Minikv: A Production-Ready Distributed Key-Value Store with Raft Consensus in Rust
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Summary
Minikv is a production-ready distributed key-value store written in Rust that implements Raft consensus for distributed consistency. It features WAL durability, multi-tenant support, and is designed for data/ML workflows with operational reliability. The project serves as both a distributed systems reference implementation and an extensible data platform, offering Python SDK support for data scientists and engineers with notebook-first integration.
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v1.0.0 is the GA line focused on data/ML workflows and operational reliability.
minikv is a distributed systems reference implementation and an extensible data platform.
Notebook-first SDK (preview) for data scientists and engineers:
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