Memcached

Distributed memory caching system

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Critical - needs support
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Inactive
Contributors
Critical
Bus Factor
High risk
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Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

Memcached is a free and open-source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system intended for speeding up dynamic web applications.

Importance

  • Pioneer of web caching
  • Powers high-traffic websites
  • Foundation for application performance
  • Still widely used

Key Features

  • In-memory key-value store
  • Simple protocol
  • Distributed architecture
  • LRU eviction

Sustainability

Memcached has limited active development and few maintainers. This critical caching infrastructure needs renewed attention.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (1)
Memcached
unknown

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Linux Kernel
Memcached

Impact Analysis

1 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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