Reddish TUI

Reddish is a terminal-first Redis client built with Rust, tokio, crossterm, and ratatui.

It is designed for day-to-day Redis operations with keyboard-centric workflows: key browsing, typed value inspection, REPL execution, stats/slowlog views, Pub/Sub, and global search.

Status

The project is under active development and tracks a milestone-driven spec (spec/reddish-tui-spec.md).

Implemented highlights:

• Key browser with namespace tree, SCAN-based loading, multi-select, and sort modes
• Typed value inspector (string, list, hash, set, zset, stream) with editing and filtering
• Set operations: union/inter/diff with multi-source selection
• ZSet score range filtering
• REPL with persistent history, command parsing, pipeline execution, and autocomplete
• REPL overlay (:) for quick one-line commands without leaving the current tab
• Info dashboard refresh loop with INFO + SLOWLOG integration, colored stats, and scrolling
• Pub/Sub publish + live subscription stream with two-panel layout
• Global search overlay with real-time SCAN-backed filtering and jump-to-key flow
• Keymap and mouse support with Vim/Emacs presets
• CLI startup overrides (--url, --profile, --readonly, --log-level, --theme)

Features

Connection and startup

• Connection profiles (standalone, cluster, sentinel) with TLS/password resolution support
• Startup overrides via CLI (--url, --profile, --readonly, --log-level, --theme)

Data exploration and inspection

• Key browser with namespace-aware navigation
• Multi-select with Space and select-all with Ctrl+A
• Sort modes: alphabetical, by Redis type, by TTL (s to cycle)
• Typed Redis value loading (string, list, hash, set, zset, stream)
• Value editing, TTL editing (t), and clipboard copy (y)
• Duplicate key via DUMP/RESTORE (d)
• Set operations: SUNIONSTORE, SINTERSTORE, SDIFFSTORE (u/i/x)
• ZSet score range query (q) with min/max filtering
• Global search overlay with jump-to-key workflow (/)

Operational workflows

• REPL with history, parsing, pipeline execution (;;), and tab autocomplete
• REPL overlay (:) for quick commands from any tab
• Info dashboard with periodic INFO refresh, colored stats, and scrollable slowlog
• Pub/Sub tab with subscribe/unsubscribe, publish, and live message stream
• Read-only mode to block destructive writes

Interaction model

• Vim/Emacs-style keymaps with configurable actions
• Mouse capture and basic mouse interactions
• Context-aware clipboard copy across all value types

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust stable toolchain
• Redis server(s) for runtime usage

Build from source

cargo build --release

Binary will be available at target/release/reddish-tui.

Usage

# Start with default config and connection flow
cargo run
# Connect directly with URL
cargo run -- --url redis://localhost:6379/0
# Connect by saved profile name
cargo run -- --profile local-dev
# Force read-only mode
cargo run -- --readonly
# Override logging level and theme for this run
cargo run -- --log-level debug --theme nord

CLI options

redis-tui [OPTIONS]
--url <URL> redis://[user:pass@]host:port/db
--profile <NAME> Connect using a saved profile
--readonly Disable all write operations
--log-level <LEVEL> Override config log level
--theme <THEME> Override config theme

Configuration

App config

Config file path:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/redis-tui/config.toml
• Linux: ~/.config/redis-tui/config.toml

Example:

namespace_separator = ":"scan_count = 200refresh_interval_ms = 1000log_level = "info"color_scheme = "default"mouse_enabled = trueconfirm_deletes = true

Connection profiles

Connection profiles are loaded from:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/redis-tui/connections.toml
• Linux: ~/.config/redis-tui/connections.toml

Keybindings

Reddish supports configurable keymaps and ships with Vim/Emacs-style defaults.

