Packages that may need support

Widely-used Elixir libraries that haven't shipped a release in a long time — the load-bearing-but-neglected dependencies the community could adopt, fund, or fork.

Package Last release Downloads Tracked by Advisories Links
asn1_compiler
v0.1.1 MIT
8y 9mo ago
2017-11-17
454.3k 10
secure_random
v0.5.1 Apache 2.0
9y 7mo ago
2017-01-21
27.1M 6
metrics
v2.5.0 BSD
8y ago
2018-09-12
163.8M 0
eternal
v1.2.2 MIT
5y 9mo ago
2020-12-02
19.9M 11
yamerl
v0.10.0 BSD 2-Clause
4y 7mo ago
2022-01-28
34.2M 13
elixir_uuid
v1.2.1 Apache 2.0
6y 10mo ago
2019-10-24
18.0M 1
bunt
v1.0.0 MIT
2y 9mo ago
2023-12-05
89.9M 15
websock
v0.5.3 MIT
3y ago
2023-08-15
34.9M 12
nimble_totp
v1.0.0 Apache-2.0
3y 5mo ago
2023-03-21
4.1M 10
jumper
v1.0.2 MIT
3y ago
2023-08-30
18.4M 11
unsafe
v1.0.2 MIT
3y ago
2023-08-30
18.8M 11
phoenix_template
v1.0.4 MIT
2y 8mo ago
2023-12-19
40.9M 12
typed_struct
v0.3.0 MIT
4y 6mo ago
2022-02-15
9.7M 1
nimble_pool
v1.1.0 Apache-2.0
2y 5mo ago
2024-03-25
58.6M 12
nimble_options
v1.1.1 Apache-2.0
2y 3mo ago
2024-05-25
69.2M 12
libgraph
v0.16.0 MIT
4y ago
2022-09-09
4.5M 1
diffy
v1.1.2 Apache 2.0
5y 2mo ago
2021-07-09
133.5k 3
sweet_xml
v0.7.5 MIT
1y 8mo ago
2025-01-07
71.7M 7 1
ssl_verify_fun
v1.1.7 MIT
3y 2mo ago
2023-06-20
172.9M 4
parse_trans
v3.4.2 Apache 2.0
2y 11mo ago
2023-10-08
172.5M 4
changeset_helpers
v0.23.0 Apache-2.0
2y 1mo ago
2024-08-05
266.4k 10
boundary
v0.10.4 MIT
1y 11mo ago
2024-09-25
2.2M 10
tz_extra
v0.45.0 Apache-2.0
1y 11mo ago
2024-09-16
549.8k 10
nimble_parsec
v1.4.2 Apache-2.0
1y 7mo ago
2025-01-21
108.5M 12
caldav_client
v2.0.0 Apache-2.0
4y 6mo ago
2022-03-07
16.5k 2
polaris
v0.1.0 Apache-2.0
3y 3mo ago
2023-06-09
616.8k 1
mix_audit
v2.1.5 BSD-3-Clause
1y 3mo ago
2025-06-09
11.4M 13
mime
v2.0.7 Apache-2.0
1y 4mo ago
2025-05-15
160.6M 12
comeonin
v5.5.1 BSD-3-Clause
1y 7mo ago
2025-02-03
65.2M 10
ex_hash_ring
v7.0.0 MIT
1y 5mo ago
2025-04-03
6.6M 11
esbuild
v0.10.0 MIT
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-27
19.6M 12
eqrcode
v0.2.1 MIT
1y 6mo ago
2025-02-21
2.9M 10
file_system
v1.1.1 Apache-2.0
1y ago
2025-09-08
89.3M 15
shards
v1.1.1 MIT
2y 3mo ago
2024-05-25
4.5M 6
telemetry_poller
v1.3.0 Apache-2.0
1y 2mo ago
2025-07-09
48.2M 12
makeup_elixir
v1.0.1 BSD-2-Clause
1y 9mo ago
2024-12-10
92.3M 5
argon2_elixir
v4.1.3 Apache-2.0
1y 4mo ago
2025-04-27
8.6M 10
cc_precompiler
v0.1.11 Apache-2.0
1y 1mo ago
2025-08-02
5.9M 12
csv
v3.2.2 MIT
1y 8mo ago
2025-01-02
58.0M 3
wax_
v0.7.0 Apache-2.0
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-18
366.0k 10
table_rex
v4.1.0 MIT
1y 6mo ago
2025-02-16
72.4M 5
x509
v0.9.2 BSD-3-Clause
1y 1mo ago
2025-07-18
4.8M 10
unicode_util_compat
v0.7.1 Apache 2.0
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-27
169.8M 0
fun_with_flags
v1.13.0 MIT
1y 5mo ago
2025-03-23
6.9M 1
proper
v1.5.0 GPL 3.0
1y 5mo ago
2025-04-02
6.7M 3
bcrypt_elixir
v3.3.2 BSD-3-ClauseISCBSD-4-Clause
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-19
53.9M 1
fun_with_flags_ui
v1.1.0 MIT
1y 5mo ago
2025-03-24
4.7M 1
gen_smtp
v1.3.0 BSD-2-Clause
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-30
35.7M 1
ecto_psql_extras
v0.8.8 MIT
1y 3mo ago
2025-05-23
11.8M 5
cachex
v4.1.1 MIT
1y 2mo ago
2025-06-30
20.2M 1

How this is scored

Packages are ranked by popularity × staleness, boosted when a package also has known security advisories. Only packages with at least 12 months since their last release are listed.

Stale isn't the same as abandoned. Plenty of mature Elixir libraries are simply done — stable, complete, and correctly needing no changes. Treat this as a starting point for "where might community attention help?", not a verdict on any maintainer. The strongest signal is a package that is popular and stale and carries unaddressed advisories.

"Tracked by" counts how many projects on Hexorcist depend on the package; download counts come from the hex.pm registry.