burner-redis#

zig 0.16 port of prefectlabs/burner-redis — an embedded, in-process Redis-compatible database.

The original is a Rust crate with Python bindings. This port is the Rust core translated to Zig, with the Python/PyO3/Tokio layer removed (we don't need it — Zig consumers call the engine directly).

status#

Experimental. Translation in progress. Track via the upstream:

• src/store.zig ← src/store.rs — key-value/hash/set/sorted-set/stream/list data structures
• src/scripting.zig ← src/scripting.rs — embedded Lua (via ziglua, Lua 5.1 to match Redis)
• src/commands/*.zig ← src/commands/*.rs — per-command parsers/dispatchers
• src/persistence.zig ← src/persistence.rs — MessagePack snapshot (deferred)

why#

docket needs a memory backend so prefect-server can ship distributed background tasks without a Redis dependency. The dual-backend rule for prefect-server features says memory + redis matrices must land together — this is the memory half.

credit#

All credit for the design, command set, semantics, and the data-structure choices goes to the original Rust project, prefectlabs/burner-redis. This repo is just a Zig translation.

license#

MIT — see LICENSE.