February 11, 2026
Compile the drama
From 34% to 96%: The Porting Initiative Delivers – Hologram v0.7.0
Dev crowd cheers the big jump, then argues: “Is this Gleam? What about AI?”
TLDR: Hologram v0.7.0 pushes Elixir-in-the-browser to 96% of needed features, unlocking lots of everyday functions on the web. The crowd cheered, then debated if it’s just like Gleam, detoured into “but AI?”, and asked if Erlang support is coming—making this both a tech milestone and a comment-section brawl.
Hologram v0.7.0 just blasted from 34% to 96% coverage of the guts needed to run Elixir code in the browser—think: your favorite server language now doing tricks on the web. It took 700+ commits, nearly three months, and 49 contributors, so yes, the confetti cannons are out. One fan, lawn, called it “amazing” and promised to pick up an old project—pure wholesome energy—while victorbjorklund dropped the one-word mic: “Sweet.”
But the peanut gallery brought heat. knubie’s big question—“Is this its own compiler, and how does it compare to Gleam?”—kicked off a predictable nerd cage match: Hologram vs. Gleam. Translation for non-devs: is this a new way to turn one language into browser-ready code, or is it reinventing wheels? Meanwhile, aliljet wandered in with a curveball: “Do the AI models get love too?” Cue eye-roll emojis and a side-quest about whether every win must be about chatbots.
Practical folks asked the real-world stuff. worthless-trash: can this be used for Erlang (Elixir’s older cousin) instead? The headlines say most of the basics—strings, lists, math, time, even Unicode—now run client-side, while process-y features wait for Phase 2. Bonus wins include faster builds and better compatibility on quirky systems. The vibe: big milestone, bigger questions, maximum popcorn.
Key Points
- •Hologram v0.7.0 raises Erlang runtime coverage from 34% to 96% and Elixir stdlib readiness from 74% to 87%.
- •150 Erlang functions were ported across 19 modules, bringing Phase 1 to 228/238 completed and 10 in progress.
- •Over 700 commits in nearly three months expanded browser-side Elixir capabilities; process-related modules deferred to Phase 2.
- •New client-side features include string, collections, set, binary, Unicode, math, time, and path manipulation functions.
- •Enhancements include faster compilation (Agent.cast/2), cross-platform Mix setup, NixOS compatibility via Biome fallback, expanded float formatting, and raw HTML blocks in the Parser.