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Life & fun · January 22, 2019

Esy – fast and simple package management for native ReasonML/OCaml

Package manager for Reason, OCaml and more

Esy – fast and simple package management for native ReasonML/OCaml launched on January 22, 2019 with 134 votes, #217 of 2,587 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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In plain words

Esy is a package manager designed for ReasonML, OCaml, and related languages. It streamlines dependency management and project setup for developers working with these functional programming languages. The tool aims to simplify the packaging workflow, making it faster and more straightforward to manage native code projects. Esy is built for programmers using Reason, OCaml, and compatible ecosystems who need efficient package handling.

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