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Gleam vs Elm: catalog facts
Gleam	Elm
Free Free and open source, supported by sponsors.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Command line
Static types on the Erlang VM Compiler, build tool, formatter and package manager in one	Compiler error messages explain problems and suggest fixes Type inference catches runtime errors at compile time
Younger language with a smaller community than Erlang or Elixir	Only targets web front ends Interop with JavaScript libraries takes extra work
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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