# tidwall/redcon

Redis compatible server framework for Go

Repository: https://github.com/tidwall/redcon
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redcon
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: redis, protocol, golang, networking
Last push: 2026-07-22T14:00:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3688, "days_push": 42, "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 2305, forks 171 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.720351+00:00)

## What it is
Redcon is a Go library for building fast, Redis-compatible TCP servers using the Redis protocol (RESP). It provides a simple API with ListenAndServe, Conn, and Command types, supporting pipelining, TLS, pub/sub, and multithreading, and works with standard Redis clients.

## Use cases
- build a custom redis-compatible server in go
- implement a key-value store that speaks the redis protocol
- create a redis-compatible in-memory cache service
- expose a custom data store to existing redis clients like redigo or jedis
- implement redis pub/sub compatible messaging server
- build a fast RESP protocol server with pipelining support

## When to choose
- you need a Redis-protocol-compatible server with custom command handling in Go
- you want existing Redis clients to talk to your own backend storage
- you need high-performance RESP parsing and serving with pipelining and TLS

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured Redis server rather than a framework to build one
- you need a Redis client library rather than a server
- your project is not in Go (consider redcon.rs or redcon.c instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, networking, serialization
- domain: developer-tools, databases, backend, networking
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: redis-protocol, redis-compatible-server, tcp-server, pub-sub, pipelining

## Member repositories
- tidwall/redcon (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.720351+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 2026-08-30T02:39:42.397997+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tidwall/redcon (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.720351+00:00, sha c6d65e721873)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.