# Elm

Functional language for reliable web applications, compiled to HTML or JavaScript.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/elm/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://elm-lang.org/
- repository: https://github.com/elm/compiler
- docs: https://guide.elm-lang.org/
- x: https://twitter.com/elmlang
- forum: https://discourse.elm-lang.org/
- subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/elm

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Evan Czaplicki
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: static
- language: elm
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static, browser
- renderingModes: spa
- installMethod: installer

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-02

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 7923
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 87
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 70
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/elm/elm-lang.org/blob/master/pages/home.elm (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/elm/compiler (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://guide.elm-lang.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/elm/elm-lang.org/blob/master/pages/news.elm (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://guide.elm-lang.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://guide.elm-lang.org/install/elm.html (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/main/installers/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/ (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/ (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/elm/compiler (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/elm/compiler (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/elm/compiler/releases/tag/0.19.3 (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/elm/compiler/releases/tag/0.19.3 (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/elm/compiler (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://github.com/elm/compiler (read 2026-10-26)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://guide.elm-lang.org/ (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://guide.elm-lang.org/webapps/ (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Elm is a functional language that compiles to JavaScript, for building websites and web apps. Programs follow The Elm Architecture. The elm command compiles them either to an index.html file or to a JavaScript file that a custom HTML page loads and starts, and the output is served like any other HTML file.

The compiler is a single executable file, installed from the Mac and Windows installers or downloaded directly. Packages live at package.elm-lang.org. The guide's JavaScript Interop chapter names flags, ports and custom elements for working with JavaScript.

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