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    gleam-lang

    gleam-lang/gleam

    ⭐️ A friendly language for building type-safe, scalable systems!

    backend
    compiler
    erlang
    gleam
    programming-language
    statically-typed
    Rust
    Apache-2.0
    22.0K stars
    1.0K forks
    22.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 24 days ago, with 334 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #34 in the weekly ranking the week of Sep 13, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a statically-typed programming language designed for building type-safe, scalable systems.
    • Ensures strong type safety and scalability while integrating seamlessly with the Erlang ecosystem.
    • Use for developing reliable, concurrent backend services that require fault tolerance and high availability.
    • Use for creating maintainable distributed systems leveraging Erlang's BEAM virtual machine.
    • Use for building scalable applications that benefit from static typing and functional programming paradigms.

    Should you depend on it?

    License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.

    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    No watch-outs from GStars' checks.

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    From the README

    Gleam is a friendly language for building type-safe systems that scale! For more information see the website.

    Excerpt from the gleam-lang/gleam README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 27: +3Aug 28: +3Aug 29: +7Aug 30: +7Aug 31: +3Sep 1: +7Sep 2: +0Sep 7: +7Sep 8: +1Sep 11: +4Sep 12: +4Sep 13: +7Sep 14: +6Sep 15: +5Sep 16: +4Sep 17: +1Sep 18: -2Sep 19: +3Sep 20: +3Sep 21: -1Sep 22: +2Sep 23: +3

    +278 stars over 80 days across 29 snapshot days; best day +7 on Aug 29.

    Forks

    1.0K+43

    Open issues

    228-8

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