erlang

{
  "aliases": [
    "erlang@29"
  ],
  "alternatives": [
    "Go",
    "Akka",
    "Node.js",
    "Rust"
  ],
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  "categories": [
    "language-runtime",
    "interpreter"
  ],
  "caveats": "Man pages can be found in:\n  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/erlang/lib/erlang/man\n\nAccess them with `erl -man`, or add this directory to MANPATH.\n",
  "conflicts_with": [],
  "dependencies": [
    "openssl@3",
    "unixodbc",
    "wxwidgets@3.2"
  ],
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  "deprecation_reason": null,
  "desc": "Programming language for highly scalable real-time systems",
  "disable_reason": null,
  "disabled": 0,
  "enrichment_fetched_at": "2026-06-20T23:37:22+00:00",
  "first_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
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  "github_last_commit_at": null,
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  "homepage": "https://www.erlang.org/",
  "homepage_og_description": "The official home of the Erlang Programming Language",
  "homepage_og_image": "https://www.erlang.org/assets/img/erlang-228x200.png",
  "homepage_title": "Index - Erlang/OTP",
  "installs_30d": 6549,
  "installs_365d": 70011,
  "installs_90d": 16399,
  "keg_only": 0,
  "keg_only_reason": null,
  "last_seen": "2026-06-20T23:34:18+00:00",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "llm_generated_at": "2026-06-20T23:45:09+00:00",
  "llm_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
  "name": "erlang",
  "oldnames": [],
  "one_liner": "Erlang is a functional programming language runtime for building distributed, fault-tolerant, real-time systems.",
  "optional_dependencies": [],
  "rank_30d": 485,
  "rank_365d": 538,
  "rank_90d": 612,
  "raw_hash": "e141f3d206ef9f5e",
  "recommended_dependencies": [],
  "revision": 0,
  "ruby_source_path": "Formula/e/erlang.rb",
  "tap": "homebrew/core",
  "test_dependencies": [],
  "uses_from_macos": [
    {
      "libxslt": "build"
    },
    "ncurses"
  ],
  "version_head": "HEAD",
  "version_stable": "29.0.2",
  "versioned_formulae": [
    "erlang@28",
    "erlang@27",
    "erlang@26",
    "erlang@25",
    "erlang@24"
  ],
  "why_use_this": "Erlang powers telecom and messaging systems requiring extreme uptime and concurrency (via the BEAM VM\u0027s lightweight processes). Use it if you need hot code reloading, transparent distribution across nodes, or pattern-matching-first development. The ecosystem (OTP, Elixir language) and battle-tested fault tolerance make it the go-to for systems that must not fail."
}