Hey everyone! 👋
I'm new to this community, so I would really appreciate a warm welcome. If I'm posting something inappropriate or out of line as a newcomer, please kindly let me know — I’ll make sure to correct it.
Over the past two years I threw myself back into full-time engineering with a simple goal: write code that gives back to the community. After a lot of late-night FOMO (“AI will do it all for us, right?”) and some painful production incidents, I finally turned my weekend project into an open-source library.
What is Solidis?
- Super-light (< 30 KB) RESP2/RESP3 client with zero runtime deps and first-class ESM/CJS support.
Fully tree-shakable – import only the commands you need.
Written with SOLID principles & full TypeScript typings for every command.
Designed for cold-start sensitive serverless platforms (small bundle + tiny memory footprint).
Why I built it
-
node-redis & ioredis pain
- ESM is still an after-thought.
- Hidden deadlocks on RST, vague error surfaces.
- Everything gets bundled, even commands you’ll never call.
I refuse to add a dependency I don’t fully understand – I literally read candidates 10× before
npm i.Serverless bills love to remind me that every KB and millisecond matters.
Key features
Protocols: RESP2 and RESP3 (auto-negotiation)
Bundle size:
<30 KB(core) /<105 KB(full)Dependencies: 0
Extensibility: Drop-in command plugins, custom transactions
Reliability: Auto-reconnect, per-command timeouts, type-checked replies
Roadmap / Help wanted
Benchmarks against
node-redis&ioredis(PRs welcome!)More first-class Valkey love
Fuzz-testing the parser
Docs site – the README came first; I’d love help polishing full docs
This might be my last big OSS push for a while, so stars, issues, and PRs mean the world.
If Solidis saves you some cold-start time or just scratches a TypeScript itch, let me know!
Repo: https://github.com/vcms-io/solidis
License: MIT
Thanks for reading, and happy hacking! 🚀
(Feel free to AMA in the comments – I’m around.)
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