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.

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.

Dec 19, 2024 · In summary, this release takes us further in our journey of providing type checking and type inference of existing Elixir programs, without requiring Elixir developers to explicitly …

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.

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 …

Aug 15, 2024 · Most recently, Elixir v1.17 shipped with new APIs to help developers emulate the compiler behaviour. Our goal is to make these building blocks available for all Elixir …

Aug 18, 2025 · We explore the mechanisms for interoperability and portability between Elixir, other programming languages, and runtimes.

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 …

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Oct 16, 2025 · Elixir v1.19 released: type checking of protocols and anonymous functions, broader type inference, improved compile times, and more