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title: "Eric Meadows-Jönsson · Elixir Community"
description: "Eric is a long-time Elixir core team member who built Hex, the package manager almost every Elixir project depends on."
url: https://elixir.community/people/eric-meadows-jonsson/
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# Eric Meadows-Jönsson

Elixir core team, creator of Hex

-   [GitHub](https://github.com/ericmj)
-   [Twitter](https://x.com/emjii)

> Eric is a long-time Elixir core team member who built Hex, the package manager almost every Elixir project depends on.

Eric is an Elixir core-team member and the creator of Hex, the package manager used to share libraries across the ecosystem. His work gives Elixir developers the infrastructure for publishing and finding dependencies.

## Known for

-   [**Hex** · hex.pm](https://hex.pm)

## Talks

-   25 min
    
    Code BEAM America 2025 · Mar 6, 2025
    
    ### [Elixir Update](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0EPRGEs2Oo)
    
    An Elixir core-team update on language development, research and upcoming features.
    
    [Eric Meadows-Jönsson](https://elixir.community/people/eric-meadows-jonsson)
    

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## Books

- [Programming Ecto · Darin Wilson and Eric Meadows-Jönsson](https://pragprog.com/titles/wmecto/programming-ecto/)

Profile last updated October 7, 2026

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