Can Elixir or Erlang programs be compiled to a standalone binary?

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Mike H-R picture Mike H-R · Aug 6, 2015 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

It says that Elixir has a tool called elixirc and Erlang has a tool called erlc to compile modules for use. It says immediately after this that you can then run code with the elixir command line tool.

Is there a way to compile a binary executable with Elixir or Erlang? (one which I can chmod +x binary_name and then run from the same directory with ./binary_name)

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José Valim picture José Valim · Aug 6, 2015

Escripts support that to some extent but you still need Erlang installed in your machine. See this answer for more information: Elixir or Hex portable package format?

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