# Wisp

Web framework for Gleam that handles HTTP requests with handlers and middleware, running on the Erlang runtime.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://gleam-wisp.github.io/wisp/
- repository: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp
- docs: https://hexdocs.pm/wisp

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Louis Pilfold
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2023
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: gleam add wisp_mist, with the Mist adapter package

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-27

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1494
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 44
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://gleam-wisp.github.io/wisp/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/main/LICENCE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://gleam-wisp.github.io/wisp/ (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/wisp_mist/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/wisp_ewe/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/rawhat/mist/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/wisp_mist/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gleam-wisp/wisp/main/LICENCE (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://hex.pm/api/packages/wisp (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/gleam-wisp/wisp/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Wisp is a web framework for the Gleam language, built around handlers and middleware. A handler is a function that takes an HTTP request and returns a response, and middleware is a function that takes a response-returning function and wraps it, so one handler can be combined with logging, static file serving and other steps. The framework runs through an adapter package: wisp_mist starts the Mist web server inside the application's own program, and the README example keeps that program running to serve requests. A second adapter, wisp_ewe, is in the same repository.

## Worth knowing

The server runs as a long-running process started by the application.

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