A simple, robust, and performant Erlang web server designed specifically for building HTTP APIs.
Elli is an Erlang-based web server optimized for serving HTTP APIs, offering a lightweight and efficient alternative to more complex web servers. It focuses on providing essential features for API development while maintaining high performance and reliability, built on Erlang/OTP principles for fault tolerance.
Erlang developers building production-ready HTTP APIs who need a simple, high-performance web server. It's suited for those working in concurrent environments requiring fault tolerance and low latency.
Developers choose Elli for its clean, minimal interface and optimization specifically for HTTP API serving, avoiding unnecessary complexity. Its unique selling point is combining Erlang/OTP robustness with a lightweight design focused on API scenarios.
Simple, robust and performant Erlang web server
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Offers a clean and minimal interface that's easy to learn and integrate, as emphasized in its focus on essential features for API development.
Built on Erlang/OTP principles, ensuring fault tolerance and high availability in concurrent environments, which is core to its design philosophy.
Optimized specifically for HTTP API serving, providing low latency and high throughput, as highlighted in its key features for production scenarios.
Efficiently handles request and response streaming for large payloads, making it suitable for data-intensive APIs without performance hits.
The repository has moved to elli-lib/elli, which may lead to confusion, outdated links, and potential maintenance gaps in the original source.
Focuses solely on HTTP APIs, lacking built-in features for static file serving, WebSockets, or other common web server functionalities.
Has fewer third-party extensions and community contributions compared to alternatives like Cowboy, limiting ready-to-use middleware and tools.