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| Evidence field | DBHubShortlist candidate | Redis MCPMCP100 Recommended |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP github:bytebase · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Redis · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Not documented Package: Not documented | Repo: Sep 21, 2026 Package: Not documented |
| Popularity evidence | ||
| GitHub stars | 3,699 GitHub stars · checked 2026-10-21 | 628 GitHub stars · checked 2026-09-24T04:14:26.347000Z |
| Package downloads / 30 days | 165,521 package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-10-21 | No reliable download data |
| Client coverage | ||
| Client coverage details | Not documented | Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
| Access and data | ||
| Authentication | Uses the configured database credentials; SSH/TLS/custom connection settings depend on the target database. | Supports Redis username/password URLs, individual credential options, TLS through `rediss://`, CA certificate verification, cluster mode, and Microsoft Entra ID authentication for Azure Managed Redis. |
| Cost | Open-source server; database/infrastructure/model costs remain separate. | The first-party server is open source and the PyPI package documents no MCP usage fee. Redis Cloud, infrastructure, network, container, and AI-client costs remain separate. |
| Permissions | Can execute SQL against configured databases. Read-only mode, row limits and query timeouts are key guardrails; custom tools can intentionally expose additional operations. | The server can read and write Redis keys and data structures, operate streams and pub/sub, manage search indexes, and inspect server information according to the connected Redis user's ACL. Redis ACL configuration is the effective permission boundary. |
| Data handling | Database schema/query results are exposed to the MCP client; self-hosting keeps the MCP process local but the AI client/provider may receive returned data. | The stdio server runs locally and sends Redis query inputs and returned key values to the connected MCP client. It connects directly to the configured Redis deployment. Credentials can be supplied in a URI, CLI arguments, or environment variables; avoid embedding them in shareable config and logs. |
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| Risk context | Database write authority is possible, so safe defaults and credential isolation need strong production evidence. | A broad Redis tool set can expose or mutate application state, sessions, queues, cached records, and vector data. Use a dedicated database, a narrowly scoped ACL user, verified TLS, pinned releases, and backups. This review does not claim MCP100 execution testing. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-10-21 | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z | 2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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