// Search & vector stores
redis8.12-m02-int
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
Open source Maintained For agents
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redis is for developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to search & vector stores.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → valkey A flexible distributed key-value database that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads. ★ 27k chroma Search infrastructure for AI ★ 30k meilisearch A lightning-fast search engine API bringing AI-powered hybrid search to your sites and applications. ★ 60k quivr An open-source engine that turns continuous content streams into search and monitoring. Durable ingestion, hybrid search, alerts, and plugins for formats, models and business rules. ★ 40k surrealdb A scalable, distributed, collaborative, document-graph database, for the realtime web ★ 33k
03Related
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- 8.12-m02-int 2026-09-28
- 8.10.2 2026-09-17
- 8.8.3 2026-09-17
- 8.6.7 2026-09-17
- 8.4.7 2026-09-17
For AI agents
- Interfaces：API
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/redis.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-04