Redis should get an an HTTP API. Would enable you to implement something like this purely in the browser. UIs are really useful from a sys admin point of view. I can also imagine adoption increasing if Redis supported a UI out-of-the-box.
Redis does have an HTTP API, called Webdis. It takes the form of a server that sits in front of Redis, which may be not quite what you were talking about, but I find to be a very clean design. It's fast and full-featured, and is as easy to install as Redis itself. Just get the code, run make, and start the daemon. Maybe add a config file if you want to get really fancy. http://webd.is/ I've been happy running it in p…
Now this is really interesting. I can think of about a dozen use cases off the top of my head.