Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications. Elixir runs on the Erlang VM, known for creating low-latency, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems.

Meet Elixir, a modern, functional, concurrent language built on the rock-solid Erlang VM. Elixir’s pragmatic syntax and built-in support for metaprogramming will make you productive and keep you …

The Elixir programming language is broken into 6 applications. The links below reference the documentation for the modules and functions in each of those applications.

Erlang/Elixir Syntax: A Crash Course This is a quick introduction to the Elixir syntax for Erlang developers and vice-versa. It is the absolute minimum amount of knowledge you need in order to …

Elixir’s goal is to be a productive and extensible language for writing maintainable and reliable software. Elixir runs on top of the Erlang Virtual Machine, which provides a scalable and fault-tolerant foundation.

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Dec 19, 2024 · Elixir v1.18 is an impressive release with improvements across the two main efforts happening within the Elixir ecosystem right now: set-theoretic types and language servers.

The latest Elixir release is named lang/elixir-devel. The default Elixir, lang/elixir, may lag slightly as dependent ports are often not able to be updated to the newest Elixir release immediately.

Jun 2, 2025 · We have finally released Elixir v0.6.0! This release includes a build tool called Mix, support for Erlang typespecs, many improvements to IEx and improved IO, File and Macro support.

Aug 28, 2024 · This article explores the design decisions of typing lists and tuples in Elixir within a sound gradual type system