Valkey 8.0.0 Is Out

by schaum on 9/18/2024, 3:58 PM with 31 comments
  • by schaum on 9/18/2024, 3:58 PM

    to my knowledge and understanding it is the first valkey release that include features not just bug fixes! This release is fully compatible with Redis OSS 7.2.4.

  • by rmbyrro on 9/18/2024, 5:45 PM

    And that's why the OS movement matters so much.

    Otherwise, Redis users would pretty soon be as miserable as Oracle users.

  • by rowanseymour on 9/18/2024, 7:40 PM

    Hope to see this as an option in Elasticache soon. Feels like Valkey has the momentum over Redis now. Less sure about OpenSearch vs Elasticsearch...

  • by remram on 9/19/2024, 5:04 AM

    What about client libraries? I feel a bit weird using valkey with redis client, but I also feel weird switching client libraries if they are not affected by any license change.

  • by vander_elst on 9/18/2024, 6:27 PM

    Has anyone used valkey in production? How does it compare to redis? Can it be used as a 1:1 replacement to redis or are there any caveats?

  • by ezekg on 9/18/2024, 4:12 PM

    Congrats on the v8 release. It's super interesting to see that Heroku now uses Valkey instead of Redis [0], with no notes re: compatibility yet.

    Yet another project to add to the books of successful forks re: rug-pull?

    [0]: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-redis