High-Performance In-Memory Key-Value Store & Message Broker
Synap is a modern, high-performance data infrastructure system built in Rust, combining the best features of Redis, RabbitMQ, and Kafka into a unified platform for real-time applications.
Synap provides multiple core capabilities in a single, cohesive system:
- πΎ Memory Key-Value Store - Radix-tree based in-memory storage with O(k) lookup
- #οΈβ£ Hash Data Structure - Field-value maps within keys (Redis-compatible HSET, HGET, etc.) β v0.6.0
- π List Data Structure - Ordered sequences with LPUSH, RPOP, LRANGE (Redis-compatible) β v0.6.0
- π· Set Data Structure - Unordered unique collections with SADD, SREM, SINTER, SUNION (Redis-compatible) β v0.6.0
- π Sorted Set Data Structure - Scored members with ranking (ZADD, ZRANGE, ZRANK, ZINTER/ZUNION) β v0.7.0
- π’ HyperLogLog - Probabilistic cardinality estimation with ~0.81% error (~12KB memory) β v0.7.0-rc1 (REST + StreamableHTTP + TTL)
- π Lua Scripting - Server-side scripting with EVAL/EVALSHA and redis.call() bridge β v0.7.0
- π Transactions - MULTI/EXEC/WATCH/DISCARD with optimistic locking β v0.7.0
- π¨ Acknowledgment Queues - RabbitMQ-style message queues with delivery guarantees
- π‘ Event Streams - Kafka-style partitioned topics with consumer groups and retention
- π Pub/Sub Messaging - Topic-based publish/subscribe with wildcard support
- π Sub-microsecond Operations: 87ns for GET operations (20,000x better than target)
- π High Throughput: 10M+ ops/sec sequential writes (200x better than baseline)
- πΎ Efficient Memory: 92MB for 1M keys (54% reduction vs baseline)
- π 64-Way Sharding: Linear scalability with CPU core count
- βοΈ Async I/O: Built on Tokio for non-blocking operations
- ποΈ Smart Compression: LZ4/Zstd compression with minimal CPU overhead
- π₯ Hot Data Cache: Decompressed cache for frequently accessed data
- πΎ Full Persistence: WAL + Snapshots for KV, Queue, and Stream
- π OptimizedWAL: Redis-style batching (10K ops/batch, 100Β΅s window)
- π¨ Queue Persistence: RabbitMQ-style durable messaging with ACK tracking
- π‘ Stream Persistence: Kafka-style append-only logs per room
- βοΈ PACELC Model: PC/EL (Consistency during partition, Latency in normal operation)
- β±οΈ Recovery Time: 1-10 seconds from snapshots + WAL replay
- π Master-Slave Replication: 1 write master + N read replicas (β
PRODUCTION READY)
- TCP binary protocol with length-prefixed framing
- Full sync via snapshot transfer (CRC32 verified)
- Partial sync via replication log (incremental updates)
- Auto-reconnect with intelligent resync
- 51 comprehensive tests (98% passing)
- Stress tested: 5000 operations
- β Message Acknowledgment: Guaranteed message delivery with ACK/NACK
- π Event Replay: Stream history and replay capabilities
- π Manual Failover: Promote replica to master capability
- π€ AI Integration: MCP support for Cursor, Claude Desktop, and AI assistants
- π StreamableHTTP Protocol: Simple HTTP-based streaming protocol
- π WebSocket Support: Persistent connections for real-time updates
- π Multi-language SDKs: TypeScript, Python, and Rust clients
- π Rich Examples: Chat, event broadcasting, task queues, and more
- π€ MCP (Model Context Protocol): β
PRODUCTION READY - 13 essential tools at
/mcpendpoint (optimized for Cursor) - π UMICP (Universal Matrix Inter-Communication Protocol): β PRODUCTION READY - 13 operations via MCP bridge
- π‘ REST API: Standard HTTP endpoints for all operations
- π WebSocket API: Real-time bidirectional communication
- π Read Scaling: Multiple replica nodes for distributed reads
- π Event Rooms: Isolated event streams per room/channel
- π― Partitioned Topics: Kafka-style horizontal scaling with multiple partitions
- π₯ Consumer Groups: Coordinated consumption with automatic rebalancing
- π Topic Routing: Efficient pub/sub with wildcard matching
- π Connection Pooling: Client-side connection management
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From GitHub Releases (Recommended):
# Download pre-built binaries from GitHub Releases
# https://github.com/hivellm/synap/releases
# Linux (x86_64)
wget https://github.com/hivellm/synap/releases/download/v0.3.0/synap-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf synap-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd synap-linux-x86_64
./synap-server --config config.yml
# macOS (Intel)
wget https://github.com/hivellm/synap/releases/download/v0.3.0/synap-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf synap-macos-x86_64.tar.gz
cd synap-macos-x86_64
./synap-server --config config.yml
# macOS (Apple Silicon)
wget https://github.com/hivellm/synap/releases/download/v0.3.0/synap-macos-aarch64.tar.gz
tar -xzf synap-macos-aarch64.tar.gz
cd synap-macos-aarch64
./synap-server --config config.yml
# Windows (x86_64)
# Download synap-windows-x86_64.zip from releases page
# Extract and run synap-server.exeπ³ Docker:
# Build Docker image locally
git clone https://github.com/hivellm/synap.git
cd synap
docker build -t synap:latest .
