# In-Memory Data Store

- Page: https://shared.btbytes.com/p/in-memory-datastore
- Date: 2024-09-18
- Tags: in-memory-datastore

[Valkey](https://valkey.io/) -- " is an open source (BSD) high-performance key/value datastore that supports a variety of workloads such as **caching**, **message queues**, and can act as a **primary database**. Valkey can run as either a **standalone** daemon or in a **cluster**, with options for **replication** and **high availability**. Valkey natively supports a rich collection of datatypes, including **strings**, **numbers**, **hashes**, **lists**, **sets**, **sorted sets**, **bitmaps**, **hyperloglogs** and more. You can operate on data structures in-place with an expressive collection of commands. Valkey also supports native extensibility with built-in scripting support for **Lua** and supports **module** plugins to create new commands, data types, and more."