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id: redis
version: "8.1.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# redis — Python client for Redis database and key-value store

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install redis
uv add redis
poetry add redis

## Description

# redis-py

The Python interface to the Redis key-value store.

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[Installation](#installation) |  [Usage](#usage) | [Advanced Topics](#advanced-topics) | [Contributing](https://github.com/redis/redis-py/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

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**Note:** redis-py 5.0 is the last version of redis-py that supports Python 3.7, as it has reached [end of...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

redis-py is the official Python client for Redis, providing synchronous and asynchronous interfaces to connect to and interact with Redis key-value stores using both RESP2 and RESP3 protocols.

Verdict: redis-py is a mature, actively maintained, top-1000 PyPI package with zero known vulnerabilities, permissive MIT licensing, and low install friction. It is production-ready for both synchronous and asynchronous Redis operations across Python 3.10–3.14.

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