Trending Erlang Projects

This page lists the top trending Erlang projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending Erlang Projects

  1. popcorn

    Running Elixir in the browser

  2. AtomVM

    Tiny Erlang VM

  3. bitcask

    because you need another a key/value storage engine (by basho)

  4. wings

    Wings3D is an advanced sub-division 3D modeller. (by dgud)

  5. gen_smtp

    The extensible Erlang SMTP client and server library.

  6. gun

    HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, Websocket client (and more) for Erlang/OTP. (by ninenines)

  7. emqx

    The most scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT and connected vehicles

  8. arweave

    The Arweave server and App Developer Toolkit.

  9. Kazoo

    The core of an open-source, distributed, highly scalable platform designed to provide robust telecom services (by 2600hz)

  10. telemetry

    Dynamic dispatching library for metrics and instrumentations.

  11. flake

    A decentralized, k-ordered id generation service in Erlang (by boundary)

  12. luerl

    Lua in Erlang

  13. mtproto_proxy

    High performance Erlang MTProto proxy that powers https://t.me/socksy_bot

  14. gproc

    Extended process registry for Erlang

  15. ra

    A Multi-Raft implementation for Erlang and Elixir that strives to be efficient and make it easier to use multiple Raft clusters in a single system.

  16. lfe

    Lisp Flavoured Erlang (LFE)

  17. vernemq

    A distributed MQTT message broker based on Erlang/OTP. Built for high quality & Industrial use cases. The VerneMQ mission is active & the project maintained. Thank you for your support!

  18. otp

    Erlang/OTP

  19. relx

    Sane, simple release creation for Erlang

  20. partisan

    High-performance, high-scalability distributed computing for the BEAM.

  21. MongooseIM

    MongooseIM is Erlang Solutions' robust, scalable and efficient XMPP server, aimed at large installations. Specifically designed for enterprise purposes, it is fault-tolerant and can utilise the resources of multiple clustered machines.

  22. Rebar3

    Erlang build tool that makes it easy to compile and test Erlang applications and releases.

  23. proper

    PropEr: a QuickCheck-inspired property-based testing tool for Erlang

  24. hamler

    Haskell-style functional programming language running on Erlang VM.

  25. emqtt-bench

    Lightweight MQTT benchmark tool written in Erlang

  26. waraft

    An Erlang implementation of RAFT from WhatsApp

  27. ranch

    Socket acceptor pool for TCP protocols.

  28. CouchDB

    Seamless multi-primary syncing database with an intuitive HTTP/JSON API, designed for reliability

  29. syn

    A scalable global Process Registry and Process Group manager for Erlang and Elixir. (by ostinelli)

  30. ejabberd

    Robust, Ubiquitous and Massively Scalable Messaging Platform (XMPP, MQTT, SIP Server)

  31. theBeamBook

    A description of the Erlang Runtime System ERTS and the virtual Machine BEAM.

  32. observer_cli

    Visualize Erlang/Elixir Nodes On The Command Line

  33. cowboy

    Small, fast, modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP.

  34. mochiweb

    MochiWeb is an Erlang library for building lightweight HTTP servers.

  35. clojerl

    Clojure for the Erlang VM (unofficial)

  36. edis

    An Erlang implementation of Redis

  37. exometer

    Basic measurement objects and probe behavior

  38. riak_cs

    Riak CS is simple, available cloud storage built on Riak.

  39. erlcloud

    AWS APIs library for Erlang (Amazon EC2, S3, SQS, DDB, ELB and etc)

  40. elli

    Simple, robust and performant Erlang web server

  41. Riak KV

    Riak Key/Value Store

  42. brod

    Apache Kafka client library for Erlang/Elixir

  43. jsx

    an erlang application for consuming, producing and manipulating json. inspired by yajl (by talentdeficit)

  44. meck

    A mocking library for Erlang

  45. aeternity

    æternity blockchain - scalable blockchain for the people - smart contracts, state channels, names, tokens

  46. riak_core

    Distributed systems infrastructure used by Riak.

  47. hackney

    simple HTTP client in Erlang

  48. alpaca

    Functional programming inspired by ML for the Erlang VM

  49. webmachine

    A REST-based system for building web applications.

  50. LeoFS

    The LeoFS Storage System

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source Erlang projects? This list will help you:

# Project Growth
1 popcorn 4.5%
2 AtomVM 1.8%
3 bitcask 1.4%
4 wings 0.9%
5 gen_smtp 0.8%
6 gun 0.7%
7 emqx 0.7%
8 arweave 0.7%
9 Kazoo 0.6%
10 telemetry 0.5%
11 flake 0.5%
12 luerl 0.5%
13 mtproto_proxy 0.5%
14 gproc 0.5%
15 ra 0.4%
16 lfe 0.4%
17 vernemq 0.4%
18 otp 0.3%
19 relx 0.3%
20 partisan 0.3%
21 MongooseIM 0.2%
22 Rebar3 0.2%
23 proper 0.2%
24 hamler 0.2%
25 emqtt-bench 0.2%
26 waraft 0.2%
27 ranch 0.2%
28 CouchDB 0.1%
29 syn 0.1%
30 ejabberd 0.1%
31 theBeamBook 0.1%
32 observer_cli 0.1%
33 cowboy 0.1%
34 mochiweb 0.1%
35 clojerl 0.0%
36 edis 0.0%
37 exometer 0.0%
38 riak_cs 0.0%
39 erlcloud 0.0%
40 elli 0.0%
41 Riak KV 0.0%
42 brod 0.0%
43 jsx 0.0%
44 meck 0.0%
45 aeternity 0.0%
46 riak_core 0.0%
47 hackney 0.0%
48 alpaca 0.0%
49 webmachine 0.0%
50 LeoFS 0.0%

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