RediSearch VS rax

Compare RediSearch vs rax and see what are their differences.

RediSearch

A query and indexing engine for Redis, providing secondary indexing, full-text search, vector similarity search and aggregations. (by RediSearch)

rax

A radix tree implementation in ANSI C (by antirez)
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RediSearch rax
4 2
5,161 1,080
2.4% -
9.5 0.0
8 days ago 5 months ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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RediSearch

Posts with mentions or reviews of RediSearch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-21.
  • anyone knows a redis image with redis search and rscoordinator modules loaded?
    1 project | /r/redis | 19 Oct 2022
  • redis cluster is redisearch
    1 project | /r/redis | 14 Oct 2022
  • Getting Started with Redis and RedisGraph
    13 projects | dev.to | 21 Oct 2021
    $ git clone https://github.com/RedisGraph/RedisGraph -b v2.4.11 --recurse-submodules -j8 Cloning into 'RedisGraph'... remote: Enumerating objects: 49063, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (2906/2906), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1082/1082), done. remote: Total 49063 (delta 1998), reused 2448 (delta 1736), pack-reused 46157 Receiving objects: 100% (49063/49063), 39.33 MiB | 114.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (38402/38402), done. Submodule 'deps/RediSearch' (https://github.com/RediSearch/RediSearch.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch' Submodule 'deps/googletest' (https://github.com/google/googletest.git) registered for path 'deps/googletest' Submodule 'deps/libcypher-parser' (https://github.com/RedisGraph/libcypher-parser.git) registered for path 'deps/libcypher-parser' Submodule 'deps/rax' (https://github.com/antirez/rax.git) registered for path 'deps/rax' Submodule 'deps/readies' (https://github.com/RedisLabsModules/readies.git) registered for path 'deps/readies' Submodule 'deps/xxHash' (https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash.git) registered for path 'deps/xxHash' Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch'... remote: Enumerating objects: 34395, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (1802/1802), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1097/1097), done. remote: Total 34395 (delta 1150), reused 1182 (delta 696), pack-reused 32593 Receiving objects: 100% (34395/34395), 23.62 MiB | 71.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (25261/25261), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/rax'... remote: Enumerating objects: 668, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done. remote: Total 668 (delta 12), reused 19 (delta 11), pack-reused 643 Receiving objects: 100% (668/668), 236.14 KiB | 1.41 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (414/414), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/readies'... remote: Enumerating objects: 2354, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (833/833), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (329/329), done. remote: Total 2354 (delta 608), reused 675 (delta 503), pack-reused 1521 Receiving objects: 100% (2354/2354), 390.69 KiB | 17.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1577/1577), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/libcypher-parser'... remote: Enumerating objects: 3250, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (68/68), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (46/46), done. remote: Total 3250 (delta 42), reused 43 (delta 21), pack-reused 3182 Receiving objects: 100% (3250/3250), 2.10 MiB | 28.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (2488/2488), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/xxHash'... remote: Enumerating objects: 4784, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (345/345), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (188/188), done. remote: Total 4784 (delta 189), reused 255 (delta 143), pack-reused 4439 Receiving objects: 100% (4784/4784), 2.54 MiB | 27.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (2922/2922), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/googletest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 23334, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (234/234), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (142/142), done. remote: Total 23334 (delta 120), reused 146 (delta 81), pack-reused 23100 Receiving objects: 100% (23334/23334), 9.49 MiB | 44.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (17191/17191), done. Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch': checked out '68430b3c838374478dd9ffe4e361534f572b16ff' Submodule 'deps/googletest' (https://github.com/google/googletest.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest' Submodule 'deps/readies' (https://github.com/RedisLabsModules/readies.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/readies' Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 23334, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (234/234), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (148/148), done. remote: Total 23334 (delta 120), reused 141 (delta 75), pack-reused 23100 Receiving objects: 100% (23334/23334), 9.56 MiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (17185/17185), done. Kloning ke '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch/deps/readies'... remote: Enumerating objects: 2354, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (833/833), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (329/329), done. remote: Total 2354 (delta 608), reused 675 (delta 503), pack-reused 1521 Receiving objects: 100% (2354/2354), 390.69 KiB | 853.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1577/1577), done. Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest': checked out 'dea0216d0c6bc5e63cf5f6c8651cd268668032ec' Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/readies': checked out '89be267427c7dfcfaab4064942ef0f595f6b1fa3' Submodule path 'deps/googletest': checked out '565f1b848215b77c3732bca345fe76a0431d8b34' Submodule path 'deps/libcypher-parser': checked out '38cdee1867b18644616292c77fe2ac1f2b179537' Submodule path 'deps/rax': checked out 'ba4529f6c836c9ff1296cde12b8557329f5530b7' Submodule path 'deps/readies': checked out 'd59f3ad4e9b3d763eb41df07567111dc94c6ecac' Submodule path 'deps/xxHash': checked out '726c14000ca73886f6258a6998fb34dd567030e9' $
  • Redis Anti-Patterns Every Developer Should Avoid
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Oct 2021

