Show HN: Volt – front end tooling for Phoenix that runs inside the BEAM

Category: devtools

Tags: frontend-tooling, phoenix, beam, rust-nif, hmr

Score: 8.3/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 8)

Volt replaces esbuild, Tailwind CLI, and Node.js for Phoenix frontend tooling with a single Elixir dependency running Rust NIFs inside the BEAM, enabling fast HMR, incremental builds, and features like code splitting and CSS Modules. Its integration of multiple frontend tools into one Elixir-native pipeline is innovative, and the technical implementation with custom NIFs and plugin system is impressive.

Target audience: backend devs, fullstack devs, elixir developers

Repository: https://github.com/elixir-volt/volt · Elixir · MIT · 153 stars

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