Elixir
Dynamic, functional language for scalable applications on the BEAM
1 member lists Elixir, up 1 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 25 October 2026
Members who list Elixir in their Stack, by week.
Be the first to add Elixir
Only test accounts list Elixir so far. Add it to your stack and you're the first member running it.
Hacker News mentions: 2 mentions (2007) to 117 mentions (2026)
Imported from Hacker News mentions
Homebrew analytics installs: 3,650 installs (2026) to 1,743 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 2 questions (2012) to 0 questions (2026)
Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer
Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 1.04 % of respondents (2017) to 2.67 % of respondents (2025)
Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey
Wikipedia pageviews: 5,769 views (2015) to 6,483 views (2026)
Imported from Wikipedia pageviews
About Elixir
Elixir is a dynamic, functional programming language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. It runs on the Erlang VM, which provides decades of reliability and fault-tolerance. The language supports vertical scaling on multi-core machines and horizontal scaling across distributed nodes, making it suitable for message-oriented and real-time web systems. Developers use Elixir for web development, embedded systems, machine learning, data processing, and IoT applications.
Elixir is developed by José Valim and distributed under the Apache Software License 2.0. The language includes a package manager, code formatter, and interactive tools like an interactive shell and notebooks for rapid development and debugging. It features immutability and memory safety, along with a gradual type system to help developers write code that recovers from failures and remains maintainable as projects grow.
Checked 23 October 2026.
@gen_type_safe