From Elixir Blog
Wed, June 3
Elixir v1.20 released: now a gradually typed language
From Elixir v1.20, every program is now gradually type checked in search for verified bugs and typing violations.
Thu, March 19
Lazy BDDs with eager literal differences
This is a follow up to our batch of set-theoretic types optimizations, this time targeting differences.
Thu, February 26
Lazy BDDs with eager literal intersections
This article explores the latest batch of optimizations we did to set-theoretic types and their representation.
Fri, January 9
Type inference of all constructs and the next 15 months
Today we celebrate 15 years since Elixir's first commit! To mark the occasion, we are glad to announce the first release candidate for Elixir v1.20, which performs type inference of all language constructs, with increasing precision.
Tue, December 2
Lazier Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) for set-theoretic types
This article explores the data structures used to represent set-theoretic types and the recent optimizations we have applied to them.
Thu, October 16
Elixir v1.19 released: enhanced type checking and up to 4x faster compilation for large projects
Elixir v1.19 released: type checking of protocols and anonymous functions, broader type inference, improved compile times, and more.
Mon, August 18
Interoperability in 2025: beyond the Erlang VM
We explore the mechanisms for interoperability and portability between Elixir, other programming languages, and runtimes.
Tue, August 5
Take part in the Global Elixir Meetups week
We are launching Global Elixir Meetups - a week where the Elixir community organizes meetups around the world to meet, learn from each other, and discuss everything related to Elixir and the Erlang VM.
Mon, June 2
Elixir Outreach stipend for speakers and trainers
We announce the Elixir Outreach stipend in partnership with Dashbit, Oban, and the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation.
Tue, March 25
Cyanview: Coordinating Super Bowl's visual fidelity with Elixir
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Cyanview.
Wed, February 26
Announcing Elixir OpenChain Certification
The Elixir project now meets OpenChain (ISO/IEC 5230). Each release ships with Source SBoMs in CycloneDX 1.6 and SPDX 2.3, plus attestation.
Tue, January 21
Remote: growing from zero to unicorn with Elixir
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Remote.
Thu, December 19
Elixir v1.18 released: type checking of calls, LSP listeners, built-in JSON, and more
Elixir v1.18 released: type checking of function calls, Language Server listeners, built-in JSON, ExUnit improvements, mix format --migrate, and more.
Wed, August 28
Typing lists and tuples in Elixir
This article explores the design decisions of typing lists and tuples in Elixir within a sound gradual type system.
Thu, August 15
Announcing the official Elixir Language Server team
Announcing the official Elixir Language Server team to work on the code intelligence infrastructure to be used across tools and editors.
Wed, June 12
Elixir v1.17 released: set-theoretic data types, calendar durations, and Erlang/OTP 27 support
Elixir v1.17 released: set-theoretic data types, calendar durations, and Erlang/OTP 27 support.
Tue, March 5
Scaling a streaming service to hundreds of thousands of concurrent viewers at Veeps
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Veeps.
Fri, December 22
Elixir v1.16 released
Elixir v1.16 released with compiler diagnostics and extensive documentation.
Wed, September 20
Strong arrows: a new approach to gradual typing
An introduction to strong arrows and how it leverages the Erlang VM to provide sound gradual typing.
Thu, June 22
Type system updates: moving from research into development
A short status update on the effort to bring a type system into Elixir.
Mon, June 19
Elixir v1.15 released
Elixir v1.15 with improvements to compilation and boot times.
Thu, March 9
Embedded and cloud Elixir for grid-management at Sparkmeter
A case study of how Elixir is being used at SparkMeter.
Thu, December 22
Cheatsheets and 7 other ExDoc features that improve the developer experience
This post explains the motivation behind the new ExDoc Cheatsheet feature. It also highlights other ExDoc features that show how ExDoc has been evolving to make the documentation experience in Elixir better and better.
Wed, October 5
My Future with Elixir: set-theoretic types
We announce and explore the possibilities for bringing set-theoretic types into Elixir.
Thu, September 1
Elixir v1.14 released
Elixir v1.14 is out with a focus on debugging and developer experience.
Fri, December 3
Elixir v1.13 released
Elixir v1.13 is out with a focus on developer tooling.
Wed, November 10
Embracing open data with Elixir at the Ministry of Ecological Transition in France
A case study of how Elixir is being used at the Ministry of Ecological Transition in France.
Thu, July 29
Bootstrapping a multiplayer server with Elixir at X-Plane
A case study of how Elixir is being used at X-Plane.
Wed, June 2
Social virtual spaces with Elixir at Mozilla
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Mozilla.
Wed, May 19
Elixir v1.12 released
Elixir v1.12 is out with improvements to scripting, tighter Erlang/OTP 24 integration, stepped ranges, and dozen of new functions across the standard library.
Fri, April 2
Marketing and sales intelligence with Elixir at PepsiCo
A case study of how Elixir is being used at PepsiCo.
Wed, February 3
Social messaging with Elixir at Community
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Community.
Wed, January 13
Orchestrating computer vision with Elixir at V7
A case study of how Elixir is being used at V7.
Thu, December 10
Integrating travel with Elixir at Duffel
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Duffel.
Tue, November 17
Real-time collaboration with Elixir at Slab
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Slab.
Tue, October 27
Delivering social change with Elixir at Change.org
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Change.org.
Thu, October 8
Real time communication at scale with Elixir at Discord
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Discord.
Tue, October 6
Elixir v1.11 released
Elixir v1.11 is out with improvements to the compiler and tighter integration with Erlang/OTP.
Thu, September 24
PaaS with Elixir at Heroku
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Heroku.
Thu, August 20
Embedded Elixir at Farmbot
A case study of how Elixir is being used at Farmbot.
Mon, January 27
Elixir v1.10 released
Elixir v1.10 is out with standard library, compiler, and releases improvements.
Mon, June 24
Elixir v1.9 released
Elixir v1.9 is out with releases support, improved configuration and more.
Mon, February 25
Mint, a new HTTP client for Elixir
Mint is a new low-level HTTP client that aims to provide a small and functional core that others can build on top.
Mon, January 14
Elixir v1.8 released
Elixir v1.8 comes with many improvements at the infrastructure level, improving compilation time, speeding up common patterns, and adding features around introspection of the system.
Wed, July 25
Elixir v1.7 released
Elixir v1.7 includes many quality of life improvements, focusing on documentation, Logger and ExUnit, as well as a new Elixir Core team member.
Thu, June 28
Google Summer of Code 2018 projects
Once again Elixir is participating in Google Summer of Code 2018. In this post, we'll have a look at the active projects.
Wed, January 17
Elixir v1.6 released
Elixir v1.6 includes a code formatter, defguard, dynamic supervision and new module attributes that improves code quality and the developer experience.
Tue, October 31
StreamData: Property-based testing and data generation
We are working on data generation and property-based testing for the next versions of Elixir.
Tue, July 25
Elixir v1.5 released
Elixir v1.5 integrates with Erlang/OTP 20 and bring changes that improves the language reach and the developer experience.
Thu, January 5
Elixir v1.4 released
Elixir v1.4 brings many improvements to the language, its standard library and the Mix build tool.