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Lima vs Valkey

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LimaDevelopment Environment Setup
FreePublished price
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ValkeyDatabase Tools
Free (open source)Published price
Lima logo
Lima
Development Environment Setup

Linux Machines

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Valkey
Database Tools

An open-source high-performance data structure server.

Overview
CategoryDevelopment Environment SetupDatabase Tools
What it isLinux virtual machines on macOS with automatic file sharing and port forwarding similar to WSL2.Valkey is a community-driven open-source fork of Redis maintained by the Linux Foundation with full Redis API compatibility.
Pricing
Published priceFree
Lima is a free, open-source Linux virtual machine environment distributed under the Apache 2.0 license; there is no paid list price for the project.
Free (open source)
Valkey is an open-source in-memory data store distributed under the BSD 3-Clause license; managed hosting is priced by third-party cloud providers.
Pricing modelFreeFree
Free optionsFree plan · No free trialFree plan · Free trial
Deal on CubbieNone right nowNone right now
Company
Founded20212024
Team size1-10 employees1-10 employees
HeadquartersWorldwideRemote (Linux Foundation)

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