# distributedio/titan

A Distributed Redis Protocol Compatible NoSQL Database

Repository: https://github.com/distributedio/titan
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/distributedio-titan
Homepage: https://medium.com/@shafreeck/titan-a-distributed-redis-protocol-compatible-nosql-database-4379a1307661
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: redis, tidb, tikv, nosql, distributed
Last push: 2023-10-21T05:34:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2849, "days_push": 1047, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1402, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:37.694775+00:00)

## What it is
Titan is a distributed NoSQL database that provides a Redis protocol-compatible layer on top of TiKV, offering strong consistency, distributed transactions, and high availability. It allows existing Redis clients like redis-cli to connect to a horizontally scalable, multi-tenant storage backend.

## Use cases
- run a redis-compatible database that scales out horizontally
- replace redis with a strongly consistent distributed datastore
- store redis data durably on tikv with high availability
- serve multiple tenants from one redis-compatible cluster
- use redis clients and commands against a distributed nosql backend

## When to choose
- you need Redis protocol compatibility but require strong consistency and distributed transactions
- you want horizontal scale-out and high availability beyond what single-node Redis offers
- you already operate a TiKV/TiDB cluster and want a Redis-compatible layer on it
- you need multi-tenancy for Redis-style workloads

## When to avoid
- you need full Redis feature coverage such as Pub/Sub, Lua scripting, Streams, Geo, or HyperLogLog, which are unsupported
- you want a simple single-node cache with minimal operational overhead
- you are unwilling to deploy and maintain a TiKV/PD cluster
- you need a project with frequent releases and active development

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: database, caching, rpc
- domain: databases, microservices, big-data, backend
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: redis-protocol, tikv, nosql, distributed-database, strong-consistency, multi-tenancy, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- distributedio/titan (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.694775+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:38:58.484497+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/distributedio/titan (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:37.694775+00:00, sha 880adb719ffb)
  - homepage: https://medium.com/@shafreeck/titan-a-distributed-redis-protocol-compatible-nosql-database-4379a1307661 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:52:55.599056+00:00, sha 3b16b14490f1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.