REKT - (RE)dis (K)o(T)lin

rekt is a lightweight, non-bloated redis client, primarily written for the kotlin programming language, while also supporting other JVM-based languages, such as Java, Scala, and obviously way more.

rekt doesn't aim to have the most features possible - it aims to do what a redis client is supposed to do: handle redis messaging.

Why use REKT instead of X/Y redis API

• You probably should not if you're working on a production server, REKT is still unstable and in heavy development, however we do have some benefits over other libraries:
  • Lightweight, not-bloated: REKT does what it has to do - handle redis messaging, nothing else.
  • Despite being lightweight, it still has an easy-to-use API, primarily focusing on making the life of kotlin developers easier.
  • It's less than 2000 lines of code (including README)! Whereas, for example jedis has 92000 lines of code, and lettuce-core has a whopping 215000 lines of code!
  • REKT does not use any external libraries, just Java and Kotlin STD lib!

Features

• Basic in-memory cache (HSET, SET, HGET, GET, HGETALL, etc.)
• Able to call whatever redis command you want through RedisConnection#call(vararg Any)
• Basic PUB/SUB ⚠️

Communication

• Personal Discord Server (#rekt-support channel)
• GitHub Discussions
• GitHub Issues

Documentation

• GitHub Wiki

  • Build Tools

    • gradle - Recommended build tool, rekt is built using the Groovy DSL.
    • maven

  • General

    • Creating a connection to Redis

  • Caching Data

    • hset, hget
    • set, get

  • Pub/Sub

    • publishing
    • subscribing

Note

Usage is still actively being changed. Versions are (most likely) not backwards compatible nor forwards compatible.