What is Cachoid?
Cachoid is an open-source, fast and lightweight cache and session store written in Go. It is designed to provide simple, fast and scalable storage for data like cache entries, sessions state or application metadata.
Some key features of Cachoid include:
- Support for multiple storage engines - Memcached, Redis, In-Memory, SQL databases
- Built-in publish/subscribe messaging
- ACID transactions
- Scripting and extensions
- Simple JSON API
- Cross platform and easy to deploy
Cachoid can be useful for storing session data in web applications, caching frequently accessed data to improve performance, implementing rate limiting or counters, pub/sub messaging between services, and more.
It provides reliability through persistent storage engines like Redis and SQL databases. Transactions help ensure data consistency. The scripting engine enables custom application logic. Cachoid aims to deliver all these with high performance and horizontal scalability.