r/elixir is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses elixir, phoenix, looking, docker, and tui, 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
Self-Promotion
: "Open sourced my app"
7 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "We had open sourced Firmowid, our internal software for invoicing, time-tracking and more"
3 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Where are y'all hosting your Elixir apps?"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "Thinking about writing a book on production Ash Framework architecture — would this be useful?"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Pragmatic Programmers offers 35% off on all Elixir books (newsletter copy)"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "4 YOE Full-Stack Developer (Elixir/LiveView) struggling to find remote opportunities — what should I do?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/elixir
#1
Elixir
: "An AI agent runtime built in Elixir/OTP, running in 15+ companies for over a year, now open source"
28 posts
#2
Phoenix
: "Texttile: a shared blog editor built with Phoenix, LiveView and SQLite"
6 posts
#3
Looking
5 posts
#4
Docker
3 posts
#5
Tui
3 posts
#6
Job
: "I built a simple but fully functional cron Job monitoring application - didit.run"
2 posts
#7
Ash
: "Thinking about writing a book on production Ash Framework architecture — would this be useful?"
2 posts
#8
Gleam
: "Can you really type message passing on the BEAM - did Gleam just prove it's possible?"
2 posts
#9
Release
: "Released diavasi_client 0.1.0"
2 posts
#10
Ai
1 post
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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Last updated: October 12, 2026