bake-bake-bake/bakeware

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived no_license

Adoption not part of the score

1418 stars · 46 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bakeware is a build tool that extends Mix releases to package Elixir applications into single, self-contained executable binaries with the Erlang runtime embedded, so they run on machines without Elixir or Erlang installed. It supports macOS, Linux, and Windows, applies Zstandard compression for smaller binaries, and offers optional auto-update support, but the README states it is no longer maintained in favor of Burrito.

Use cases

• compile an elixir application into a single executable binary
• distribute an elixir program without requiring users to install erlang or elixir
• package a mix release as a standalone executable
• ship a phoenix application as one copyable binary
• build a self-contained command-line tool in elixir
• reduce the size of distributed binaries with zstd compression

When to choose

• You are maintaining a legacy project already assembled with Bakeware and need to keep producing its binaries
• You need a quick, dependency-free way to turn a Mix release into a single binary on macOS, Linux, or Windows and explicitly accept that the tool is unmaintained

When to avoid

• You are starting new work - the README explicitly says Bakeware is no longer maintained and directs users to Burrito
• You need ongoing fixes, security updates, or long-term support for your packaging toolchain
• You need BSD support, which the project only hinted might work and never committed to
• You need mature, production-ready auto-update functionality, which was still a work in progress

Facets

library · maturity abandoned

build-tool deployment compression developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform elixir erlang mix-release single-executable self-contained-binary packaging zstandard hex-package unmaintained successor-burrito command-line linux macos

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