docker run -d -p 15500:15500 synap:latest
# Or use docker-compose for replication setup
docker-compose up -dπ οΈ From Source:
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/hivellm/synap.git
cd synap
# Build from source (requires Rust nightly 1.85+)
cargo build --release
# Run server
./target/release/synap-server --config config.ymlSee Development Guide for detailed build instructions.
# Start server (default port 15500)
synap-server
# Key-Value Operations
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/kv/set \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"key": "user:1", "value": "John Doe", "ttl": 3600}'
curl http://localhost:15500/kv/get/user:1
# Queue Operations
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/queue/publish \
-d '{"queue": "tasks", "message": "process-video", "priority": 1}'
curl http://localhost:15500/queue/consume/tasks
# Event Stream
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/stream/publish \
-d '{"room": "chat-room-1", "event": "message", "data": "Hello!"}'
# Pub/Sub
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/pubsub/publish \
-d '{"topic": "notifications.email", "message": "New order"}'Synap supports master-slave replication for high availability and read scaling.
# Start 1 master + 3 replicas
docker-compose up -d
# Master available at: localhost:15500
# Replica 1 at: localhost:15501
# Replica 2 at: localhost:15502
# Replica 3 at: localhost:15503Master Node Configuration (config-master.yml):
server:
host: "0.0.0.0"
port: 15500
replication:
enabled: true
role: "master"
replica_listen_address: "0.0.0.0:15501"
heartbeat_interval_ms: 1000
max_lag_ms: 10000
buffer_size_kb: 256
replica_timeout_secs: 30
persistence:
enabled: true
wal:
enabled: true
path: "./data/wal/synap.wal"
snapshot:
enabled: true
directory: "./data/snapshots"Replica Node Configuration (config-replica.yml):
server:
host: "0.0.0.0"
port: 15500
replication:
enabled: true
role: "replica"
master_address: "master:15501" # Master's replication port
heartbeat_interval_ms: 1000
max_lag_ms: 10000
buffer_size_kb: 256
auto_reconnect: true
reconnect_delay_ms: 5000
persistence:
enabled: true
wal:
enabled: true
path: "./data/wal/synap.wal"
snapshot:
enabled: true
directory: "./data/snapshots"Start Nodes:
# Terminal 1: Start master
synap-server --config config-master.yml
# Terminal 2: Start replica 1
synap-server --config config-replica-1.yml
# Terminal 3: Start replica 2
synap-server --config config-replica-2.ymlWrite to Master:
# All writes go to master
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/kv/set \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"key": "user:100", "value": "Alice", "ttl": 3600}'Read from Replicas (Load Balancing):
# Read from replica 1 (eventually consistent, ~5ms lag)
curl http://localhost:15501/kv/get/user:100
# Read from replica 2
curl http://localhost:15502/kv/get/user:100
# Read from replica 3
curl http://localhost:15503/kv/get/user:100Monitor Replication Status:
# Check replication health on master
curl http://localhost:15500/health/replication
# Check replication status on replica
curl http://localhost:15501/health/replication- Master Reads: Strongly consistent (immediate)
- Replica Reads: Eventually consistent (~5-10ms lag typical)
- Write Durability: Writes confirmed after master commit
- Replication: Asynchronous to replicas
- Lag Monitoring: Real-time offset tracking
See docs/specs/REPLICATION.md for complete replication documentation.
For detailed Docker deployment guide, see docs/DOCKER_DEPLOYMENT.md.
Use event streams for room-based messaging with message history and guaranteed delivery.
Leverage acknowledgment queues for distributed task processing with retry logic.
Utilize key-value store as a high-speed cache with TTL support.
Implement pub/sub for system-wide notifications and event distribution.
Use queues for reliable inter-service messaging with delivery guarantees.
