ServiceStack.Redis

ServiceStack's usage in OSS projects is covered in its License: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack/blob/master/lic... i.e. It can be used as AGPL as-is, in addition it can be used in OSS projects under that license (to enable compatibility with the project) provided that the OSS Software remains OSS and provides complete source code for any additions. Although this AGPL/FLOSS Exception License only applies when you're creating your own distributions of ServiceStack from source code (i.e. very rare). This dual license option was added to allow OSS projects to use ServiceStack for free without paying for a commercial license, if that's not you, you can ignore this license option even exists. All ServiceStack packages on NuGet are released under the commercial license [1] of which only requires a developer license when it exceeds t

The ServiceStack.Redis client uses pooled ThreadSafe Client Managers by design: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis#redis-cli... Which works very much like a DB Connection, where the Connection Factory is thread-safe (and what's used to resolve connections) whilst the DB Connection instance it returns are not.

You can still use Redis with C#, the only caveat I've found seems to be the current drivers don't support authentication but that's not a huge issue if it's not publicly accessible. https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis Edit: for the first time in my life I may be less than correct.

You should consider the powerful messaging features in Redis if you want fast IPC. Here's an article with an example using my C# Redis Client: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis/wiki/Redi...

If you're interested, here is a C# Redis Client: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis With downloads for windows: https://github.com/dmajkic/redis/downloads Here's an example of an OSS 1-page mini-StackOverflow, written only using Redis: http://www.servicestack.net/RedisStackOverflow/ And this page has caching web services examples (at the bottom), with source code of non-non-invasively dropping in a Redis cache provider using an IOC. http://www.servicestack.net/ServiceStack.Northwind/ If you want to learn more about Redis, here is an article on how to build an application using only POCO's and Redis: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis/wiki/Desi... With more info on the wiki: https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Redis/wiki/Desi...