dragonfly-cli

Command-line client for DragonFlyDB - A high-performance, multi-threaded key-value store with Redis-like protocol.

Installation

npm install -g dragonfly-cli

Requirements:

• Node.js >= 12
• gcc compiler (for building the native client)

Installing gcc

macOS:

xcode-select --install

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install gcc

Windows:

• Install MinGW from https://www.mingw-w64.org/

Usage

# Connect to localhost:6379
dragonfly-cli

# Connect to remote server
dragonfly-cli <host> <port>

# Example
dragonfly-cli 51.21.226.149 6379

Commands

Once connected, you can use these commands:

SET key value    - Set a key to a value
GET key          - Get the value of a key
BEGIN            - Start a transaction
COMMIT           - Commit a transaction
QUIT             - Disconnect from server
help             - Show help message

Example Session

$ dragonfly-cli 51.21.226.149 6379
=== DragonFlyDB Client ===

Connecting to 51.21.226.149:6379...
Connected to DragonFlyDB at 51.21.226.149:6379
Type commands (SET key value, GET key, BEGIN, COMMIT, QUIT)
Type 'help' for command list

dragonfly> SET user:1 alice
OK

dragonfly> GET user:1
"alice"

dragonfly> BEGIN
OK

dragonfly> SET user:2 bob
OK

dragonfly> SET user:3 charlie
OK

dragonfly> COMMIT
OK

dragonfly> QUIT
OK

Disconnected.

Features

• ✅ Redis-like protocol
• ✅ Transaction support (BEGIN/COMMIT)
• ✅ Multi-threaded server architecture
• ✅ Cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows)
• ✅ Low latency, high throughput

Server

This client connects to DragonFlyDB servers. The server uses a nothing-shared architecture with:

• 4 shard workers for parallel processing
• Hash-based key routing
• Two-phase commit for transactions
• Thread-per-connection model

License

MIT

Author

Your Name [email protected]

Repository

https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/dragonfly-cli

Issues

https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/dragonfly-cli/issues