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bitwalker/distillery

Simplify deployments in Elixir with OTP releases! observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/bitwalker/distillery · Elixir · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3702
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 759
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2953 stars · 398 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Distillery is a pure-Elixir tool that packages Mix projects into self-contained Erlang/OTP releases deployable without an Erlang/Elixir installation. It is now deprecated, as its functionality was integrated into Mix Releases in Elixir 1.9.

Use cases

  • package an Elixir app as a standalone OTP release
  • deploy Elixir without installing Erlang on the target
  • build self-contained release artifacts for Phoenix apps
  • create release tarballs for server deployment

When to choose

  • you are stuck on Elixir < 1.9 and cannot use Mix Releases
  • you maintain a legacy project already configured for Distillery

When to avoid

  • you are on Elixir 1.9 or newer - use built-in Mix Releases instead
  • you need actively maintained tooling or security fixes

Facets

cli-tool · maturity abandoned

deployment build-tool cli backend developer-tools elixir cross-platform otp-releases elixir mix deprecated packaging devops linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
bitwalker/distillerymain32

For agents

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