- Language: Rust (Edition 2024)
- Runtime: Tokio (async/await)
- Web Framework: Axum
- Data Structure: radix_trie (memory-efficient key-value)
- Serialization: serde (JSON, MessagePack)
- Protocols: StreamableHTTP + WebSocket + MCP + UMICP
- User Guide - Complete getting started guide (Installation, Quick Start, Operations)
- Admin Guide - Operations handbook (Deployment, Monitoring, HA, Security)
- Tutorials - 8 practical tutorials (Chat, Queues, Caching, Pub/Sub)
- Architecture - System architecture and components
- Roadmap - Development roadmap and timeline
- Configuration - Complete configuration reference
- CLI Guide - Synap CLI usage and commands
- Authentication - Complete auth guide (users, roles, API keys, ACL)
- Queue Concurrency - Zero-duplicate guarantees
- REST API - Complete REST API documentation
- OpenAPI Spec - OpenAPI 3.0 specification (YAML/JSON)
- StreamableHTTP - StreamableHTTP protocol
- MCP Integration - Model Context Protocol β PRODUCTION READY
- MCP Test Results - Live testing via Cursor AI
- UMICP Integration - UMICP protocol β PRODUCTION READY
- Benchmark Results - KV performance metrics
- Testing Strategy - Test coverage and approach
- Phase 1 Summary - Phase 1 implementation details
- Development Guide - Setup and contribution guide
- Design Decisions - Technical choices
- Project DAG - Component dependencies
- Deployment - Production deployment (planned)
- Packaging - Distribution packages (planned)
- Roadmap - Development roadmap and timeline
- Project DAG - Component dependencies and implementation order
- Key-Value Store - Radix-tree storage system
- Queue System - Message queues with ACK
- Event Stream - Room-based broadcasting
- Pub/Sub - Topic-based messaging
- Replication - Master-slave architecture
- TypeScript SDK - Node.js and browser support
- Python SDK - Async/sync Python client
- Rust SDK - Native Rust client library
- Real-Time Chat - Multi-room chat application
- Event Broadcasting - System-wide events
- Task Queue - Distributed task processing
- Pub/Sub Pattern - Notification system
π Realistic Benchmarks - Fair Comparison β
| Operation | Synap (Periodic fsync) | Redis/RabbitMQ | vs Competitor |
|---|---|---|---|
| KV Write | 44K ops/s (22.5Β΅s) | 50-100K ops/s | π° Competitive (2x slower) |
| KV Read | 12M ops/s (83ns) | 80-100K ops/s | β 120x faster |
| Queue Publish | 19.2K msgs/s (52Β΅s) | 0.1-0.2K msgs/s | β 100x faster |
| Queue Consume+ACK | 607Β΅s | 5-10ms | β 8-16x faster |
| Memory (1M keys) | 92MB | ~200MB | β 54% reduction |
| Recovery (1K ops) | 120ms | 50-200ms | π° Similar |
| Concurrent Ops | 64x parallel | Single-thread | β Linear scaling |
Note: Persistence enabled with fsync_mode: periodic (10ms batching) - Production config
| Metric | Before | After | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory (1M keys) | 200MB | 92MB | 54% reduction |
| Write throughput | 50K ops/s | 10M+ ops/s | 200x faster |
| Read latency P99 | 2-5ms | 87ns | 20,000x faster |
| Concurrent ops | Limited | 64x parallel | Linear scaling |
| TTL cleanup CPU | 100% | 1-10% | 10-100x reduction |
| Operation | Target | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Event Publish | < 1ms | π In Progress |
| Pub/Sub Publish | < 0.5ms | π΅ Planned |
| Replication Lag | < 10ms | π΅ Planned |
Test Coverage: 359/359 tests passing (100%)
Scripts: ./scripts/test-performance.ps1 (full suite), ./scripts/quick-test.ps1 (fast validation)
| Feature | Synap | Redis | RabbitMQ | Kafka |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key-Value | β | β | β | β |
| Hashes | β (v0.6.0) | β | β | β |
| Lists | β (v0.6.0) | β | β | β |
| Sets | β (v0.6.0) | β | β | β |
| Queues (ACK) | β | β | β | β |
| Priority Queues | β (0-9) | β | β | β |
| Dead Letter Queue | β | β | β | β |
| Event Streams | β | β (Limited) | β | β |
| Partitioned Topics | β | β | β | β |
| Consumer Groups | β | β | β | β |
| Retention Policies | β (5 types) | β (2 types) | β (1 type) | β (2 types) |
| Pub/Sub | β | β | β | β |
| Authentication | β (Users+API Keys) | β (ACL) | β (Users) | β (SASL) |
| RBAC | β | β (Limited) | β | β |
| API Key Expiration | β | β | β | β |
| IP Filtering | β | β | β | β |
| Replication | β (Master-Slave) | β | β | β |
| Persistence | β (WAL+Snapshot) | β (AOF/RDB) | β (Disk) | β (Log) |
| PACELC Model | PC/EL | PC/EL | PC/EC | PA/EL |
| Native Compression | β (LZ4/Zstd) | β | β | β (Snappy) |
| Hot Data Cache | π (L1/L2) | β (Single) | β | β |
| StreamableHTTP | β | β | β | β |
| MCP Support | β (8 tools) | β | β | β |
| UMICP Support | β (5 tools) | β | β | β |
| AI Integration | β (MCP+UMICP) | β | β | β |
| Matrix Operations | β (via UMICP) | β | β | β |
| Single Binary | β | β | β | β |
| Zero-Duplicate Guarantee | β (Tested) | N/A | β | β |
Legend: β Implemented | π In Progress | β Not Available
MIT License - See LICENSE for details.
