#895·KeyDB

Goodbye

Author: JohnSullyCreated Jan 31, 2025Updated Aug 31, 2026

Hey all,

Today is my last day at Snapchat. Thanks for all your support over the years. When we made KeyDB we wanted to prove that cache's should have great performance and I think we succeeded. Now there are many options, including Valkey which is fully open source and based on my testing has matched KeyDB's performance.

I'm not sure what Snap will do with the project, but I think that development effort should move to Valkey moving forward as they have clear momentum and are the most up to date.

-John