Deploy and Host

OG Image

Dragonfly is a Redis-compatible, high-performance in-memory database. It's a modern alternative to Redis with 30K+ GitHub stars, typically 25% less memory usage, and up to 70% better performance.

About Hosting

Dragonfly runs as a single container on Railway with:

Port: 6379 (Redis-compatible, automatically managed by Railway)
No external dependencies - it IS the database
~48MB Docker image fits any tier

Why Deploy

Drop-in Redis replacement - same protocol, zero code changes
Better performance - up to 70% faster than Redis
Lower memory usage - typically 25% less
Single binary deployment
Massive community (30K+ GitHub stars)

Common Use Cases

Session cache for web applications
Real-time analytics and counters
Leaderboards and rate limiting
Message queues and pub/sub
Primary database for small workloads

Dependencies for Dragonfly

Deployment Dependencies

No external dependencies required.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
`DRAGONFLY_PORT`	Internal port	6379
`DRAGONFLY_REQUIREPASS`	Auth password	(empty)
`DRAGONFLY_MAXMEMORY`	Max memory limit	(empty)
`DRAGONFLY_MAXMEMORY_POLICY`	Eviction policy	(empty)

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/INAPP-Mobile/railway-dragonfly && cd railway-dragonfly
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env if needed
docker run -d --name dragonfly -p 6379:6379 -v dragonfly-data:/data dragonflydb/dragonfly:v1.27.1
# Test connection
redis-cli ping  # Should return PONG

License

This template packages Dragonfly which is licensed under the Dragonfly License (Source Available). See the LICENSE for details. Template maintained by INAPP-Mobile.