# Install iredis with Homebrew, apt, Nix, zypper Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting. Version 1.16.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:iredis ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install iredis ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install iredis ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: iredis from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#iredis ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install iredis ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iredis from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:iredis - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.16.1 - **Source summary:** Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-07T11:19:32Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - iredis (cli) - iredis (alias) ## Dependencies - python@3.14 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.16.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://iredis.xbin.io/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage IRedis is an interactive Redis terminal client that adds completion, syntax highlighting, validation, hints, and friendlier output around the Redis command-line workflow. It belongs to the dbcli-style family of database CLIs that make REPL use safer and more ergonomic than a bare protocol client. ### Project history The first PyPI files for IRedis appeared in August 2019, and the README describes the project as a Redis alternative to `redis-cli` with auto-completion, syntax highlighting, command validation, and safer behavior around dangerous commands such as `KEYS *`. Its documentation emphasizes a Redis-compatible interactive mode while adding history-aware completion, command hints, DSN support, cluster support, URL connections, pager support, and human-friendly rendering. The changelog shows the project following Redis command evolution closely: releases added support for Redis 6 username authentication, Redis 7 command coverage, cluster MOVED handling, NAT mapping for cluster deployments, Python version changes, and updates to command grammar data. ### Adoption history IRedis moved beyond pip distribution into Homebrew and Linux distribution packages, and the project README documents pip, pipx, Homebrew, apt, and standalone binary installation paths. A pgcli project post in 2020 announced IRedis joining the dbcli organization, which helps explain its design culture: database shells with completion, hints, and presentation polish. ### How it is used Users run `iredis` interactively, connect with Redis host/port flags or Redis URLs, store DSNs in `iredisrc`, and issue Redis commands with validation and completion. The package can also run one-shot commands, handle TLS URLs, support Redis Cluster redirects, and hide passwords during AUTH. ### Why package nerds care IRedis is interesting to package people because it is not a server or driver but a nicer operations shell. Packaging has to track Python support, Redis command metadata, optional standalone binary history, and config-file paths, while users expect it to feel like a drop-in friendlier `redis-cli`. ### Timeline - 2019: First PyPI releases appeared in August. - 2020: The pgcli project welcomed IRedis to the dbcli organization. - 2021: Changelog entries added Redis command support and Python compatibility updates. - 2022: IRedis accepted Redis 6 username auth and added Redis 7-oriented command support. - 2024: The project updated Redis command grammar and Python support while deprecating standalone PyOxidizer builds after v1.15.2. - 2026: IRedis 1.16.1 added Redis Cluster NAT mapping and MOVED redirect handling fixes. ### Related projects - IRedis is related to Redis, redis-cli, redis-py, prompt-toolkit-style terminal interfaces, and the dbcli ecosystem that includes pgcli and mycli. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: /etc/iredisrc, ~/.iredisrc, ./.iredisrc ## Credential files - Unix: /etc/iredisrc, ~/.iredisrc, ./.iredisrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** iredis - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 2 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - iredis - 1.15.1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: iredis from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CLI for Redis with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | https://iredis.xbin.io - Nix - iredis: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ir/iredis/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - iredis - 1.14.1-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iredis from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI for Redis with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | https://iredis.io - zypper - iredis - 1.15.2-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: iredis from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Terminal client for Redis with auto-completion and syntax highlighting | https://iredis.xbin.io/ ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rdb/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, redis. - [visidata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/visidata/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, python, terminal. - [bagit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bagit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, python. - [csvkit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csvkit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, python. - [csvlens](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/csvlens/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, terminal. - [distribution](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/distribution/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, terminal. - [dynomite](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dynomite/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, redis. - [fred](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fred/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, python. - [mycli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mycli/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, client, data, database, database-client. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/iredis.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/iredis.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph