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cachewerk/relay
===============

The fastest Redis client for PHP. 100× faster cache reads, near-zero bandwidth, no code changes required.

v0.40.0(1mo ago)24384.8k↑46.3%12[6 issues](https://github.com/cachewerk/relay/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/cachewerk/relay/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI failing

Since May 25Pushed 2w ago11 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/cachewerk/relay)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cachewerk/relay)[ RSS](/packages/cachewerk-relay/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 2w ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (27)Versions (52)Used By (2)

Relay
=====

[](#relay)

[Documentation](https://relay.so/docs) | [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/relay.so) | [Discord](https://discord.gg/exYBXqTXgY) | [Discussions](https://github.com/cachewerk/relay/discussions) | [API](https://relay.so/api)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

First, follow the [installation instructions](https://relay.so/docs/installation) to set up the Relay extension for PHP.

Next, try the [Laravel](https://github.com/cachewerk/relay/tree/main/src/Laravel), [Symfony](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/cache/adapters/redis_adapter.html), [WordPress](https://objectcache.pro/docs/relay/), [Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/project/redis) or [Magento](https://github.com/cachewerk/magento-relay) integrations.

Alternatively, grab the Composer package and run the benchmarks:

```
composer require cachewerk/relay
```

Benchmarks
----------

[](#benchmarks)

Running the benchmarks is straightforward. For more in-depth information read the [benchmarking guide](benchmarks/README.md).

```
composer install
composer run bench
```

###  Health Score

61

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 81.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~42 days

Recently: every ~57 days

Total

45

Last Release

33d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a730bb071d0b4892339f75b4707b6b651733e5f49297af31746dd9e99d4a0e1c?d=identicon)[tillkruss](/maintainers/tillkruss)

---

Top Contributors

[![tillkruss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/665029?v=4)](https://github.com/tillkruss "tillkruss (279 commits)")[![yatsukhnenko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1374472?v=4)](https://github.com/yatsukhnenko "yatsukhnenko (23 commits)")[![michael-grunder](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/468149?v=4)](https://github.com/michael-grunder "michael-grunder (16 commits)")[![szepeviktor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952007?v=4)](https://github.com/szepeviktor "szepeviktor (14 commits)")[![Copilot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/1143301?v=4)](https://github.com/Copilot "Copilot (3 commits)")[![zaherg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27624?v=4)](https://github.com/zaherg "zaherg (2 commits)")[![theyueli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61070669?v=4)](https://github.com/theyueli "theyueli (1 commits)")[![mattwynne](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19260?v=4)](https://github.com/mattwynne "mattwynne (1 commits)")[![vmihailenco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/290976?v=4)](https://github.com/vmihailenco "vmihailenco (1 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (1 commits)")[![ankurk91](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6111524?v=4)](https://github.com/ankurk91 "ankurk91 (1 commits)")

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Tags

phpphp-extensionredis

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/cachewerk-relay/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/cachewerk-relay/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/cachewerk-relay)
```

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