rhcarvalho
At the heart of every Phoenix application is the often “invisible” HTTP server layer.
For over a decade Cowboy has served the community well. In 2020, the pure-Elixir Bandit came as an alternative that later became the default for newly created applications.
Looking at Hex.pm download data, we found out that July 2026 marked the point when Bandit’s steady climb has finally reached parity with the volume of downloads that Cowboy gets.
If you like charts going up to the right, here’s where you see Bandit’s. With that comes also the payoff for Elixir’s specification and library Plug, which makes it possible to replace the underlying HTTP server without code changes.
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mtrudel
Great article! I had no idea we’d just passed the 50% milestone. Thanks for the insight!
AstonJ
Great blog post Rodolfo and congrats @mtrudel!!
rhcarvalho
Thanks, Mat! The timing between looking at the data and what it revealed was a nice coincidence.
I listened to you on the “BEAM there done that” podcast yesterday during a long drive and enjoyed learning more about the journey of Bandit, Thousand Island and WebSock. We’ve all benefited from your work and contributions to the community in the last several years! Thank you
