# redis-store/redis-store

Namespaced Rack::Session, Rack::Cache, I18n and cache Redis stores for Ruby web frameworks

Repository: https://github.com/redis-store/redis-store
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/redis-store
Homepage: http://redis-store.org/redis-store
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ruby, redis, library
Last push: 2026-08-07T01:20:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 86/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 64, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6353, "days_push": 27, "days_rel": 27, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1498, forks 343 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:54.056288+00:00)

## What it is
A family of Ruby gems providing Redis-backed stores for caching, Rack sessions, Rack::Cache HTTP caching, and I18n translation backends. It supports object marshalling, timeouts, single or multiple Redis nodes, and key namespacing for Ruby web frameworks like Rails, Sinatra, and Rack.

## Use cases
- use redis as the cache store in a rails app
- store rack sessions in redis
- back i18n translations with redis
- distributed http caching with rack::cache
- namespaced redis cache across multiple apps
- share session state across multiple ruby servers

## When to choose
- you run Ruby web apps (Rails, Sinatra, Rack) and want Redis-backed caching or sessions
- you need namespaced, multi-node Redis stores with marshalling support
- you want a mature, MIT-licensed drop-in store for Rails.cache or I18n

## When to avoid
- you are not using Ruby or a Rack-based framework
- you need a general-purpose Redis client rather than framework store integrations
- you need active feature development - the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: caching, middleware, serialization
- domain: web-development, backend, databases, developer-tools
- platform: ruby
- tags: redis, rack, rails, sinatra, session-store, i18n, http-cache, web-server

## Member repositories
- redis-store/redis-store (main) score 86

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.056288+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 2026-08-30T04:33:05.822563+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/redis-store/redis-store (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:54.056288+00:00, sha ca54bfc31cbf)
  - homepage: http://redis-store.org/redis-store (fetched 2026-08-29T11:38:15.119418+00:00, sha abc5380d878e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.