Locker
By zmeyer44
cachex
A powerful caching library for Elixir with support for transactions, fallbacks and expirations (by whitfin)
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Locker
Posts with mentions or reviews of Locker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-04-21.
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A Developer Built an Open-Source Dropbox on a Dare. Here's How to Self-Host It.
A few weeks ago, @swyx nerd-sniped @zachmeyer into building an open-source Dropbox. Zach took it seriously, and the result is Locker: a self-hostable file storage platform that covers most of what you'd actually use Dropbox or Google Drive for, without the subscription or lock-in.
- Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
- Show HN: I built an Open-source Dropbox/Google Drive BOYB(Bring your own bucket)
cachex
Posts with mentions or reviews of cachex.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-18.
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Multi-Layered Caching with Decorators in Elixir: Optimizing Performance and Scalability
Cachex, the most popular Elixir caching library, offers a clustered cache option but lacks support for dynamic node configuration. This limitation becomes evident in environments like Fly.io, where nodes scale dynamically and their addresses aren’t known at startup. Engaging with the Fly.io community led me to an open issue on Cachex’s GitHub regarding dynamic node configuration. This search introduced me to Nebulex, a feature-rich library supporting multiple cache stores, including Cachex and Redis.
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Optimizing Elixir Phoenix action with huge json response by responding by cached, gzipped values.
By integrating cachex into our system, we're now able to optimize the loading process, providing users with a smoother experience while still benefiting from offline accessibility. Stay tuned as I delve deeper into the caching practices that helped us enhance the performance of our Phoenix Controller actions with JSON responses.
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Should I use ETS or a GenServer when I just need a K/V store
There's also ConCache or Cachex which will handle the clunky ETS interface for you.
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try-catch vs "let it crash"
I have a web application which uses cowboy and cachex every so often cachex errors, which means my server returns a 500.
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Show HN: Hackernews-style stock news (from 40 sources)
Thanks @kuzee! Much appreciated :)
I appreciate that info on LiveView, I plan on digging into it!
The public-facing pages of this site aren't currently using LiveView, but I see it on the horizon.
For speed considerations, I'm actually caching news stories in memory using the excellent Cachex (https://github.com/whitfin/cachex) library.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Locker and cachex you can also consider the following projects:
gen_spoxy - **DEPRECATED** caching made fun!
Nebulex - In-memory and distributed caching toolkit for Elixir.
Mem - KV cache with TTL, Replacement and Persistence support
con_cache - ets based key/value cache with row level isolated writes and ttl support
Haphazard - A configurable plug for caching
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