# Connect with Redis client API libraries

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Use the Redis client libraries to connect to Redis servers from
your own code. We document the following client libraries
for eight main languages:

| Language | Client name | Docs | Supported |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [Python](https://www.python.org/) | [`redis-py`](https://github.com/redis/redis-py) |[`redis-py` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/redis-py) | Yes |
| [Python](https://www.python.org/) | [`RedisVL`](https://github.com/redis/redis-vl-python) |[RedisVL guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/ai/redisvl) | Yes 
| [C#/.NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/) | [`NRedisStack`](https://github.com/redis/NRedisStack) |[`NRedisStack` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/dotnet) | Yes |
| [JavaScript](https://nodejs.org/en) | [`node-redis`](https://github.com/redis/node-redis) | [`node-redis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/nodejs) | Yes |
| [JavaScript](https://nodejs.org/en) | [`ioredis`](https://github.com/redis/ioredis) | [`ioredis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/ioredis) | Yes |
| [Java](https://www.java.com/en/) | [`Jedis`](https://github.com/redis/jedis) | [`Jedis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/jedis) |  Yes |
| [Java](https://www.java.com/en/) | [`Lettuce`](https://github.com/redis/lettuce) | [`Lettuce` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/lettuce) | Yes |
| [Go](https://go.dev/) | [`go-redis`](https://github.com/redis/go-redis) | [`go-redis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/go) | Yes |
| [PHP](https://www.php.net/)| [`Predis`](https://github.com/predis/predis) | [`Predis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/php) | No |
| [C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)) | [`hiredis`](https://github.com/redis/hiredis) | [`hiredis` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/hiredis) | Yes |
| [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) | [`redis-rs`](https://github.com/redis-rs/redis-rs) | [`redis-rs` guide](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/rust) | No |

We also provide several higher-level
[object mapping (OM)](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/clients/om-clients)
libraries for [Python](https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redisom-for-python),
[C#/.NET](https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redisom-for-net),
[Node.js](https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redisom-for-node-js), and
[Java/Spring](https://redis.io/docs/latest/integrate/redisom-for-java).

## Community-supported clients

The table below shows the recommended third-party client libraries for languages that
Redis does not document directly:

| Language | Client name | Github | Docs |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [C++](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B) | Boost.Redis | https://github.com/boostorg/redis | https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/develop/libs/redis/doc/html/index.html |
| [Dart](https://dart.dev/) | redis_dart_link | https://github.com/toolsetlink/redis_dart_link | https://github.com/toolsetlink/redis_dart_link |
| [PHP](https://www.php.net/) | PhpRedis extension | https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis | https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis/blob/develop/README.md |
| [Ruby](https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) | redis-rb | https://github.com/redis/redis-rb | https://rubydoc.info/gems/redis |


## Requirements

You will need access to a Redis server to use these libraries.
You can experiment with a local installation of Redis Open Source
(see [Install Redis Open Source](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/install/install-stack/)) or with a free trial of [Redis Cloud](https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rc).
To interact with a Redis server without writing code, use the
[Redis CLI](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/cli) and
[Redis Insight](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/tools/insight) tools.