what are django channels InMemoryChannelLayer limitations

Question

i'm learning to use channels (Django channels), and i don't want to install Redis or any other tool.

• can i just use InMemoryChannelLayer in production ?
• what are the limitations when using InMemoryChannelLayer ?
• is there a way to use a Django model for saving channel layers ?

Answer 1

Note that InMemoryChannelLayer has a memory leak which may not be suitable for production.
Details here (merged on Feb 13 2018 - part of 2.1.0 release)