Alternatives to Redis
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. Redis itself: install Redis.
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MySQL Server, the world's most popular open source database, and MySQL Cluster, a real-time, open source transactional database
Core Data Editor
Core Data Editor lets you easily view, edit and analyze applications‘ data. Core Data Editor is compatible with Mac and iOS applications and supports
octosql
OctoSQL is a query tool that allows you to join, analyse and transform data from multiple databases and file formats using SQL
prometheus
The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database
modsecurity
ModSecurity is an open source, cross platform web application firewall (WAF) engine for Apache, IIS and Nginx. It has a robust event-based programming
tbls
tbls is a CI-Friendly tool to document a database, written in Go
kuzu
Embedded property graph database built for speed. Vector search and full-text search built in. Implements Cypher
pgcopydb
Copy a Postgres database to a target Postgres server (pg_dump | pg_restore on steroids)
postgrest
REST API for any Postgres database
turso
A SQL database in Rust: SQLite-compatible, now also speaking Postgres (experimental). The LLVM of databases
golang-migrate
Database migrations. CLI and Golang library
hack-browser-data
Extract and decrypt browser data, supporting multiple data types, runnable on various operating systems (macOS, Windows, Linux)
dbmate
🚀 A lightweight, framework-agnostic database migration tool
sqlboiler
Generate a Go ORM tailored to your database schema
doctest
The fastest feature-rich C++11/14/17/20/23 single-header testing framework
sysbench
Scriptable database and system performance benchmark
wal-g
Archival and Restoration for databases in the Cloud
pylyzer
A fast, feature-rich static code analyzer & language server for Python
nbping
🏎 Nping mean NB Ping, A Ping Tool in Rust with Real-Time Data and Visualizations
macmon
🦀🌡️ Real-time system monitor for Apple Silicon Macs (M1–M5). No sudo. TUI, JSON/Prometheus metrics server, and Rust library
slack-mcp-server
The most powerful MCP Slack Server with no permission requirements, Apps support, GovSlack, DMs, Group DMs and smart history fetch logic
sqlancer
Automated testing to find logic and performance bugs in database systems
compiledb
Tool for generating Clang's JSON Compilation Database files for make-based build systems
SuperDB
An analytics database that puts JSON and relational tables on equal footing
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than Redis — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
Redis is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.