# Phoenix

Elixir web framework for server-rendered and real-time web applications, with LiveView for interactive pages.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/phoenix/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.phoenixframework.org
- repository: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix
- docs: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm
- x: https://twitter.com/elixirphoenix
- discord: https://discord.gg/elixir
- forum: https://elixirforum.com/c/phoenix-forum

### Identity

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

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: postgres, mysql, sqlserver, sqlite
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: heex
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: mix archive.install hex phx_new, mix phx.new

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 23189
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1488
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 87
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/overview.html (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://hex.pm/api/packages/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://hex.pm/api/packages/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55629889 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/overview.html (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/components.html (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://www.phoenixframework.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://phoenix.hexdocs.pm/installation.html (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/phoenixframework/phoenix/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/deployment.html (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Phoenix is a web framework written in Elixir that runs on the BEAM virtual machine. Pages are rendered on the server with HEEx templates, and LiveView, which ships as a separate package, adds interactive pages. The phx.new generator creates a project, and mix phx.gen.release --docker writes a Dockerfile for a release build. A running application is a long-running BEAM process, started with mix phx.server or as a release. The Phoenix documentation recommends PostgreSQL, though other databases work and a project can run without one.

## Worth knowing

A production release needs SECRET_KEY_BASE and DATABASE_URL set in the environment. Phoenix applies bug fixes only to the latest minor branch, and security patches cover the last four minor branches.

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