Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die.

Valkey 9.1 has been released with improvements in efficiency, modularity, and ecosystem tooling for production workloads. The project experienced a 17x growth year, highlighting its rising importance. Despite this, the lead maintainer remains committed to supporting Redis alongside Valkey.

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PublishedTuesday, May 19, 2026 at 5:14 PMMay 19, 05:14 PM

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Valkey 9.1 launched this week at the Open Source Summit with 10% memory savings, database-level ACLs, CLUSTERSCAN, integrated vector search, and a GA Valkey Admin tool for cluster operators.

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Valkey just had a 17x year. Its lead maintainer still doesn’t want Redis to die.

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