r/elixir is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses elixir, phoenix, liveview, looking, and websocket, and they frequently recommend/review ide, learning resources, and libraries.
Subreddit for the Elixir programming language, a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications. Learn more at https://elixir-lang.org.
Popular Themes in r/elixir
#1
Advice Requests
: "Where do Elixir devs find good remote jobs?"
7 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Hyper - distributed Firecracker microVM orchestrator written in Elixir"
6 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Announcing AshStorage"
4 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Elixir job market is a desert right now, what happens?"
3 posts
#5
Solution Requests
: "Elixir noob here. I'd like to know the proper, or other, ways to solve a small problem."
2 posts
#6
Opportunities
: "Code BEAM Europe 2026 is looking for volunteers"
1 post
#7
News
: "WhatsApp ran the BEAM JIT from master in production 9 months before OTP 24 shipped - what did that actually look like from the inside?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/elixir
#1
Elixir
: "My MMORPG uses Elixir as the backend! Elixir can be powerful for programming game AI! "
57 posts
#2
Phoenix
: "PopsicleBoat: a small social site I've been building solo with Phoenix/LiveView for ~9 years, runs for about a dinner a month"
16 posts
#3
Liveview
: "LiveStash: Persisting Liveview state across WebSocket reconnections"
8 posts
#4
Looking
6 posts
#5
Websocket
: "LiveStash: Persisting LiveView state across Websocket reconnections"
4 posts
#6
Docker
: "Tired of SSH-ing to tail Docker logs on 3 different servers, I built a TUI in Elixir"
3 posts
#7
Tui
: "Got tired of opening the browser for hex.pm, so I built a Tui"
3 posts
#8
Struggling
2 posts
#9
Ai
: "My MMORPG uses Elixir as the backend! Elixir can be powerful for programming game Ai! "
2 posts
#10
Reactor
: "Reactor is kinda amazing !"
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/elixir
Ide
14 reviews
#1
Visual Studio Code
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Zed
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
VSCode
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Learning Resources
5 reviews
#1
Manning Publications
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Pragmatic Bookshelf
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
runelixir.com
4.0★ from 1 review
Libraries
3 reviews
#1
Fluxon UI
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Daisy
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Tailwind UI
4.0★ from 1 review
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+4k members(10.2%)
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Last updated: August 21, 2026