Redis Labs (Redis)

Overview

Company behind Redis, the in-memory data structure store used as a database, cache, and message broker. Known for its speed and versatility.

Key Facts

  • Founded: 2011-07-01

  • Headquarters: San Francisco, California, USA

  • Status: Private

  • CEO: Guy Ezer

  • Created by Salvatore Sanfilippo (antiack) in 2009; Redis Labs founded in 2011

  • Redis is an in-memory data store supporting strings, hashes, lists, sets, and sorted sets

  • Changed license from MIT to SSPL/RSL (Redis Source Available License) in 2024

  • Redis Enterprise provides clustering, replication, and persistence

  • Used by Twitter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, Snapchat for caching and messaging

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