DiceDB

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.

Get started

Setting up DiceDB with Docker

The easiest way to get started with DiceDB is using Docker by running the following command.

$ docker run -p 7379:7379 dicedb/dicedb:latest

The above command will start the DiceDB server running locally on the port 7379 and you can connect to it using DiceDB CLI and SDKs.

Build from source

To build DiceDB from source, you need to have the following

1. Golang
2. Any of the below supported platform environments:
   1. Linux based environment
   2. OSX (Darwin) based environment
   3. WSL under Windows

$ git clone https://github.com/dicedb/dice
$ cd dice
$ make build

The above command will create a binary dicedb. Execute the binary and that will start the DiceDB server., or, you can run the following command to run like a usual Go program

$ go run main.go

You can skip passing the flag if you are not working with .WATCH feature.

Setting up CLI

Using cURL

The best way to connect to DiceDB is using DiceDB CLI and you can install it by running the following command

$ sudo su
$ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiceDB/dicedb-cli/refs/heads/master/install.sh | sh

If you are working on unsupported OS (as per above script), you can always follow the installation instructions mentioned in the dicedb/cli repository.

Building from source

$ git clone https://github.com/DiceDB/dicedb-cli
$ cd dicedb-cli
$ make build

The above command will create a binary dicedb-cli. Execute the binary will start the CLI and will try to connect to the DiceDB server.

Want to contribute?

Before youu start, please refer CONTRIBUTING/README.md. We have multiple repositories where you can contribute. So, as per your interest, you can pick one and build a deeper understanding of the project on the go.

• dicedb/dice for core database features and engine / Stack - Go
• dicedb/dicedb-cli command line interface for DiceDB / Stack - Go
• dicedb/dicedb-go Go Client for DiceDB

Support and Sponsor Us

DiceDB is a project with a very strong vision and roadmap. If you like what we do and find DiceDB useful, please consider supporting and sponsoring us on GitHub.

Essentials for Development

Pointing to local checked-out dicedb-go

It is advised to checkout dicedb-go repository also because dice takes a strong dependency on it. To point to the local copy add the following line at the end of the go.mod file.

replace github.com/dicedb/dicedb-go => ../dicedb-go

Note: this is the literal line that needs to be added at the end of the go.mod file. Refer to this article, to understand what it is and why it is needed.

Do not check-in the go.mod file with this change.

Install GoLangCI

$ sudo su
$ sudo curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sudo sh -s -- -b /bin v1.64.6

Local Setup with Custom Config

Follow these steps to generate and customize your dicedb configuration in a local setup:

$ go run main.go config-init

This will generate configuration file (dicedb.yaml) in metadata directory. Metadata directory is OS-specific,

• macOS: /usr/local/etc/dicedb/dicedb.yaml
• Linux: /etc/dicedb/dicedb.yaml

If you run with a sudo privileges, then these directories are used, otherwise the current working directory is used as the metada directory.

Running Tests

Unit tests and integration tests are essential for ensuring correctness and in the case of DiceDB, both types of tests are available to validate its functionality.

For unit testing, you can execute individual unit tests by specifying the name of the test function using the TEST_FUNC environment variable and running the make unittest-one command. Alternatively, running make unittest will execute all unit tests.

Executing one unit test

TEST_FUNC=<name of the test function> make unittest-one
TEST_FUNC=TestByteList make unittest-one

Running all unit tests

make unittest

Integration tests, on the other hand, involve starting up the DiceDB server and running a series of commands to verify the expected end state and output. To execute a single integration test, you can set the TEST_FUNC environment variable to the name of the test function and run make test-one. Running make test will execute all integration tests.

Executing a single integration test

Make sure you have DiceDB running before you run the following commands. By default it connects to the local instance of DiceDB running on port 7379.

TEST_FUNC=<name of the test function> make test-one
TEST_FUNC=^TestSet$ make test-one

Running all integration tests

$ make test

Getting Started

To get started with building and contributing to DiceDB, please refer to the issues created in this repository.

Docs

We use Astro framework to power the dicedb.io website and Starlight to power the docs. Once you have NodeJS installed, fire the following commands to get your local version of dicedb.io running.

$ cd docs
$ npm install
$ npm run dev

Once the server starts, visit http://localhost:4321/ in your favourite browser. This runs with a hot reload which means any changes you make in the website and the documentation can be instantly viewed on the browser.

Docs directory structure

1. docs/src/content/docs/commands is where all the commands are documented
2. docs/src/content/docs/tutorials is where all the tutorials are documented

How to contribute

The Code Contribution Guidelines are published at CONTRIBUTING/README.md; please read them before you start making any changes. This would allow us to have a consistent standard of coding practices and developer experience.

Contributors can join the Discord Server for quick collaboration.

Contributors

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the LICENSE file for details.