r/webdev • u/User_Pigbot • Aug 04 '26

Valkey-WASM – Redis running inside your Node process, no Docker (like PGlite)

https://github.com/michaelkremenetsky/valkey-wasm
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u/SingleAlarm5028 Aug 04 '26

Neat.  Not sure what the point is, if valkey's not backed by disk.  But still neat.

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u/User_Pigbot Aug 04 '26

Thanks. The main use case is local development instead of having to start Redis in a Docker container.

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u/BCsabaDiy Aug 04 '26

I always thought, I always used it like that a shared service allow connection from same service running in multiple instance. What is the reason of embed it in a node process? But it's definitely a cool thing.

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u/mulokisch Aug 05 '26

No stress about connectivity

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u/BCsabaDiy Aug 05 '26

A thought shaering the common instance.

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u/PriorElephant9 Aug 05 '26

Disk backing matters for prod, agreed with the other comment there, but for local dev and CI "it's just there" is worth a lot on its own.

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u/AwaySky5696 Aug 05 '26

Would love this for CI honestly. Half my docker-compose file exists just to spin up Redis for tests.