# Ecto

Toolkit for data mapping and language integrated query in Elixir, with a query DSL and adapters for SQL databases.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/ecto/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://hexdocs.pm/ecto
- repository: https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto
- docs: https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/getting-started.html

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dashbit
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: library
- hosting: elixir
- language: elixir
- runtime: beam
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: postgres, mysql, sqlserver, sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
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- installMethod: mix (Hex package)

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-11-04

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 6500
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 420
- pluginCount: unknown
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- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

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## Notes

Ecto is a toolkit for data mapping and language integrated query in Elixir. Schemas define the fields of a struct, and queries are written with Ecto.Query and run through a repository module. Databases are reached through adapter packages that a project adds to its mix.exs beside Ecto; the README's table lists adapters for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, SQLite3 and ClickHouse.

Ecto is also used to map data from any source into Elixir structs, whether or not a database backs it.

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