Elixir

Elixir

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Elixir 1.20 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 1.20.4. 5 of 17 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

1.20.4

Aug 28, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

5

of 17 tracked

Total cycles tracked

17

since Jan 5, 2017

Support pattern

How Elixir has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

36 mo (~3 years)

median of 12 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

7 months

median gap between releases

Compared with language

+20 mo

longer than the language median

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 4 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Elixir. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life
Today
1.20Latest
1.20.4 · Aug 28, 2026
1.19
1.19.6 · Aug 28, 2026
1.18
1.18.5 · Aug 28, 2026
1.17
1.17.3 · Sep 18, 2024
1.16
1.16.3 · May 21, 2024
1.15
EOL Jun 3, 2026
1.14
EOL Oct 16, 2025
1.13
EOL Dec 19, 2024
1.12
EOL Jun 12, 2024
1.11
EOL Dec 22, 2023
1.10
EOL Jun 19, 2023
1.9
EOL Sep 1, 2022
1.8
EOL Dec 3, 2021
1.7
EOL May 19, 2021
1.6
EOL Oct 6, 2020
1.5
EOL Jan 27, 2020
1.4
EOL Jun 24, 2019
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