# Netflix/dynomite

A generic dynamo implementation for different k-v storage engines

Repository: https://github.com/Netflix/dynomite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dynomite
Language: C
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: dynomite, c, redis, distributed-database, cache, key-value, nosql
Last push: 2024-05-20T21:58:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4710, "days_push": 835, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4215, forks 523 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:39.179562+00:00)

## What it is
Dynomite is a thin distributed Dynamo layer that adds sharding, multi-datacenter replication, and high availability to storage engines like Redis and Memcached that lack these features natively. It is written in C and runs as a performant proxy layer between clients and key-value stores.

## Use cases
- add multi-datacenter replication to redis
- shard a memcached cluster
- make a key-value store highly available
- proxy redis with distributed dynamo semantics
- cross-region replication for nosql cache

## When to choose
- you need Dynamo-style replication and sharding on top of Redis or Memcached
- you want multi-datacenter high availability without changing your storage engine
- you need a lightweight, performant C proxy layer

## When to avoid
- your storage engine already provides native replication and clustering
- you need a maintained project with active development
- you use storage engines other than Redis or Memcached

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: database, caching, microservices, proxy
- domain: databases, microservices, self-hosted, backend
- platform: c, self-hosted
- tags: dynamo, redis-proxy, memcached, multi-datacenter-replication, key-value-store, netflix-oss, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Netflix/dynomite (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.179562+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 2026-08-29T18:22:26.859151+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Netflix/dynomite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:39.179562+00:00, sha 37a9610ede01)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.