Although Redis is designed for Linux systems, it can be installed and used on Windows. However, there is no official support for Redis on Windows, so adapted builds are used instead.

Installing an Adapted Version of Redis for Windows

Microsoft has discontinued support for Redis on Windows, but third-party builds are still available. For example, there's a build from tporadowski.

1. Download the latest Redis version for Windows from the repository;
2. Extract the archive to a convenient location on your disk;
3. Launch redis-server.

Alternative Installation Methods

To install Redis on Windows, you can use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) to run the official version of Redis, as described in the documentation, or use Docker, which allows you to quickly set up Redis in a container.

These approaches are especially convenient for development, as they provide compatibility and ease of setup. However, in this chapter, we focused on the adapted version of Redis for Windows, which is suitable for basic use.