rax

Posts with mentions or reviews of rax. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-13.
  • How is Apache APISIX Fast?
    6 projects | dev.to | 13 Sep 2023
    APISIX uses the lua-resty-radixtree library, which wraps around rax, a radix tree implementation in C. This improves the performance compared to implementing the library in pure Lua.
  • Getting Started with Redis and RedisGraph
    13 projects | dev.to | 21 Oct 2021
    $ git clone https://github.com/RedisGraph/RedisGraph -b v2.4.11 --recurse-submodules -j8 Cloning into 'RedisGraph'... remote: Enumerating objects: 49063, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (2906/2906), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1082/1082), done. remote: Total 49063 (delta 1998), reused 2448 (delta 1736), pack-reused 46157 Receiving objects: 100% (49063/49063), 39.33 MiB | 114.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (38402/38402), done. Submodule 'deps/RediSearch' (https://github.com/RediSearch/RediSearch.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch' Submodule 'deps/googletest' (https://github.com/google/googletest.git) registered for path 'deps/googletest' Submodule 'deps/libcypher-parser' (https://github.com/RedisGraph/libcypher-parser.git) registered for path 'deps/libcypher-parser' Submodule 'deps/rax' (https://github.com/antirez/rax.git) registered for path 'deps/rax' Submodule 'deps/readies' (https://github.com/RedisLabsModules/readies.git) registered for path 'deps/readies' Submodule 'deps/xxHash' (https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash.git) registered for path 'deps/xxHash' Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch'... remote: Enumerating objects: 34395, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (1802/1802), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1097/1097), done. remote: Total 34395 (delta 1150), reused 1182 (delta 696), pack-reused 32593 Receiving objects: 100% (34395/34395), 23.62 MiB | 71.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (25261/25261), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/rax'... remote: Enumerating objects: 668, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (25/25), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done. remote: Total 668 (delta 12), reused 19 (delta 11), pack-reused 643 Receiving objects: 100% (668/668), 236.14 KiB | 1.41 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (414/414), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/readies'... remote: Enumerating objects: 2354, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (833/833), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (329/329), done. remote: Total 2354 (delta 608), reused 675 (delta 503), pack-reused 1521 Receiving objects: 100% (2354/2354), 390.69 KiB | 17.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1577/1577), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/libcypher-parser'... remote: Enumerating objects: 3250, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (68/68), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (46/46), done. remote: Total 3250 (delta 42), reused 43 (delta 21), pack-reused 3182 Receiving objects: 100% (3250/3250), 2.10 MiB | 28.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (2488/2488), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/xxHash'... remote: Enumerating objects: 4784, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (345/345), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (188/188), done. remote: Total 4784 (delta 189), reused 255 (delta 143), pack-reused 4439 Receiving objects: 100% (4784/4784), 2.54 MiB | 27.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (2922/2922), done. Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/googletest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 23334, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (234/234), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (142/142), done. remote: Total 23334 (delta 120), reused 146 (delta 81), pack-reused 23100 Receiving objects: 100% (23334/23334), 9.49 MiB | 44.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (17191/17191), done. Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch': checked out '68430b3c838374478dd9ffe4e361534f572b16ff' Submodule 'deps/googletest' (https://github.com/google/googletest.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest' Submodule 'deps/readies' (https://github.com/RedisLabsModules/readies.git) registered for path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/readies' Cloning to '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest'... remote: Enumerating objects: 23334, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (234/234), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (148/148), done. remote: Total 23334 (delta 120), reused 141 (delta 75), pack-reused 23100 Receiving objects: 100% (23334/23334), 9.56 MiB | 1.05 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (17185/17185), done. Kloning ke '/home/bpdp/master/postdoc-ugm/RedisGraph/deps/RediSearch/deps/readies'... remote: Enumerating objects: 2354, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (833/833), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (329/329), done. remote: Total 2354 (delta 608), reused 675 (delta 503), pack-reused 1521 Receiving objects: 100% (2354/2354), 390.69 KiB | 853.00 KiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (1577/1577), done. Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/googletest': checked out 'dea0216d0c6bc5e63cf5f6c8651cd268668032ec' Submodule path 'deps/RediSearch/deps/readies': checked out '89be267427c7dfcfaab4064942ef0f595f6b1fa3' Submodule path 'deps/googletest': checked out '565f1b848215b77c3732bca345fe76a0431d8b34' Submodule path 'deps/libcypher-parser': checked out '38cdee1867b18644616292c77fe2ac1f2b179537' Submodule path 'deps/rax': checked out 'ba4529f6c836c9ff1296cde12b8557329f5530b7' Submodule path 'deps/readies': checked out 'd59f3ad4e9b3d763eb41df07567111dc94c6ecac' Submodule path 'deps/xxHash': checked out '726c14000ca73886f6258a6998fb34dd567030e9' $

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RediSearch and rax you can also consider the following projects:

RedisJSON - RedisJSON - a JSON data type for Redis

libcypher-parser - Cypher Parser Library

PostgreSQL - Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch

RedisGraph - A graph database as a Redis module

Redis - Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. The data model is key-value, but many different kind of values are supported: Strings, Lists, Sets, Sorted Sets, Hashes, Streams, HyperLogLogs, Bitmaps.

janusgraph - JanusGraph: an open-source, distributed graph database

RedisTimeSeries - Time Series data structure for Redis

readies - Library cluster of common Redis Modules automation code

Google Test - GoogleTest - Google Testing and Mocking Framework

xxHash - Extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm