Desktop Deployment

Valkey Admin’s desktop application is built with Electron, providing full features and native integration on macOS and Linux.

When to Choose Desktop

Choose the desktop app when you:

• Run macOS or Linux
• Need to monitor hot keys
• Need to monitor command logs (slow logs, large requests and large replies)

Installation

On macOS, install with Homebrew:

brew install --cask valkey-admin

Or download the latest release from GitHub Releases:

• macOS: Download the .dmg file, open it, and drag Valkey Admin to Applications
• Linux: Download the .AppImage or .deb package

Desktop Features

Hot Keys

Track the most frequently accessed keys in your cluster in real time. The desktop app surfaces per-key access statistics so you can spot traffic imbalances before they become bottlenecks.

Hot Keys monitoring is configured in Settings — enable it and set the sample duration and interval to match your workload.

Command Logs

The desktop app records three categories of commands that are most likely to affect cluster health:

• Slow Logs — commands that exceeded the configured execution time threshold
• Large Requests — commands with oversized input payloads
• Large Replies — commands that returned oversized responses

See Activity for threshold configuration and analysis guidance.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The desktop app adds a Shortcuts menu to the native application menu bar, providing quick keyboard navigation to any section of the app.

macOS	Linux	Destination
Cmd + 1	Ctrl + 1	Connections
Cmd + 2	Ctrl + 2	Dashboard
Cmd + 3	Ctrl + 3	Key Browser
Cmd + 4	Ctrl + 4	Activity
Cmd + 5	Ctrl + 5	Send Command
Cmd + 6	Ctrl + 6	Cluster Topology
Cmd + 7	Ctrl + 7	Settings
Cmd + 8	Ctrl + 8	Learn More

These shortcuts are available from anywhere in the app and navigate directly to the corresponding view without using the sidebar.