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QuickBEAM

Show HN: QuickBEAM – run JavaScript as supervised Erlang/OTP processes

59 AI Score
Show_hn other Added Mar 29, 2026

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other
Total Funding
$0
Last Round
$0

About

QuickBEAM is a JavaScript runtime embedded inside the Erlang&#x2F;OTP VM.<p>If you’re building a full-stack app, JavaScript tends to leak in anyway — frontend, SSR, or third-party code.<p>QuickBEAM runs that JavaScript inside OTP supervision trees.<p>Each runtime is a process with a `Beam` global that can: - call Elixir code - send&#x2F;receive messages - spawn and monitor processes - inspect runtime&#x2F;system state<p>It also provides browser-style APIs backed by OTP&#x2F;native primitives (fetch, WebSocket, Worker, BroadcastChannel, localStorage, native DOM, etc.).<p>This makes it usable for: - SSR - sandboxed user code - per-connection state - backend JS with direct OTP interop<p>Notable bits:<p>- JS runtimes are supervised and restartable - sandboxing with memory&#x2F;reduction limits and API control - native DOM that Erlang can read directly (no string rendering step) - no JSON boundary between JS and Erlang - built-in TypeScript, npm support, and native addons<p>QuickBEAM is part of Elixir Volt — a full-stack frontend toolchain built on Erlang&#x2F;OTP with no Node.js.<p>Still early, feedback welcome.

AI Score Reasoning

QuickBEAM addresses a major pain point in the Elixir ecosystem by integrating JavaScript into the BEAM's supervision model, offering high technical innovation and performance potential. However, it remains a very early-stage project with minimal traction and faces significant execution risks in maintaining a custom runtime against established giants like Node.js and Bun.

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