Hex
A package manager for the Erlang ecosystem
Hex is an open-source package manager for the Erlang ecosystem, supporting Elixir, Erlang, and Gleam projects. It allows developers to fetch, publish, and manage dependencies with tools like Mix and Rebar3. Hex also offers private package hosting for organizations through a paid tier.
Developers declare dependencies in their project config files and Hex resolves, fetches, and publishes packages from a central registry.
Erlang, Elixir, and Gleam developers
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
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