elixir

docker1.20.1glibc66M pulls

Official Docker image for Elixir, a functional, concurrent programming language built on the Erlang VM.

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Usage

Recommended variant

docker pull elixir:1.20.1-slim

slim = Debian-based, glibc, smaller than full — good default for production

Variants

Available tags

elixir:full

elixir:slimglibc

elixir:alpinemusl

Lifecycle

Support & EOL

latest1.20.1

pull size138MB compressed

Known issues

Gotchas

Slim variant reduces size but may lack build tools needed for native extensions.

Alpine variant uses musl libc; can break native NIFs compiled for glibc.

Version pinning recommended; :latest may pull breaking changes.

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