# With redis no longer open source

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 26, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917 "2024-03-26T01:18:46Z")
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### Author: ![dillfrescott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dillfrescott/32/369312_2.png) [@dillfrescott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dillfrescott)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917/1 "2024-03-26T01:18:47Z")

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Would the Discourse team consider looking towards another open source option such as dragonfly for the installer?

[Dragonfly - The Fastest In-Memory Data Store (dragonflydb.io)](https://www.dragonflydb.io/)

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### Author: ![dillfrescott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dillfrescott/32/369312_2.png) [@dillfrescott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dillfrescott)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917/2 "2024-03-26T01:22:57Z")

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I hear its not only a drop in replacement but also much faster?

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### Author: ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917/3 "2024-03-26T01:36:05Z")

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I did not get to dive into this yet; here is the relevant announcement about it:

> **[Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing | Redis](https://redis.io/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/)**
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> Developers love Redis. Unlock the full potential of the Redis database with Redis Enterprise and start building blazing fast apps.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917/4 "2024-03-26T03:26:42Z")

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> [@dillfrescott](#):
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> Would the Discourse team consider looking towards another open source option such as dragonfly for the installer?

Unlikely to be honest, we would far more likely just to move to a fork, there are going to be tons popping up.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-redis-no-longer-open-source/300917/5 "2024-04-25T03:26:46Z")

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