Mix
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The facts
Each one read from Mix's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build environments
- Mix provides `:dev`, `:test`, and `:prod` environments by default.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Build targets
- Mix supports targets for compiling projects for different architectures.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Compile
- `mix compile` runs the project's registered compilers and checks that dependencies are compiled and the project is up to date.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Cross compilation
- Mix supports compilation targets, with `:host` as the default target.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Default tasks
- Mix provides command-line tasks including `mix compile`, `mix test`, and `mix run`.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- Mix manages dependencies and integrates with the Hex package manager.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Dependency integration
- Mix manages project dependencies and integrates with the Hex package manager.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Dependency resolution
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Environments
- Mix provides `:dev`, `:test`, and `:prod` environments by default.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- Projects can add custom Mix tasks that are invoked from the command line.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Extensible tasks
- Projects can add custom Mix tasks that users invoke from the command line.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Install requirement
- Elixir v1.20.4 requires Erlang 27.0 or later.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The Elixir source code is under the Apache 2 License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Lockfile support
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Offline installation
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Package formats
- Hex packages,Git dependencies,local path dependencies,Rebar3 projects,Make projectschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Private registry auth
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Project setup
- The documentation recommends starting a project with `mix new my_project`.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Mix is a build tool for creating, compiling, and testing Elixir projects and managing their dependencies.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Release
- Mix includes a task for assembling releases that can be deployed to production.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Release packaging
- Mix includes a release task for assembling an application release.checked 10 Oct 2026
- Security configuration
- Mix and Hex use the operating system's default certificates for downloads, and Mix documents how to configure alternate CA certificates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported installation systems
- Elixir installation instructions cover macOS, GNU/Linux, BSD, and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker and history
- José Valim created Elixir in 2012, and the Elixir Team maintains its source code.checked 11 Oct 2026
