# seppo0010/rlite

self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional redis-compatible database engine. rlite is to Redis what SQLite is to SQL.

Repository: https://github.com/seppo0010/rlite
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rlite
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-10-10T17:27:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4205, "days_push": 2153, "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 1067, forks 39 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:27.136771+00:00)

## What it is
rlite is a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional Redis-compatible database engine written in C, analogous to SQLite for SQL. It supports in-memory or single-file persistence and offers bindings for many languages including Ruby, Python, Go, Java, Node.js, PHP, and Rust.

## Use cases
- use redis data structures in a mobile app without a server
- replace redis in local development without running a redis process
- use an embedded redis-compatible database in tests and CI
- store client-side application data in a single file
- run a redis slave replica backed by a file

## When to choose
- you want redis commands without running a redis server
- you need an embedded key-value store with redis semantics for tests or development
- you want single-file persistence with random access instead of rdb/aof snapshots

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade networked redis server with clustering and replication
- you need the full set of redis modules or latest redis commands
- you require active maintenance and recent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: database, caching, serialization
- domain: databases, developer-tools, mobile-development, testing
- platform: cross-platform, cli, python, go, rust, php, jvm, ruby
- tags: redis-compatible, embedded-database, in-memory, sqlite-like, key-value-store, mobile, nodejs

## Member repositories
- seppo0010/rlite (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.136771+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 2026-08-30T06:55:11.880856+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seppo0010/rlite (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:27.136771+00:00, sha 5b0a6215e02b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.