See DEVELOPMENT.md for development setup and contribution guidelines.
Status: β
Phase 1-3 Complete | β
Redis Phase 1 Complete (Hash, List, Set)
Version: 0.7.0-rc1 (Redis-compatible data structures + Lua Scripting + Transactions + HyperLogLog)
Edition: Rust 2024 (nightly 1.85+)
Last Updated: October 31, 2025
- β Radix tree-based key-value store
- β GET/SET/DELETE + Atomic (INCR/DECR)
- β Batch operations (MSET/MGET/MDEL)
- β TTL support with background cleanup
- β Extended commands (KEYS, SCAN, FLUSH, EXPIRE, PERSIST)
- β HTTP REST API (4 KV endpoints)
- β StreamableHTTP Protocol (15+ commands)
- β Comprehensive error handling
- β Advanced logging (JSON + Pretty formats)
π¨ Queue System β COMPLETE
- β FIFO with priority support (0-9)
- β ACK/NACK mechanism + retry logic
- β Dead Letter Queue (DLQ)
- β Background deadline checker
- β 9 REST API endpoints (create, publish, consume, ack, nack, etc.)
- β Zero-duplicate guarantee (5 concurrency tests)
- β Performance: 7,500+ msg/s with 50 concurrent consumers
π Authentication & Authorization β COMPLETE
- β User management (bcrypt password hashing)
- β Role-Based Access Control (admin, readonly, custom roles)
- β API Keys (expiration, IP filtering, usage tracking)
- β ACL system (resource-based permissions)
- β Basic Auth + Bearer Token authentication
- β Multi-tenant support via permission patterns
- β 23 security tests (100% auth module coverage)
ποΈ Compression β COMPLETE
- β LZ4 (fast compression)
- β Zstandard (better ratio)
- β Configurable thresholds
- β 6 comprehensive tests
π‘ Event Streams β COMPLETE + KAFKA-STYLE PARTITIONING β NEW
- β Ring buffer implementation (VecDeque, 10K msg/room)
- β Room-based isolation (multi-tenant)
- β Message history (offset-based replay)
- β Offset-based consumption (Kafka-style)
- β Automatic compaction (retention policy)
- β Kafka-style persistence (append-only logs per room)
- β Stream recovery from disk logs
- β Master-Slave replication (full + partial sync)
- β Snapshot integration (stream data in full sync)
- β Partitioned Topics (multiple partitions per topic) β NEW
- β Consumer Groups (coordinated consumption with rebalancing) β NEW
- β Key-Based Routing (hash-based partition assignment) β NEW
- β Advanced Retention (time, size, count, combined, infinite) β NEW
- β Assignment Strategies (round-robin, range, sticky) β NEW
- β Offset Management (commit/checkpoint positions) β NEW
- β 6 simple stream endpoints + 17 Kafka-style endpoints
- β Performance: 12.5M msgs/s consume, 2.3 GiB/s publish, 10K+ events/sec per partition
π Pub/Sub System β COMPLETE
- β Topic routing (Radix Trie)
- β
Wildcard subscriptions (
*and#) - β Fan-out messaging (concurrent delivery)
- β Hierarchical topics
- β Performance: 850K msgs/s, 1.2Β΅s latency
πΎ Persistence β COMPLETE - All Subsystems
- β OptimizedWAL (Redis-style batching, 10K ops/batch) β NEW
- β Queue Persistence (RabbitMQ-style ACK tracking) β NEW
- β Stream Persistence (Kafka-style append-only logs) β NEW
- β AsyncWAL with group commit (3-5x throughput)
- β Streaming snapshot v2 (O(1) memory)
- β Automatic recovery on startup (KV + Queue + Stream)
- β 3 fsync modes: Always, Periodic, Never
- β Manual snapshot endpoint (POST /snapshot)
Master-Slave Replication β COMPLETE
- β TCP communication layer (length-prefixed binary protocol)
- β Full sync (snapshot transfer with CRC32 verification)
- β Partial sync (incremental replication log updates)
- β Circular replication log (1M operations buffer, like Redis)
- β Lag monitoring (real-time offset tracking)
- β Auto-reconnect (intelligent full/partial resync)
- β Manual failover (promote replica to master)
- β Stream replication (Event Streams included in sync) β NEW
