# yongman/tidis

Distributed transactional NoSQL database, Redis protocol compatible using tikv as backend

Repository: https://github.com/yongman/tidis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tidis
Homepage: https://github.com/tidb-incubator/tidis
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: redis, nosql, database, tikv, 2pc, raft, distributed-nosql-database, transaction-storage, transaction, rocksdb, shared-nothing
Last push: 2022-09-20T06:03:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3060, "days_push": 1443, "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 1441, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.280570+00:00)

## What it is
Tidis is a distributed transactional NoSQL database written in Go that exposes a Redis protocol-compatible API (string, list, hash, set, sorted set) backed by TiKV for Raft-replicated, 2PC-transactional storage. This original repository is archived and unmaintained; development continues in the Rust rewrite at tidb-incubator/tidis.

## Use cases
- redis-compatible database with durable disk-backed storage
- horizontally scalable redis alternative for large datasets
- distributed key-value store with transactions and raft replication
- replace redis where memory cost is too high
- storage and compute separation for nosql workloads

## When to choose
- you need redis protocol compatibility but data larger than memory
- you want linear scale-out and strong consistency via raft and 2pc
- you already operate a tikv cluster

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained project - this repo is archived; use tidb-incubator/tidis instead
- you need full redis feature coverage or lua scripting in this Go version
- you want a simple single-node redis deployment

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: database, caching, serialization, concurrency
- domain: databases, microservices, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: redis-protocol, tikv, distributed-nosql, raft, 2pc, shared-nothing, archived, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- yongman/tidis (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.280570+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 2026-08-30T04:36:29.964945+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/yongman/tidis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.280570+00:00, sha 32e09c3c8b04)
  - homepage: https://github.com/tidb-incubator/tidis (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:43.479462+00:00, sha 4e49ea38c43c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.