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A Gleam web framework for building HTML templates, single page applications, and real-time server components.
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9 sourcesHIhit8run·Jul 24, 2026
That is a fair question. Probably one could inspiration by https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
In The front end framework for correctness: built on Effect, architected like ElmThe Lustre [0] web framework in Gleam was directly inspired by Elm.
[0] https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
In Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed languageI agree! I have kept an eye on Elm for many years, I think the simplicity and architecture is great, but the language itself never clicked for me.
Then I was made aware of Lustre[1], an Elm inspired web framework in Gleam. I have done two small projects in it now and I really enjoy working with both Lustre and Gleam.
[1] https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
In ClojureScript Gets Async/AwaitI left this comment a while back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45752905 when someone asked what was up with Elm at the current moment. I left a bunch off.
- Evan entered hermit mode to create Acadia, a language for an Elm-like experience querying the database. He's given conference talks about it but none have been recorded. https://acadia.engineering/ This seems to have the same goals as Lamdera.
- Evan hinted that 0.19.2 is coming and has asked for help profiling it https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/help-me-profile-elm-0-19-2-....
In the meantime the ecosystem is getting crazy evolved. Turns out not changing the language under your feet for a few years leads to lots of development with what's currently there. Frameworks like elm-pages allowed for command line utils in Elm like elm-codegen. Elm-review lets you write linting rules
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with autofixes unlike anything I've used in other languages. A few people are writing forks and non-forks that target more than the browser or self-host the compiler. Every backend language I've used with decent types has a package to generate Elm types (and their decoders, and a nice way to interact with the JSON API, and deal with glue code generally).
Literal forks of Elm compiler
- Gren (general purpose lang targeting browser, CLI, servers) https://gren-lang.org/
- Zokka (fixes a few compiler bugs and allows for custom package repos) https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/a-new-zokka-version-bringin...
- Guida (self-hosted compiler) https://guida-lang.org/
Forks that do not ever seek to change the syntax of the language and thus compile .elm files
- Lamdera ("non-fork" fullstack with evergreen migrations) https://dashboard.lamdera.app/docs/starting
- Eco (written in Elm targeting x86 binaries via MLIR and LLVM) https://github.com/eco-lang/eco-runtime
- Elm-run (targeting CLI and servers, self hosted) https://elm-run.dev/roadmap
Languages inspired by it whose creators are big Elm users:
- Roc (general purpose): https://www.roc-lang.org/faq
- Gleam (targets Erlang VM and browser) https://gleam.run/cheatsheets/gleam-for-elm-users/
- Cara https://cara-lang.com/
Things that use the Elm architecture in other languages (linking to pages that mention the connection where possible):
- Foldkit (Typescript) https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/foldkit-the-elm-architectur...
- Iced (Rust): https://book.iced.rs/
- Bubble Tea (Go): https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea
- Lustre (Gleam): https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
- A list of TEA-in-Swift and React in Swift: https://gist.github.com/inamiy/bd257c60e670de8a144b1f97a07ba...
- Redux (Javascript/Typescript): https://redux-toolkit.js.org/rtk-query/comparison
If you read this far and are wondering which to check out, I cannot endorse Lamdera enough. Use the same types from your DB to your frontend and write zero glue code. Migrations required to update the running frontend/backend whenever you change anything. Really changes the way you write code.
This one is likely what they were referring to: https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
In I tried Gleam for Advent of CodeThere isn’t really anything like Phoenix or Django or Rails. There are a set of tools though that are commonly used to build web apps. Lustre is the primary view tool. Wisp is the server. And then squirrel and POG, newer but people seem to like it, are used for sql.
- squirrel: https://github.com/giacomocavalieri/squirrel
- Lustre: https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
- Wisp: https://github.com/gleam-wisp/wisp
In Gleam OTP – Fault Tolerant Multicore Programs with ActorsThis looks really cool. Will have to play with it. Definitively reminds me of Lustre as well. Which if you like Elm you’ll like.
https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre
In Hologram: A full-stack isomorphic Elixir web frameworkLustre: Framework for building Web apps in Gleam
2 points · Open discussionWanted to add to the usual "why is BEAM not more popular" conversation that there is also Gleam [1], which is an up and coming typed language on top of BEAM. It has the more common C-like syntax and a growing ecosystem of libraries, for example Lustre [2]. Unlike Elixir it has a much tighter syntax without all the macro magic. It also does not wrap around Erlang processes and you have to use those directly. To myself I see it as more of a Go for BEAM, although I am sure people would criticize me for making such generalization.
It sucks that syntax matters but it kind of does. I, for one, am somewhat put off by meta-programming and flexibility of Elixir. The idea of having to learn a syntax per-library I struggle to see the benefits of. I have never programmed Ruby or Lisp so perhaps I have not experienced the joy of what Elixir has to off
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[1] https://gleam.run/
[2] https://github.com/lustre-labs/lustre