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Elixir

Simple from zero to scale

Elixir is an open-source programming language project on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license (permissive), with 27k stars. It is built with OTP. Its last push was today.

Stars
27k
License
Apache-2.0
Activity
Active
Latest release
v1.20.5

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Developer tool
What it does
The Elixir language, a functional language on the Erlang VM for concurrent, fault-tolerant systems.
Adopt it when
You build real-time or highly concurrent services and want BEAM reliability with friendlier syntax.
Watch out
Smaller hiring pool than mainstream languages.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Command line
Built with
Elixir and Erlang
How established
Established: started 16 years ago, latest release v1.20.5.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

OTP

Follow it down: Elixir → OTP → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

Built on Elixir: 15 projects

  1. 1
    Plausible Analytics plausible

    Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud.

    Complete system Production-ready You want privacy-compliant site analytics that non-technical staff can read at a glance.

    ★ 30k AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed today
  2. 2
    Phoenix phoenixframework

    Peace of mind from prototype to production

    Framework or platform Production-ready You want realtime web apps with high concurrency and are willing to adopt Elixir.

    ★ 23k MIT Elixir Active, pushed today
  3. 3
    TeslaMate teslamate-org

    A self-hosted data logger for your Tesla 🚘 [main maintainer=@JakobLichterfeld]

    Complete system Production-ready You own a Tesla and want detailed history of trips, charging costs and battery health on your own server.

    ★ 9.2k AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed today
  4. 4
    Keila pentacent

    Open Source Newsletter Tool.

    Complete system Usable You want a simple self-hosted or EU-hosted alternative to Mailchimp for newsletters.

    ★ 2.3k AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed 2 days ago
  5. 5
    Craftplan puemos

    Self-hosted software for managing artisanal D2C micro-businesses

    Complete system Usable A small food, cosmetics or craft producer selling direct wants self-hosted production and inventory planning in one tool.

    ★ 1.2k AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed 5 days ago
  6. 6
    Midarr-server midarrlabs

    🔥Midarr, the minimal lightweight media server.

    Complete system Usable You already run Radarr and Sonarr and want a lighter front end than Plex or Jellyfin for a few users.

    ★ 1.4k MIT Elixir Slowing, pushed 8 months ago
  7. 7
    Tymeslot Tymeslot

    Open-source meeting scheduling platform built with Elixir/Phoenix LiveView. Self-host or use the managed cloud at tymeslot.app.

    Complete system Usable A European business wants self-hostable scheduling without gated features.

    ★ 288 AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed 3 days ago
  8. 8
    Tower mimiquate

    🏰 Vendor-Neutral Exception/Error Tracking/Reporting/Monitoring in Elixir

    Building block Usable Your Elixir app should report errors without tying code to one error-tracking vendor.

    ★ 200 Apache-2.0 Elixir Active, pushed 13 days ago
  9. 9
    Boruta-server malach-it

    Identity and Access Management server, manage authentication, authorization and access control up to decentralized identity

    Complete system Experimental You run Elixir infrastructure or need verifiable credentials and want an auth server in the same ecosystem.

    ★ 194 Apache-2.0 Elixir Active, pushed today
  10. 10
    Papercups papercups-io

    Open-source live customer chat

    Complete system Usable You already run it and it covers your needs.

    ★ 6.1k MIT Elixir Quiet, pushed 3 years ago
  11. 11
    Wraft wraft

    Wraft is an open-source Document Lifecycle Management platform.

    Complete system Experimental A company producing many contracts or proposals wants templated authoring and approvals on its own server.

    ★ 167 AGPL-3.0 Elixir Active, pushed 31 days ago
  12. 12
    Mjml_nif adoptoposs

    Elixir NIF bindings for the MJML Rust implementation (mrml)

    Building block Usable Your Elixir or Phoenix app sends MJML emails and you want them compiled natively.

    ★ 144 MIT Elixir Active, pushed 5 days ago
  13. 13
    FunWithFlags tompave

    Feature Flags/Toggles for Elixir

    Building block Production-ready You build in Elixir or Phoenix and want flags without an external service.

    ★ 1.2k MIT Elixir Quiet, pushed 14 months ago
  14. 14
    Git.limo redrabbit

    A Git source code management tool powered by Elixir with easy installation & high extensibility.

    Complete system Experimental You are an Elixir shop interested in experimenting with a hackable Git server.

    ★ 515 MIT Elixir Quiet, pushed 14 months ago
  15. 15
    Gringotts aviabird

    A complete payment library for Elixir and Phoenix Framework

    Building block Experimental You are on Elixir and need multi-gateway card payments without writing each integration.

    ★ 503 MIT Elixir Quiet, pushed 2 years ago

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Stars, license and activity come from GitHub and refresh on a rolling hourly schedule. The project's own description is quoted as written.