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Gleam

Gleam — a typed BEAM language commenters held up as the Elixir alternative.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-06-03

Last seen:2026-06-03

Sightings:1

Source:gleam.run

What it is

Gleam — a typed BEAM language commenters held up as the Elixir alternative.

Why developers recommend it

The thread framed it as the language to choose if you want types first.

Hacker News evidence

2026-06-03

One comment asked “why use Elixir over Gleam now?” and another said “if you don’t care about either of those things and only about types, use Gleam.”

Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language