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elm
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Haskell2012–2026
elm / compiler

compiler

Compiler for Elm, a functional language for reliable webapps.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Compiler for Elm, a functional language for reliable webapps.

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

  • elm/core · linked in 2 of the same discussions

Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:04:58 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year60 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2012-05-03 21:15:25 UTC to 2026-08-25 11:45:26 UTC.

0510152012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 2 submissions, 6 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 15 mentions; 1 submissions, 14 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC826
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC15114
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211

What Hacker News says

5 sources
1-more·Nov 3, 2022
> Elm is stagnant. There's been no release since October 2019. It's a problem because there are known bugs. There are. I have never encountered them in my life but yeah there are. Fork it if they're really holding you back > Elm is also unstable; there's no guarantee Evan won't break things in the next release. I'm showing my privilege as someone who started with elm with 0.19 after all the big emergent patterns had emerged, but here goes: the FFI workaround that was broken from 18 to 19 was telegraphed for years. Earliest mention about it being disfavored I can find is from 2015 [1]. Conversely with 0.19.1 we get "If you like what you see now, that's pretty much what Elm is going to be for a while." [2] Ports and Custom elements make it such a non-issue to interact with JS while keeping your state in elm that it's just never held me back
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shrug. > It's a bad combination. A fork could in theory fix this. Has anyone done it, though? Gren, Derw, and eventually Roc compiled to JS/WASM could all do it I guess. Remains to be seen, but it's a very exciting space right now. It's a bit like The Velvet Underground: they only sold 20k records, but everyone who bought a copy started a band (or so the saying goes). [1] https://groups.google.com/g/elm-dev/c/1JW6wknkDIo/m/H9ZnS71B... [2] https://github.com/elm/compiler/blob/master/roadmap.md
In SVGs as Elm Code
felixguendling·May 23, 2022Submission

Ask HN: Is Elm Dead?

Elm looked very promising when it was new and made continuous progress for a while. But now the GitHub repositories don't show activity anymore. https://github.com/elm/compiler Web technology is still moving fast and Elm just stopped. The version number indicates that it's still unstable (breaking changes expected). The number of participants in 'State of Elm' also indicate declining interest: https://state-of-elm.lamdera.app/ Some ideas are really nice, so it would be a bummer if it dies. Did I miss something?
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