# placid

Elixir REST toolkit for building HTTP APIs, built on Plug.

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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/slogsdon/placid
- docs: https://placid.hexdocs.pm/readme.html

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Shane Logsdon
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: unknown

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2017-01-25

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 193
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 2
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://placid.hexdocs.pm/readme.html (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/slogsdon/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/slogsdon/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid/releases/0.3.0 (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/slogsdon/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/slogsdon/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://hex.pm/api/packages/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/slogsdon/placid (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/slogsdon/placid/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Placid is an Elixir REST toolkit for building HTTP APIs, built on Plug. The package is published on Hex under the name placid, and the source is on GitHub under the MIT License.

## Worth knowing

The README and the hexdocs pages give no installation steps. The README's TODO list is still open, and several of its sections describe planned behavior rather than shipped code.

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