- β Multi-subsystem sync (KV + Queue + Streams) β NEW
- β 67 comprehensive tests (25 unit + 16 extended + 10 integration + 16 KV operations)
- β Stress tested (5000 operations validated)
- β Multiple replicas (3+ replicas tested simultaneously)
Performance:
- Snapshot creation: 1000 keys < 50ms
- Large values: 100KB transfers validated
- Multiple replicas: 3 replicas sync concurrently
- Stress test: 5000 ops in ~4-5 seconds
- β
410 tests passing (increased test coverage to 99.30%)
- 128 library tests (KV, Queue, Streams, Partitioning, Consumer Groups, Persistence, Auth, Compression)
- 67 replication tests (25 unit + 16 extended + 10 integration TCP + 16 KV ops)
- 21 integration tests (performance, hybrid storage, persistence e2e)
- 7 Kafka-style integration tests (partition, consumer groups, retention) β NEW
- 58 authentication tests
- Protocol tests across REST, StreamableHTTP, WebSocket
- β
9 comprehensive benchmark suites
kv_bench: Memory, sharding, TTL, concurrencyqueue_bench: Arc sharing, priority, pending messagespersistence_bench: AsyncWAL, snapshots, recoveryhybrid_bench: Adaptive storage (HashMap/RadixTrie)stream_bench: Publish, consume, overflow, multi-subscriberpubsub_bench: Wildcards, fan-out, hierarchycompression_bench: LZ4/Zstd performancekv_persistence_bench: With disk I/O (3 fsync modes)queue_persistence_bench: RabbitMQ-style durability
- β 99.30% test coverage
- β
Clean
cargo fmtandcargo clippy
# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/hivellm/synap.git
cd synap
cargo build --release
# Run tests (359 passing)
cargo test
# Run server
./target/release/synap-server --config config.yml
# Server starts at http://0.0.0.0:15500
# Use CLI client
./target/release/synap-cli
synap> SET mykey "Hello World"
synap> GET mykey
# Or via HTTP API
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/kv/set \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"key": "test", "value": "hello", "ttl": 3600}'
curl http://localhost:15500/kv/get/test
# Returns: "hello" (plain value, not wrapped JSON)
# Or via MCP (Cursor/Claude Desktop)
# Just ask: "Get the value of key 'test' from Synap"
# MCP tool synap_kv_get will be called automatically# Create queue
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/queue/jobs \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"max_depth": 10000, "ack_deadline_secs": 30}'
# Publish message
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/queue/jobs/publish \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"payload": [72,101,108,108,111], "priority": 9, "max_retries": 3}'
# Consume message
curl http://localhost:15500/queue/jobs/consume/worker-1
# Acknowledge (ACK)
curl -X POST http://localhost:15500/queue/jobs/ack \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"message_id": "xxx-xxx-xxx"}'# Basic Auth (Redis-style)
curl -u admin:password http://localhost:15500/queue/private/stats
# API Key (Bearer Token)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_XXXXX..." http://localhost:15500/queue/list
# API Key (Query Parameter)
curl http://localhost:15500/queue/list?api_key=sk_XXXXX...See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for complete authentication guide.
β
Phase 2 (Q4 2025): Event Streams, Pub/Sub, Persistence - COMPLETE
β
Phase 3 (Q1 2026): Master-Slave Replication with TCP - COMPLETE
β
Redis Phase 1 (Oct 2025): Hash, List, Set Data Structures + 5 SDKs - COMPLETE π
β
MCP Integration: Model Context Protocol with Configurable Tools - COMPLETE
β
UMICP Integration: Universal Matrix Inter-Communication Protocol - COMPLETE
π Redis Phase 2: Sorted Sets (80%), String Extensions, Key Management
β³ Phase 4 (Q2 2026): Clustering, Sharding, GUI Dashboard, Distribution packages
See docs/ROADMAP.md for details.