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Redis vs Valkey vs Dragonfly
A side-by-side look at how actively Redis, Valkey and Dragonfly are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.
What the numbers say
- Redis is the most-starred of the 3, with 77k stars — about 2.8× Valkey's 27k.
- Over the 52 weeks to the snapshot, Dragonfly recorded the most commits (1.5k), against 575 for Redis.
- Redis has closed or merged the most pull requests in its lifetime: 7.6k.
- Relative to its popularity, Dragonfly carries the lightest open-issue load: 8.8 open issues per 1,000 stars, versus 29.7 for Redis.
Head-to-head
Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.
| Metric | Redis Active | Valkey Active | Dragonfly Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 77k | 27k | 32k |
| Forks | 25k | 1.3k | 1.3k |
| Contributors | 959 | 1.0k | 181 |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 575 | 780 | 1.5k |
| Open issues | 2.3k | 577 | 278 |
| Open pull requests | 716 | 336 | 39 |
| Closed / merged PRs | 7.6k | 2.8k | 5.6k |
| Watchers | 2.5k | 135 | 172 |
| Last push | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Latest release | 8.10.2 (Sep 2026) | 9.1.2 (Sep 2026) | v2.0.0 (Sep 2026) |
| Main language | C | C | C++ |
| Licence | Not detected by GitHub | BSD-3-Clause | Not detected by GitHub |
| Created | Mar 2009 | Mar 2024 | Dec 2021 |
Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.
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