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Memcached: supported versions and end-of-life dates today
Memcached 1.6 is supported; 1.5 reached end of life on Mar 9, 2020; the latest release is 1.6.45.
Last checked against endoflife.date and deps.dev.
- Latest release
- 1.6.45
- GitHub stars
- 14.3k
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- OpenSSF Scorecard
- 4.5 / 10
Supported versions
Maintenance and supply chain
OpenSSF Scorecard 4.5 / 10 (scored )
The Scorecard rates the repository’s security practices, not known vulnerabilities. Recent activity: 30 commits and 9 issue updates found in the last 90 days.
Weakest checks
- Little code review (Code-Review 0/10)
- No branch protection (Branch-Protection 0/10)
- Over-privileged CI tokens (Token-Permissions 0/10)
Alternatives
Redis
In-memory data store with pub/sub, persistence, and Lua scripting
Strengths
- Rich data structures (lists, sets, sorted sets, hashes)
- Built-in pub/sub messaging
Trade-offs
- Single-threaded (can bottleneck on CPU)
- Memory-intensive for large datasets
AWS ElastiCache
Managed Redis or Memcached service on AWS
Strengths
- Fully managed (automatic backups, patching, failover)
- Supports both Redis and Memcached engines
Trade-offs
- AWS vendor lock-in
- Less control over configuration
Hazelcast
Distributed in-memory data grid with caching capabilities
Strengths
- Distributed architecture (no single point of failure)
- Supports complex data structures and queries
Trade-offs
- More complex to set up than Redis/Memcached
- Higher resource usage
Valkey
Open-source Redis fork maintained by the Linux Foundation
Strengths
- Fully compatible with Redis protocol and commands
- Community-driven (no license restrictions)
Trade-offs
- Relatively new project (forked in 2024)
- Smaller ecosystem than Redis
Docs and release notes
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