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Work · December 8, 2023

Burrito v1.0.0 – Wrap Elixir Apps into Standalone Binaries

Burrito has been in development for a long time, but just last night (PST) I finally gathered the confidence to push the project to Hex.pm (Elixir's official package manager) so everyone can easily use it. Burrito is a Mix release tool that allows you to wrap your entire Elixir based application (including the Erlang VM runtime) into a single-file, standalone executable for MacOS, Linux, and Windows. It currently utilizes Zig to build a cross-platform wrapper around a self-extracting payload. Burrito will grab pre-built Erlang VM builds from a build server I operate…

Burrito v1.0.0 – Wrap Elixir Apps into Standalone Binaries launched on December 8, 2023 with 8 votes, #1,136 of 3,780 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

Wrap your application in a BEAM Burrito! Contribute to burrito-elixir/burrito development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Burrito has been in development for a long time, but just last night (PST) I finally gathered the confidence to push the project to Hex.pm (Elixir's official package manager) so everyone can easily use it. Burrito is a Mix release tool that allows you to wrap your entire Elixir based application (including the Erlang…

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