Global shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
quit	q	Ctrl+c	Quit application
help	?	?	Show help overlay
palette	Ctrl+p	Ctrl+x	Open command palette
filter	/	Ctrl+s	Open global search
repl_overlay	:	Alt+;	One-line REPL prompt
tab_keys	1	Alt+1	Keys tab
tab_repl	2	Alt+2	REPL tab
tab_info	3	Alt+3	Info dashboard tab
tab_pubsub	4	Alt+4	Pub/Sub tab
nav_up	k / Up	Ctrl+p	Move cursor up
nav_down	j / Down	Ctrl+n	Move cursor down
nav_left	h / Left	Ctrl+b	Collapse namespace / go back
nav_right	l / Right	Ctrl+f	Expand namespace / go forward
confirm	Enter	Enter	Confirm action
cancel	Esc	Ctrl+g	Cancel / close overlay
refresh	R	Ctrl+l	Refresh key browser scan
copy	y	Ctrl+w	Copy context-aware value

Key browser shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
confirm	Enter	Enter	Inspect selected key
delete	D	Ctrl+d	Delete selected key
new_key	n	Ctrl+n	Create a new key
rename_key	r	Ctrl+r	Rename selected key
expire_key	e	Ctrl+e	Persist key (remove TTL)
set_ttl	t	Ctrl+t	Set TTL on selected key
duplicate_key	d	Ctrl+shift+d	Duplicate selected key
set_union	u	Ctrl+u	SUNIONSTORE with multi-select
set_inter	i	Ctrl+i	SINTERSTORE with multi-select
set_diff	x	Ctrl+d	SDIFFSTORE with multi-select
toggle_select	Space	Space	Toggle key selection
select_all	Ctrl+a	Ctrl+a	Select all visible keys
cycle_sort	s	Ctrl+o	Cycle sort: alpha → type → TTL

Value inspector shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
edit	e	Ctrl+e	Edit current item
delete	D	Ctrl+d	Delete current item
copy	y	Ctrl+w	Copy current item
set_ttl	t	Ctrl+t	Set TTL on inspected key
inspector_list_push	a	Ctrl+shift+a	RPUSH to list
inspector_list_prepend	p	Ctrl+shift+p	LPUSH to list
inspector_hash_add	a	Ctrl+shift+h	Add hash field
inspector_set_add	a	Ctrl+shift+s	Add set member
inspector_zset_add	a	Ctrl+shift+z	Add zset member
inspector_zset_range_query	q	Ctrl+shift+q	Filter zset by score range
inspector_stream_add	a	Ctrl+shift+x	Add stream entry
inspector_toggle_view	f	Ctrl+shift+f	Toggle stream compact/full
inspector_goto_end	g	Ctrl+shift+g	Jump to last stream entry
cycle_sort	s	Ctrl+o	Toggle zset score sort asc/desc
Tab	Tab	Tab	Cycle string view mode

Info dashboard shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
nav_up	k / Up	Ctrl+p	Scroll slowlog up
nav_down	j / Down	Ctrl+n	Scroll slowlog down
Space	Space	Space	Toggle slowlog compact mode

Pub/Sub shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
Tab	Tab	Tab	Switch channel / message input mode
delete	D	Ctrl+d	Unsubscribe from selected channel
Ctrl+L	Ctrl+l	Ctrl+l	Clear message history

Search overlay shortcuts

Action	Vim	Emacs	Description
search_execute	Enter	Enter	Jump to selected key
search_close	Esc	Ctrl+g	Close search without action

Testing

Run the full suite:

cargo test -q

Some tests spin up local Redis instances and may print Redis startup warnings during execution.

Project layout

• src/app.rs — app state and event routing
• src/redis/ — Redis client, typed value model, server helpers
• src/ui/ — UI components (keys, inspector, REPL, dashboard, pubsub, search)
• src/config/ — config and keybinding models
• src/events/ — input/tick event stream
• src/terminal.rs — terminal lifecycle + mouse capture setup
• tests/ — milestone-oriented integration tests

Roadmap

Near-term focus:

• deeper keymap coverage across all panels
• richer value editing workflows
• Pub/Sub UX refinements
• tighter spec-gate test coverage

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

Suggested workflow:

1. Open an issue describing the bug/feature.
2. Keep PRs small and milestone-scoped.
3. Run cargo test -q before submitting.
4. Include tests for behavior changes when possible.

License

MIT