diff --git a/core/Command/Config/System/CastHelper.php b/core/Command/Config/System/CastHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..abbcacf92110e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/Config/System/CastHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\Config\System;
+
+class CastHelper {
+	/**
+	 * @return array{value: mixed, readable-value: string}
+	 */
+	public function castValue(?string $value, string $type): array {
+		switch ($type) {
+			case 'integer':
+			case 'int':
+				if (!is_numeric($value)) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Non-numeric value specified');
+				}
+				return [
+					'value' => (int) $value,
+					'readable-value' => 'integer ' . (int) $value,
+				];
+
+			case 'double':
+			case 'float':
+				if (!is_numeric($value)) {
+					throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Non-numeric value specified');
+				}
+				return [
+					'value' => (float) $value,
+					'readable-value' => 'double ' . (float) $value,
+				];
+
+			case 'boolean':
+			case 'bool':
+				$value = strtolower($value);
+				return match ($value) {
+					'true' => [
+						'value' => true,
+						'readable-value' => 'boolean ' . $value,
+					],
+					'false' => [
+						'value' => false,
+						'readable-value' => 'boolean ' . $value,
+					],
+					default => throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Unable to parse value as boolean'),
+				};
+
+			case 'null':
+				return [
+					'value' => null,
+					'readable-value' => 'null',
+				];
+
+			case 'string':
+				$value = (string) $value;
+				return [
+					'value' => $value,
+					'readable-value' => ($value === '') ? 'empty string' : 'string ' . $value,
+				];
+
+			case 'json':
+				$value = json_decode($value, true);
+				return [
+					'value' => $value,
+					'readable-value' => 'json ' . json_encode($value),
+				];
+
+			default:
+				throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Invalid type');
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php b/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php
index 4ea3383695641..21cdb6666b1cf 100644
--- a/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php
+++ b/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 class SetConfig extends Base {
 	public function __construct(
 		SystemConfig $systemConfig,
+		private CastHelper $castHelper,
 	) {
 		parent::__construct($systemConfig);
 	}
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ protected function configure() {
 	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
 		$configNames = $input->getArgument('name');
 		$configName = $configNames[0];
-		$configValue = $this->castValue($input->getOption('value'), $input->getOption('type'));
+		$configValue = $this->castHelper->castValue($input->getOption('value'), $input->getOption('type'));
 		$updateOnly = $input->getOption('update-only');
 
 		if (count($configNames) > 1) {
diff --git a/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedClear.php b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedClear.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..424f21f1e8124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedClear.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\Memcache;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OCP\ICacheFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DistributedClear extends Base {
+	public function __construct(
+		protected ICacheFactory $cacheFactory,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this
+			->setName('memcache:distributed:clear')
+			->setDescription('Clear values from the distributed memcache')
+			->addOption('prefix', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Only remove keys matching the prefix');
+		parent::configure();
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$cache = $this->cacheFactory->createDistributed();
+		$prefix = $input->getOption('prefix');
+		if ($cache->clear($prefix)) {
+			if ($prefix) {
+				$output->writeln('<info>Distributed cache matching prefix ' . $prefix . ' cleared</info>');
+			} else {
+				$output->writeln('<info>Distributed cache cleared</info>');
+			}
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			$output->writeln('<error>Failed to clear cache</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedDelete.php b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedDelete.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ae0855acb03ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedDelete.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\Memcache;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OCP\ICacheFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DistributedDelete extends Base {
+	public function __construct(
+		protected ICacheFactory $cacheFactory,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this
+			->setName('memcache:distributed:delete')
+			->setDescription('Delete a value in the distributed memcache')
+			->addArgument('key', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The key to delete');
+		parent::configure();
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$cache = $this->cacheFactory->createDistributed();
+		$key = $input->getArgument('key');
+		if ($cache->remove($key)) {
+			$output->writeln('<info>Distributed cache key <info>' . $key . '</info> deleted</info>');
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			$output->writeln('<error>Failed to delete cache key ' . $key . '</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedGet.php b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedGet.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bf1b00d312d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedGet.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\Memcache;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OCP\ICacheFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DistributedGet extends Base {
+	public function __construct(
+		protected ICacheFactory $cacheFactory,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this
+			->setName('memcache:distributed:get')
+			->setDescription('Get a value from the distributed memcache')
+			->addArgument('key', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The key to retrieve');
+		parent::configure();
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$cache = $this->cacheFactory->createDistributed();
+		$key = $input->getArgument('key');
+
+		$value = $cache->get($key);
+		$this->writeMixedInOutputFormat($input, $output, $value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedSet.php b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedSet.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0f31c22f730d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedSet.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\Memcache;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OC\Core\Command\Config\System\CastHelper;
+use OCP\ICacheFactory;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DistributedSet extends Base {
+	public function __construct(
+		protected ICacheFactory $cacheFactory,
+		private CastHelper $castHelper,
+	) {
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure(): void {
+		$this
+			->setName('memcache:distributed:set')
+			->setDescription('Set a value in the distributed memcache')
+			->addArgument('key', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The key to set')
+			->addArgument('value', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The value to set')
+			->addOption(
+				'type',
+				null,
+				InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED,
+				'Value type [string, integer, float, boolean, json, null]',
+				'string'
+			);
+		parent::configure();
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+		$cache = $this->cacheFactory->createDistributed();
+		$key = $input->getArgument('key');
+		$value = $input->getArgument('value');
+		$type = $input->getOption('type');
+		['value' => $value, 'readable-value' => $readable] = $this->castHelper->castValue($value, $type);
+		if ($cache->set($key, $value)) {
+			$output->writeln('Distributed cache key <info>' . $key . '</info> set to <info>' . $readable . '</info>');
+			return 0;
+		} else {
+			$output->writeln('<error>Failed to set cache key ' . $key . '</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/register_command.php b/core/register_command.php
index f898d91df70b4..f3b559cba343c 100644
--- a/core/register_command.php
+++ b/core/register_command.php
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
 
