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Valkey client library in C

Is valkey-io/libvalkey beginner-friendly?

The maintainers of valkey-io/libvalkey usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

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Forks
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Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
5
Avg merge
1d 5h
Merged PRs (30d)
18
Dominant language
C
License
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Last GitHub push
Sep 25, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide
Contributing guide
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  • document which version will libvalkey break ABI
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

    valkey-io/libvalkey#208 · 2 comments ·

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  • Hide valkeyContext
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    valkey-io/libvalkey#52 ·

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  • Switch to opaque structs
    May be free again @michael-grunder claimed this 828 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    valkey-io/libvalkey#39 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee ·

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  • Update/add copyright to files
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    valkey-io/libvalkey#20 ·

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  • Alternative name for freeReplyObject.
    Possibly taken @bjosv claimed this 199 days ago. Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    valkey-io/libvalkey#288 · 2 comments ·

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