & fun · September 19, 2025
Zedis – A Redis clone I'm writing in Zig
Writing Redis from scratch in Zig.
Zedis – A Redis clone I'm writing in Zig launched on September 19, 2025 with 158 votes, #198 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Zedis is a Redis clone written from scratch in the Zig programming language. It recreates Redis functionality using Zig instead of the original C implementation. The project is aimed at developers interested in learning how Redis works internally or exploring Zig as a systems programming language. Zedis demonstrates building a complex, high-performance data structure server in Zig.
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From the sources
Redis in Zig. Contribute to barddoo/zedis development by creating an account on GitHub.
A Redis-compatible in-memory data store written in Zig , designed for learning and experimentation. Zedis implements the core Redis protocol and data structures with a focus on simplicity, performance, and thread safety. Made for learning purposes. Not intended for production use for now . Download the binary from the releases page or build from source to get started with Zedis. # Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/barddoo/zedis.git cd zedis # Build the project zig build # Run the server zig build run The server will start on 127.0.0.1:6379 by default. # Connect to Zedis redis-cli -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6379 # Try some commands 127.0.0.1: 6379> SET mykey " Hello, Zedis! " OK…from github.com
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