Is there a single sentence anywhere that describes what it actually is?
As if nobody ever uses anything else.
Description from GitHub:
> DiceDB is an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware. Commonly used as a cache, it offers a familiar interface while enabling real-time data updates through query subscriptions. It delivers higher throughput and lower median latencies, making it ideal for modern workloads.
DiceDB is an in-memory database that is also reactive. So, instead of polling the database for changes, the database pushes the resultset if you subscribe to it.
We have a similar set of commands as Redis, but are not Redis-compliant.
This application may be very capable, but I agree with the person saying that its use-case isn't clear on the home page, you have to go deeper into the docs. "Smarter than a database" also seems kind of debatable.
The saying is cute but does not really convey information the reader is after. And that spot is where you want people to immediately understand what it is.
Like, imagine a page that only said "SuperTransport -- 0 to 100 in 5 seconds", but it is not clear for the reader if it is a car or a horse or a plane or a parcel service...
... and the reader has to go and guess "hmm, guess due to the acceleration it is probably a car or a motorbike -- wonder of it is for sale or for rent?".
Just put "fast on premise key/value database" in the big font that was there -- if that is what it is. That is purely a guess from me, no idea if that is what it is.
This seems more like Redis though
Feels arrogant. "Of course you already know what this is, how could you not?"
We have the benchmarks, and we will be sharing the numbers in subsequent releases.
But, there is still a chance that I may come to bite us and limit us to a smaller scale, and we are ready for it.
What are those goals? I was struggling to interpret a meaningful roadmap from the issue & commit history.
"What is DiceDB? DiceDB is an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware. Commonly used as a cache, it offers a familiar interface while enabling real-time data updates through query subscriptions. It delivers higher throughput and lower median latencies, making it ideal for modern workloads."
> DiceDB is an open-source, fast, reactive, in-memory database optimized for modern hardware.
A Redis-like database with a Redis-like interface. No info about drop-in compatibility, I assume no.
Should be the first sentence on their website and repo.