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

Hexpm is the API server and website powering hex.pm, the package registry for the Erlang ecosystem (Elixir, Erlang, Gleam). It handles package publishing, dependency resolution, documentation hosting, private organizations, and supply-chain features like dependency cooldowns and signed policies.

Use cases

• host a private package registry for Elixir packages
• publish and distribute Elixir or Erlang libraries
• search and resolve package dependencies for Mix or Rebar3 projects
• protect against supply-chain attacks with dependency cooldowns and policies
• self-host a mirror of hex.pm packages
• manage private packages for a team with organizations

When to choose

• you need a package registry for Elixir, Erlang, or Gleam projects
• you want private package hosting with organization-based access control
• you need dependency policies, cooldowns, or package mirroring for supply-chain security

When to avoid

• you need a package manager for ecosystems outside the BEAM (npm, PyPI, crates.io)
• you want a simple client-side dependency tool without running server infrastructure

Facets

service · maturity active

package-manager api-framework http-server search-engine developer-tools programming-languages apis web-development security self-hosted elixir hex-pm package-registry elixir erlang gleam mix rebar3 phoenix dependency-management supply-chain-security web-server docker linux

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