go-redis/redis_rate

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1039 stars · 108 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Go library implementing GCRA (leaky bucket) rate limiting on top of Redis, built for the go-redis client. It exposes a simple Allow API with per-second/minute limits and retry-after info, usable in HTTP middleware.

Use cases

• rate limit API requests per user or project
• implement leaky bucket throttling with Redis
• add rate limiting middleware to a Go HTTP server
• limit how often a job or webhook can run
• return RateLimit-Remaining and Retry-After headers

When to choose

• you already use go-redis and need distributed rate limiting
• you want GCRA/leaky-bucket semantics without extra dependencies
• you need per-key limits with remaining quota and retry-after values

When to avoid

• you don't use Redis or want an in-process limiter
• you need token bucket with burst controls rather than GCRA
• your Redis is older than version 3.2

Facets

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rate-limiting caching databases backend web-development developer-tools go cross-platform gcra leaky-bucket go-redis redis-lua api-rate-limiting redis

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