r/elixir is a subreddit with 40k members. The most common kinds of discussions are self-promotion and advice 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
: "Hiring two Elixir devs"
7 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "[Extremely basic question] IEx not returning True or False results on Windows PowerShell?"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Speeding up a Phoenix LiveView web app with a CDN"
5 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "What's your biggest pain point with Elixir?"
2 posts
#5
Ideas
: "Thinking about writing a book on production Ash Framework architecture — would this be useful?"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "Pragmatic Programmers offers 35% off on all Elixir books (newsletter copy)"
1 post
#7
Opportunities
: "Code BEAM Europe 2026 is looking for volunteers"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/elixir
#1
Elixir
: "My MMORPG uses Elixir as the backend! Elixir can be powerful for programming game AI! "
40 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"
11 posts
#3
Looking
5 posts
#4
Docker
3 posts
#5
Tui
3 posts
#6
Beam
: "PON-Beam: a complete re-architecture of the Erlang/OTP Virtual Machine using the Notification-Oriented Paradigm (PON)"
3 posts
#7
Job
: "I built a simple but fully functional cron Job monitoring application - didit.run"
2 posts
#8
Ai
: "My MMORPG uses Elixir as the backend! Elixir can be powerful for programming game Ai! "
2 posts
#9
Observer
: "Voyager - a modern alternative to Observer"
2 posts
#10
Voyager
: "Voyager - a modern alternative to Observer"
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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Last updated: September 14, 2026