Modules

Access

Key-based access to data structures.

Agent

Agents are a simple abstraction around state.

Application

A module for working with applications and defining application callbacks.

ArgumentError

ArithmeticError

Atom

Atoms are constants whose values are their own name.

BadArityError

BadBooleanError

BadFunctionError

BadMapError

BadStructError

Base

This module provides data encoding and decoding functions according to RFC 4648.

Behaviour deprecated

Mechanism for handling behaviours.

Bitwise

A set of functions that perform calculations on bits.

Calendar

This module defines the responsibilities for working with calendars, dates, times and datetimes in Elixir.

Calendar.ISO

The default calendar implementation, a Gregorian calendar following ISO 8601.

Calendar.TimeZoneDatabase

This module defines a behaviour for providing time zone data.

Calendar.UTCOnlyTimeZoneDatabase

Built-in time zone database that works only in the Etc/UTC timezone.

CaseClauseError

Code

Utilities for managing code compilation, code evaluation, and code loading.

Code.Fragment

This module provides conveniences for analyzing fragments of textual code and extract available information whenever possible.

Code.LoadError

Collectable

A protocol to traverse data structures.

CompileError

CondClauseError

Config

A simple keyword-based configuration API.

Config.Provider

Specifies a provider API that loads configuration during boot.

Config.Reader

API for reading config files defined with Config.

Date

A Date struct and functions.

Date.Range

Returns an inclusive range between dates.

DateTime

A datetime implementation with a time zone.

Dict deprecated

Generic API for dictionaries.

DynamicSupervisor

A supervisor optimized to only start children dynamically.

Enum

Functions for working with collections (known as enumerables).

Enum.EmptyError

Enum.OutOfBoundsError

Enumerable

Enumerable protocol used by Enum and Stream modules.

ErlangError

Exception

Functions to format throw/catch/exit and exceptions.

File

This module contains functions to manipulate files.

File.CopyError

File.Error

File.LinkError

File.RenameError

File.Stat

A struct that holds file information.

File.Stream

Defines a File.Stream struct returned by File.stream!/3.

Float

Functions for working with floating-point numbers.

Function

A set of functions for working with functions.

FunctionClauseError

GenEvent deprecated

An event manager with event handlers behaviour.

GenServer

A behaviour module for implementing the server of a client-server relation.

HashDict deprecated

Tuple-based HashDict implementation.

HashSet deprecated

Tuple-based HashSet implementation.

IO

Functions handling input/output (IO).

IO.ANSI

Functionality to render ANSI escape sequences.

IO.Stream

Defines an IO.Stream struct returned by IO.stream/2 and IO.binstream/2.

IO.StreamError

Inspect

The Inspect protocol converts an Elixir data structure into an algebra document.

Inspect.Algebra

A set of functions for creating and manipulating algebra documents.

Inspect.Error

Raised when a struct cannot be inspected.

Inspect.Opts

Defines the options used by the Inspect protocol.

Integer

Functions for working with integers.

Kernel

Kernel is Elixir's default environment.

Kernel.ParallelCompiler

A module responsible for compiling and requiring files in parallel.

Kernel.SpecialForms

Special forms are the basic building blocks of Elixir, and therefore cannot be overridden by the developer.

Kernel.TypespecError

KeyError

Keyword

A keyword list is a list that consists exclusively of two-element tuples.

List

Linked lists hold zero, one, or more elements in the chosen order.

List.Chars

The List.Chars protocol is responsible for converting a structure to a charlist (only if applicable).

Macro

Functions for manipulating AST and implementing macros.

Macro.Env

A struct that holds compile time environment information.

Map

Maps are the "go to" key-value data structure in Elixir.

MapSet

Functions that work on sets.

MatchError

Module

Provides functions to deal with modules during compilation time.

Module.Types.Error

NaiveDateTime

A NaiveDateTime struct (without a time zone) and functions.

Node

Functions related to VM nodes.

OptionParser

Functions for parsing command line arguments.

OptionParser.ParseError

PartitionSupervisor

A supervisor that starts multiple partitions of the same child.

Path

This module provides conveniences for manipulating or retrieving file system paths.

Port

Functions for interacting with the external world through ports.

Process

Conveniences for working with processes and the process dictionary.

Protocol

Reference and functions for working with protocols.

Protocol.UndefinedError

Range

Ranges represent a sequence of zero, one or many, ascending or descending integers with a common difference called step.

Record

Module to work with, define, and import records.

Regex

Provides regular expressions for Elixir.

Regex.CompileError

Registry

A local, decentralized and scalable key-value process storage.

RuntimeError

Set deprecated

Generic API for sets.

Stream

Functions for creating and composing streams.

String

Strings in Elixir are UTF-8 encoded binaries.

String.Chars

The String.Chars protocol is responsible for converting a structure to a binary (only if applicable).

StringIO

Controls an IO device process that wraps a string.

Supervisor

A behaviour module for implementing supervisors.

Supervisor.Spec deprecated

Outdated functions for building child specifications.

SyntaxError

System

The System module provides functions that interact directly with the VM or the host system.

System.EnvError

SystemLimitError

Task

Conveniences for spawning and awaiting tasks.

Task.Supervisor

A task supervisor.

Time

A Time struct and functions.

TokenMissingError

TryClauseError

Tuple

Functions for working with tuples.

URI

Utilities for working with URIs.

URI.Error

UndefinedFunctionError

UnicodeConversionError

Version

Functions for parsing and matching versions against requirements.

Version.InvalidRequirementError

Version.InvalidVersionError

Version.Requirement

A struct that holds version requirement information.

WithClauseError