---
name: "valkey-cli"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "valkey-tools"
version: "8.1.1+dfsg1-3+deb13u2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/valkey-cli"
---

# valkey-cli(1)

Command-line client to valkey-server

## NAME

valkey-cli - Command-line client to valkey-server

## SYNOPSIS

**valkey-cli** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

Valkey is a key-value database. It is similar to memcached but the dataset is not volatile and other datatypes (such as lists and sets) are natively supported.

**valkey-cli** provides a simple command-line interface to a Valkey server.

## OPTIONS

See **valkey-doc** for more information on the commands Valkey accepts.

## AUTHOR

**valkey-cli** was written by Salvatore Sanfilippo.

This manual page was written by Chris Lamb \<lamby@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).