 	$application->add(Server::get(Command\TaskProcessing\ListCommand::class));
 	$application->add(Server::get(Command\TaskProcessing\Statistics::class));
+	$application->add(Server::get(Command\Memcache\DistributedClear::class));
+	$application->add(Server::get(Command\Memcache\DistributedDelete::class));
+	$application->add(Server::get(Command\Memcache\DistributedGet::class));
+	$application->add(Server::get(Command\Memcache\DistributedSet::class));
 } else {
 	$application->add(Server::get(Command\Maintenance\Install::class));
 }
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index fa4a5528aeb56..e638b01ccaa35 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -1157,6 +1157,7 @@
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\Import' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/Import.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\ListConfigs' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/ListConfigs.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\Base' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/System/Base.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\CastHelper' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/System/CastHelper.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\DeleteConfig' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/System/DeleteConfig.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\GetConfig' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/System/GetConfig.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\SetConfig' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php',
@@ -1213,6 +1214,10 @@
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\RepairShareOwnership' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Maintenance/RepairShareOwnership.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\UpdateHtaccess' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Maintenance/UpdateHtaccess.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\UpdateTheme' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Maintenance/UpdateTheme.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedClear' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedClear.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedDelete' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedDelete.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedGet' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedGet.php',
+    'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedSet' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedSet.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\Generate' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Preview/Generate.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\Repair' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Preview/Repair.php',
     'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\ResetRenderedTexts' => $baseDir . '/core/Command/Preview/ResetRenderedTexts.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index 34d6c08a8aad6..aed7834273691 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -1190,6 +1190,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\Import' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/Import.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\ListConfigs' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/ListConfigs.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\Base' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/System/Base.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\CastHelper' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/System/CastHelper.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\DeleteConfig' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/System/DeleteConfig.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\GetConfig' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/System/GetConfig.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Config\\System\\SetConfig' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Config/System/SetConfig.php',
@@ -1246,6 +1247,10 @@ class ComposerStaticInit749170dad3f5e7f9ca158f5a9f04f6a2
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\RepairShareOwnership' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Maintenance/RepairShareOwnership.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\UpdateHtaccess' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Maintenance/UpdateHtaccess.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Maintenance\\UpdateTheme' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Maintenance/UpdateTheme.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedClear' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedClear.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedDelete' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedDelete.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedGet' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedGet.php',
+        'OC\\Core\\Command\\Memcache\\DistributedSet' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Memcache/DistributedSet.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\Generate' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Preview/Generate.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\Repair' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Preview/Repair.php',
         'OC\\Core\\Command\\Preview\\ResetRenderedTexts' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/core/Command/Preview/ResetRenderedTexts.php',
diff --git a/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/CastHelperTest.php b/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/CastHelperTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e31f74b4a55ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/CastHelperTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+namespace Core\Command\Config\System;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Config\System\CastHelper;
+use Test\TestCase;
+
+class CastHelperTest extends TestCase {
+	private CastHelper $castHelper;
+
+	protected function setUp(): void {
+		parent::setUp();
+		$this->castHelper = new CastHelper();
+	}
+
+	public static function castValueProvider(): array {
+		return [
+			[null, 'string', ['value' => '', 'readable-value' => 'empty string']],
+
+			['abc', 'string', ['value' => 'abc', 'readable-value' => 'string abc']],
+
+			['123', 'integer', ['value' => 123, 'readable-value' => 'integer 123']],
+			['456', 'int', ['value' => 456, 'readable-value' => 'integer 456']],
+
+			['2.25', 'double', ['value' => 2.25, 'readable-value' => 'double 2.25']],
+			['0.5', 'float', ['value' => 0.5, 'readable-value' => 'double 0.5']],
+
+			['', 'null', ['value' => null, 'readable-value' => 'null']],
+
+			['true', 'boolean', ['value' => true, 'readable-value' => 'boolean true']],
+			['false', 'bool', ['value' => false, 'readable-value' => 'boolean false']],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider castValueProvider
+	 */
+	public function testCastValue($value, $type, $expectedValue): void {
+		$this->assertSame(
+			$expectedValue,
+			$this->castHelper->castValue($value, $type)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public static function castValueInvalidProvider(): array {
+		return [
+			['123', 'foobar'],
+
+			[null, 'integer'],
+			['abc', 'integer'],
+			['76ggg', 'double'],
+			['true', 'float'],
+			['foobar', 'boolean'],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider castValueInvalidProvider
+	 */
+	public function testCastValueInvalid($value, $type): void {
+		$this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+
+		$this->castHelper->castValue($value, $type);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/SetConfigTest.php b/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/SetConfigTest.php
index 0847a93685ee7..d7ced242eb771 100644
--- a/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/SetConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/Core/Command/Config/System/SetConfigTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Core\Command\Config\System;
 
+use OC\Core\Command\Config\System\CastHelper;
 use OC\Core\Command\Config\System\SetConfig;
 use OC\SystemConfig;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 		$this->consoleOutput = $this->getMockBuilder(OutputInterface::class)->getMock();
 
 		/** @var \OC\SystemConfig $systemConfig */
-		$this->command = new SetConfig($systemConfig);
+		$this->command = new SetConfig($systemConfig, new CastHelper());
 	}