elixir-lang/elixir
Simple from zero to scale observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
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: 13
- age_days: 5715
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
26613 stars · 3669 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Elixir is a dynamic, functional programming language built on the Erlang VM (BEAM), designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. It ships with a standard library, build tool (Mix), test framework (ExUnit), interactive shell (IEx), templating (EEx), and a gradual type system.
Use cases
- build scalable web applications
- learn a functional programming language
- build fault-tolerant distributed systems
- real-time messaging and chat backends
- embedded and IoT development
- machine learning with GPU support via Numerical Elixir
When to choose
- you need highly concurrent, fault-tolerant services on the BEAM
- you want a productive language with built-in tooling (Mix, ExUnit, formatter)
- you are building real-time or message-oriented systems
- you want a language that scales from solo projects to large teams
When to avoid
- you need a language with a huge general-purpose ecosystem outside web/distributed domains
- your team depends on CPU-bound single-threaded performance rather than concurrency
- you require tight low-level control or C-level performance
Facets
library · maturity stable
programming-language compiler build-tool testing templating logging package-manager formatter programming-languages web-development microservices developer-tools cross-platform windows bsd cross-platform cli elixir erlang beam functional-programming concurrency fault-tolerance mix exunit scalable-applications linux macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir · fetched 2026-08-28 · 25a93da16aef
- homepage: https://elixir-lang.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1d78f2c87b5b
- site_page: https://elixir-lang.org/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 036479bee24c
- site_page: https://elixir-lang.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · acb15941abed
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| elixir-lang/elixir | main | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="elixir-lang/elixir")
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