Stop Running Docker Just for Redis: Meet redis-local

Description and use

<p>If you're building any kind of backend or full-stack application in 2026, you've probably had this exact experience:</p> <p>You clone a repository. You run <code>npm install</code>. You fire up <code>npm run dev</code>.</p> <p>And boom — your terminal explodes:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="o">[</span>ioredis] Unhandled error event: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379 at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect <span class="o">[</span>as oncomplete] <span class="o">(</span>node:net:1606:16<span class="o">)</span> </code></pre> <

Problem

<p>If you're building any kind of backend or full-stack application in 2026, you've probably had this exact experience:</p> <p>You clone a repository. You run <code>npm install</code>. You fire up <code>npm run dev</code>.</p> <p>And boom — your terminal explodes:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="o">[</span>ioredis] Unhandled error event: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379 at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect <span class="o">[</span>as oncomplete] <span class="o">(</span>node:net:1606:16<span class="o">)</span> </code></pre> <

Outcome

<p>If you're building any kind of backend or full-stack application in 2026, you've probably had this exact experience:</p> <p>You clone a repository. You run <code>npm install</code>. You fire up <code>npm run dev</code>.</p> <p>And boom — your terminal explodes:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="o">[</span>ioredis] Unhandled error event: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:6379 at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect <span class="o">[</span>as oncomplete] <span class="o">(</span>node:net:1606:16<span class="o">)</span> </code></pre> <

Evidence

Stop Running Docker Just for Redis: Meet redis-local

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